LEARN TO M A S T E R GOOGLE DOCS
Introduction to Google Docs:
Google docs is an online word process which is free for you to use. You only need to have a Google account. It has tons of features which most people don’t know. Google docs is available as a desktop web application supported by almost all browsers as well as a mobile phone application. The best thing about Google docs is that all the documents you create in google docs are saved on cloud storage provided free by Google. This storage is called Google Drive. Every Google account holder gets 15GB of free storage and then you can buy more at a very low yearly price. All the Google documents which you create on google docs does not count towards your 15 GB free limit. This is a huge benefit. Another feature of docs is that you can collaborate with your team members. This is an era of home-based entrepreneurs who collaborate with their customers from home or with the people who do gigs for their business. Google docs is a perfect way to do these kinds of collaborations. You can also buy paid version of google apps which is called Gsuite if you are running a company. This will give you some additional benefits. However for this course it is assumed that you only have a Google account for yourself only.
Who Should Take This Course:
In today's world, almost everyone uses Google products. Therefore this course is useful literally for everyone who uses the internet and Google product and applications. Google docs is being used by more and more companies on a daily basis and learning how to use Google docs can help you in your job. Almost all schools in the US, Australia, UK and western countries have started using Google documents. Whether you are a student, teacher, a job seeker, a single mom or a single dad, learning Google docs can help you in taking care of your documents, keeping them organized and saved on cloud storage.If you are in business or managing teams of people, it is almost essential to understand Google ecosystem and google documents are one of the central parts of this ecosystem.
About This Course:
This Google docs course on Udemy is designed as a comprehensive guide for Google documents. Even if you are an absolute beginner, you will be able to learn and master google docs. No prior knowledge of Google docs is assumed for you to have if you take this course. At this stage the course has nearly 30 lectures each explaining a few features of the application. However I will be adding more videos and exercises as this course gets seasoned. You will learn Google docs over my shoulder in each video. I will show you by actually doing the things in the documents. From creating a Google account to sharing, collaborating, making suggestions and comments for your team members, everything is explained in detail. I have kept the video lectures size to be digestible for you.
Topics Covered in this Online Course on Google Docs:
Google Account and Google Drive
Creating and saving your First Google Document
Tour of the User interface
Using Ad-on to Place some Dummy text.
Text Formatting: The Basic Method
Text formatting using Styles in Google Docs
Creating table of contents
The paint format tool in Google docs
Header, footer and footnotes
Converting a Microsoft Word document into a google Docs document
How to do page setup
Adding more fonts
Inserting images into google document
Some basic image operations
Creating and formatting tables
Adding, resolving and assigning comments in a Google document
Making and handling suggestions to your team members
Sharing document in Google docs
Receiving a shared document
Deleting and restoring a document
The “Explore” feature in Google documents.
Making drawings inside a google document
Emailing document
Restoring a previous version of a Google document
Translating a document in any language instantly.
Keyboard shortcuts
Creating your own shortcuts
Voice typing in Google docs
Using templates
Some Details of Key Features of Google Docs:
Lifetime Free Storage:
All the documents you create on Google docs will be saved on your google drive and these documents will not even consume your quota of free storage allowed by Google. This means you don't have to worry about losing your articles, your blog posts, your lecture notes, you project proposals, your reports or any other document which you create on google docs. This will give you a peace of mind.
Collaboration with Team members:
Google docs provide an easy way to collaborate between team members. If you manage
teams or you have a lot of students to collaborate with, Google documents will help you
in doing that On one single document, anyone from the team members can put
comment, make suggestions or ask someone else to make comments or do approvals.
You can see the discussions and make informed decisions based on the feedback of
your team members.
Version History of Your Google Documents:
All the previous versions of your documents are kept stored on your Google drive. You
have the ability to see all the previous changes, who made those changes, when the
changes were made, what discussion and suggestions were going on at the time when
document was changed etc.You can also go back to any previous version and make it a
current version.
The ability to handle Images & Drawings:
Google docs has a wonderful ability to handle images and drawings. You can draw shapes and flow charts or even algorithms inside your Google document. You have plenty of shapes, arrows, lines etc available in Google drawing app which can be used from within your document. This is really powerful because you don't have to buy any separate software for drawing shapes and flow charts and flow diagrams. Google documents also have some options for basic operations on images. For example you can change the transparency of the image, the contrast and brightness.
Doing Translations and voice Typing
In Google docs, you can translate your document into any other language almost
Instantly. There are many languages available and the process is very simple. This may
not be 100% accurate but you might need only few changes instead of translating the
whole document which can save you hrs. If you are a content creator, this can help you
in reaching audiences from other countries.
Also you can make documents just by saying something and Google docs will translate
that into text document. This is a powerful feature for transcribing videos or lectures.