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Keep Everything, Share AnythingGoogle DriveWhat is Google Drive?Google Drive according to Google is One safe place for all your stuff. It is a cloud based drive to create, store and edit your documents, spreadsheets and more.

It includes:Google DocsGoogle SheetsGoogle Slides Google KeepGoogle FormsGoogle DrawingsGoogle App ScriptsGoogle Fusion TablesQuickoffice

Features of Google DriveEverything you need, everywhere you go -Google

15 GB of online (cloud) storage with a free accountEverything is in one convenient placePowerful and free online editing toolsFull Office like SuiteContinuous and Automatic saving (so you never have to work about a save button)Ability to view just about any file type in your browser with no software to downloadAll linked to your Gmail account

3 How it BeganTheVerge.com stated Google Docs was the mother of modern word processing but this just didnt happen overnight

Idea began back in 2005Sam Schillace developed a web app called writelyWritely was a simple web-based text-editorIn 2006 Google acquired this web appStarted out as an experiment Eventually grew to this big idea of a editor with convenience (it was online/could be accessed anywhere)Later was adopted by 90% of the company in less than one month

Google Docs

A Microsoft Word like, word processor that is web-based and allows the collaboration of many individuals work on a single document.

Google Sheets

An Excel like, Spreadsheet application that allows the collaborations of many individuals work on a single spreadsheet.

Google Slides

A Powerpoint like, presentation application that is easy to share and allows the collaboration of other individuals work on one slideshow.

Google Drive Apps

Google KeepA digital online note taker for text, pictures and lists

Google FormsA digital online roster /survey application that automatically converts into a spreadsheet

Google DrawingsAn online based drawing application

Google Drive Apps (cont.)What do you Mean By Collaboration? Because these documents are cloud based the owner of the file can invite others to share it with

By doing so they can also allow those other individuals to edit and critique the file

It works great for group presentations or office wide spreadsheets

How To Use ItTo get started, in Drive, click on the big red Create button in the top left. When you do, a drop down menu should appear thatll give you a bunch of different options. You can make a spreadsheet, a word document, a slideshow presentation, a form, a drawing, and a bunch of other things made possible by third-party apps. More on those in a minute.

The buttons are pretty straightforward, but if youre ever unsure of what one does, just hover over it with your mouse. A popup should quickly appear that explains the function of the button.

If youve ever used Microsoft Office then Googles Sheets, Docs, and Slides software should look relatively familiar. They operate in a similar manner, and are arguably more intuitive.

Application Screenshots

Application Privacy Screenshots(Sharing)

Cloud Data StoringSo besides the idea of providing free and powerful office applications to the general and even business users the idea behind Googles suite of applications is worry-free convenience.

The convenience of never having to worry if your presentation thats due at 10 am is on your laptop, home desktop or your office desktop. They want to create a single space to do all your work in so you dont have to worry about the little things. Especially minute things like saving; Google automatically saves every few keystrokes, in the background for you.

Main source of Application information:

Google Support- Google Docshttps://support.google.com/drive/answer/49008?hl=en

Google Docs Info Pagehttp://www.google.com/drive/apps.html

History of Google Docs :

TheVergehttp://www.theverge.com/2013/7/3/4484000/sam-schillace-interview-google-docs-creator-box

Other Sources:Youtube.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Doc#Storagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Drivehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/tag/google-docs/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Doc#Storag

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