GoogleBeginner’s Guide

Drive

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Do you want a SAFE PLACE

to store any of your files?

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And haveaccess to all your

files wherever you go?

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Where you’re able to

SHARE FILES and FOLDERS?

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Then all that you need is here!

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You can

KEEP anything

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and

SHAREanything

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with…

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Google DriveJaniceAlmada.com

Google Drive is a file storage

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and synchronization

service

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which allows users to…

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STOREfiles in the cloud

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SHARE files

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EDITDocuments

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Spreadsheets

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and Presentations

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with COLLABORATORS!

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Offering you with…

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15 gigabytes of

FREE storage space

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But, in order to use google drive

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You will needa

Google Account

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and so…

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Let’s create a Google Account!

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Go to www.google.com

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Select the Sign In button

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Here it is zoomed in

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Click Create an Account

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The sign up form will appear

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Enter the required information

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Enter your name

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Choose a username

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Create a password

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Click the check box

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Then click next step

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The welcome page will appear

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And now that we are done setting

up our Google Account

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We can now accessGoogle Drive

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Go to http://drive.google.com

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Here’s the Google Drive Interface

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There is anotherway of navigating to

Google Drive

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from ANY

Google Page

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Just select the grid icon

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and choose ‘Drive’

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Let’s now familiarize ourselves

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with the Google Drive Interface

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Click the ‘New’ button

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and these options will appear

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In the ‘New’ button you can...

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Create a new document, spreadsheet

& presentation

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Here it is!

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As well as FORMS, DRAWINGS

and GOOGLE MAPS

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Here it is!

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Which will be saved AUTOMATICALLY

to your Google Drive

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In the ‘New’ button you also can...

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Create a New Folder

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and Upload files

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But if you are using

a GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER

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You can even upload…

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ENTIRE FOLDERS!

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Just click on ‘Folder Upload’

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Let’s now try creating a new file!

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To make a new document

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Select Google Docs

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A new file will then appear in a new tab

on your browser

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Click on ‘ Untitled Document’

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A rename dialog box will pop up

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Type a name for your document

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and select ‘OK’

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When you go back to your Google Drive

interface

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You will see that your file has

been renamed

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Double click to open the file again

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You may wonder why there is no save

button for your files

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This is becauseGoogle Drive uses…

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‘AUTOSAVE’

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Which means…

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Your file is

automatically and

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as you edit them

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Isn’t that AMAZING?

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Take a look!

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Let us now try uploading a file

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From Google DriveSelect the

‘New’ button

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then choose ‘File upload’

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Select the file you want to upload

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then click ‘Open’

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Wait for your file to upload

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Once it’s done uploading

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You’ll see it in your Google Drive

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Isn’t that easy?

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Now are you ready to learn how to…

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SHARE and COLLABORATE files?

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Remember that you can share ANY file

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HOWEVER

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You can only use the COLLABORATION

features…

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For files you CREATED WITHIN

your drive

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To share a file with a limited group

of people

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Select the file you want to share

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Click the share button

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A dialog Box will appear

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In the ‘People Box’

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Type the email addresses of

the people

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You’d like to share the file with

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Type the email address

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add a message if you want

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Click Send

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An icon will appear on shared files

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For more control over your files

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Click the Drop Down Arrow

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Decide on what you want

people to do with your file

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Edit, Comment or View file

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To share a file with a LARGER group

of people

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Let’s share a ‘LINK’

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Select the file you want to share

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Click the SHARE button

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A dialog box will appear

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Click on ‘Get shareable link’

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A link for the file will appear

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Copy the Link

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Paste the LINK

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You have an option on how you want the

link to be shared

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Click ‘OFF -Specific people’

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Enter the email addresses

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Then Click Send

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That’s all for now!

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Hope you learned something

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