how to use the google drive

How to use the

GOOGLE DRIVE

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To get started..


Open your Google Chrome

browser


This is your opened web

browser


Locate and click Sign In


If you don’t have a Google

account


Click create account


Then you will be directed to this


Fill it up with the

necessary information


then follow the

instructions.


But if you have, enter your email

here


Then click Next


Type in your Password


Then click Sign in


Locate the Grid


Click this icon


Then click Drive


Welcome to your Google Drive


Click the x botton


Lets upload file to your

Google Drive


Click the New button


Then click the File upload


Or folder upload


Your files from your personal

computer will appear


Click your selected file


Then click Open


Ongoing file uploading


Uploading file done!


Another way to upload a

file


Click your computer’s folder


Choose a file


Click, Hold and Drag the file


Then drop it inside the Google

Drive


Ongoing file uploading


Uploading file done!


How to create Google

Documents


Into your Google Drive,


Click New button


A drop down box will appear


Then select the file you want to

create


Google docs is similar to

Microsoft Word


Google sheets is similar to

Microsoft Excel


Google slides is similar to

Microsoft PowerPoint


For this example, we will

create word document


Click Google Docs


Your file will appear in a new tab in

your browser


This is now where you will work

on


Click the Untitled Document


Type here your file name


When you’re done, Press Enter


Note: it is important to

name a document as

soon as you open it up.


Because you might have

a bunch of..


untitled documents and

might become confusing

later on


You can now start typing here


It works same like Microsoft

Word


Its has the same formatting

options


Note: there is No Save

command.


That is because it is

saved automatically as

you work on.


How to share a document


Click the share button


Enter the Email address here


Click this which type of

permission you want


Choose from these permissions


Add a note if you want


Then click Send


A notification will appear here


Other features of the

Google Drive


when you click one of your files


For example this one


It becomes highlighted and..


At the same time, some features

appear


To send a Link of your document

click this


Then the link will appear


To Share your document

directly from My Drive


Click this..


To Preview your document, click

this.


To Delete your document click

this.


Then it will go to Trash


Note: documents in the

trash will be removed

after 30 days


Click on the More actions drop

down


To give you a few more options


You can Move your document to

a different folder


You can Star your document


Then it will go to Starred


You can Rename your document


Type in the new name of your

document


Then click OK


You can View the details of your

document


It will show the activity made on

the document


You can Make a Copy of your

document


Copy has been made


You can Download document


Download ongoing


To change the appearance of

your Drive, click List view


From this…


To this.


To organize your documents,

click Sort options


Choose on the following options


How to Convert your

documents


to start of, change the

view of My Drive to List

View


Like this..


Lets say you have a file in

your computer,


that it is Microsoft word

format


and you want to upload it

in Google drive.


Click your computer’s folder


Select, Hold and Drag the document


Then Drop in My drive


Uploading done


The W letter means that the

document is in Word Format


When you double click to

open the document..


It will open up a preview of the

document


You can’t edit this one


Let’s say you want to edit

this document


Right click the document


Then an option box will open


Go to open with


Then click Google Docs


It opens up in a new tab


And notice that it takes

up seconds to load.


Because it is actually

converting it to a Google

docs format


Now you can edit your

document


Going back to your Drive

list


You will notice I have a second

Google drive intro document


It is because, we uploaded this

from a Word format.


And when we opened it up in

Google drive..


It converted it and created a

whole new document


Take a look at the difference of

these symbols


This symbol means the

document is in Word Format


and this symbol means it is in

Google Drive Format


Lets say you’ve done

editing


And you want to return it

in Word format


Right click the document


Then Click Download


It says here Converting to Word


This is now a word format

document


Note: all the process that

I have done with word


can be applied with Excel

and PowerPoint.


How to create your own

Form in Google Drive


Click New


Click More


Then click Google Forms


New tab will open


Click here to put a Title


Type here your Title


Then click OK


Your title will also appear here


Put Description of your form

here


Type in your Question here


Add a Help Text is optional


Click this for the question type


An option box will appear


For this example, I choose Text


After that, it will look like this


Click this if it is a required

question


Then click Done


To add another question click

Add Item


Follow the same process


I have created 3 questions


Hover your mouse to the

question to see this


Click the Pencil to edit the

question


Click the Trash Bin to delete the

question


How to put a design to

your Form


Click Change Theme


A window will open at the right

side of your screen


Scroll down to see different

designs


After you click your desired

theme..


A preview will show


Click this to view a bigger

picture


A new tab will open


It will show you the total

appearance of your form


How to Send your Form


At the upper right of your screen


Click Send Form


A dialog Box will appear


Type here the Email of the

recipient


Then click Done


You can also send your

Form to Facebook!


Click Send Form


A dialog Box will appear


Click the Facebook Icon


You will be directed to your

Facebook


Click Share Link


YeHey! Your Done!


So that is the basics of

Google Drive


I hope you learned a lot.


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