Course Overview

Quickly learn how to create and edit a document using Google Docs. Even better, multiple people can work at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically.

No special software is required, it’s all done right in your web browser.

Course Content

• Exploring the Environment

  Accessing Docs
  Exploring the User Interface
  Different Modes (editing, suggesting, viewing)
  Getting Help

• Google Docs Basics

  Create a New Document
  Saving in Docs
  Naming a Document
  Uploading an Existing Word Document into Docs

• Editing and Formatting

  Selecting Techniques
  Formatting Text
  Formatting Paragraphs
  Borders and Shading
  Clear Formatting
  Cut, Copy and Paste
  Find and Replace

• Working with Styles

  Creating a Style
  Applying a Style
  Deleting a Style

• Page Set Up

  Change Page Orientation
  Change Page Size
  Change Page Colour
  Inserting Columns
  Amend Margins
  Insert a Watermark
  

• Tables

  Inserting a Table
  Adding/Deleting Rows and Columns
  Merge Cells
  Format the Table (Using Borders & Shading)
  Specify Table Properties
  Delete a Table

• Working with Longer Documents

  Adding a Table of Contents
  Inserting Footnotes
  Inserting a date
  Using Headers & Footers
  Inserting Page Numbers
  Add Citations
  Add a Bibliography
  Using the Spelling and Grammar checker
  Getting a Word Count

• Sharing and Collaborating

  Sharing in Docs
  Emailing a Document as an Attachment
  Collaborating in Real-Time
  Downloading your Document as a .docx