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Docs Quick Notes

This document provides a quick guide on using Google Docs, covering essential functions such as creating a new document, formatting text, inserting images, and adjusting margins. It also explains how to use research tools, check spelling, and save documents as PDFs. The instructions are straightforward and aimed at helping users navigate the basic features of Google Docs efficiently.

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Docs Quick Notes

This document provides a quick guide on using Google Docs, covering essential functions such as creating a new document, formatting text, inserting images, and adjusting margins. It also explains how to use research tools, check spelling, and save documents as PDFs. The instructions are straightforward and aimed at helping users navigate the basic features of Google Docs efficiently.

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QUICK NOTES

Google Docs
Open a New Document Format Fonts
From Drive, click New and select Google Select the text you want to change (to
Docs. Click Untitled document in the top change the font for the whole document,
left corner and change the name of your go to Edit→Select All) then use the font
file to something you will remember. toolbar to change the font, its size or
color, or make it bold, italic, or underlined.
Align Text
Usually, paragraphs are left-aligned and
titles are centered. Every new document
will automatically start as left-aligned. To Insert an Image
change alignment, highlight the text you
want to change and use the alignment Place your cursor where you’d like to
toolbar to choose how you want to align insert the image, then click Insert→Image.
just that selection: A new window will appear that gives you
many options for grabbing an image.
Once you’ve found one, click Select and it
will be placed in your document.

Create a List
Line Spacing Click one of these two icons to start either
To change the spacing between lines of a numbered list or a bulleted list:
text, select the text you want to change,
then click the line spacing icon:

After your first item, press the Enter key to


add a new item.
This will open a window that will allow you
to choose between single spacing, 1.15,
1.5, or double spacing. You can also Cut, Copy, and Paste
change this inside the Format menu.
Highlight the text you want to cut or copy,
then go to the Edit menu and select Cut or
Change Margins Copy. Next, place your cursor where you’d
like to paste the text, and select Paste
Click File, then scroll down to Page Setup.
(also in the Edit menu).
A window will open that will allow you to
adjust the size of your margins. A shorter way to do this is to right-click (or
command-click, on a Mac) after
highlighting the text—the same
commands will pop up on the right.

Google Docs Basics | © 2015 Cult of Pedagogy


QUICK NOTES

Google Docs
Headers, Footers, Page #s Use the Research Tools
Go to the Insert menu and choose To use all the research tools, begin by
Headers, Footers, or Page Numbers. right-clicking on a word (in Windows) or
command-clicking on the word (in Mac).
Then in the window that appears, do the
Insert Hyperlinks following:

Select the text you want to hyperlink, then To define a word: Select ‘define (word)’
click on the link icon: and a panel will open up on the right with
definitions.

To find a synonym: Select ‘research


When the window opens, paste the URL of
(word)’ and a panel will open up on the
the website you want to link to, then click
right with search results. Usually this will
Apply.
contain a link to a thesaurus, where you
can browse synonyms for your word.
Insert a Table
To add a footnote: Place your cursor
Place your cursor where you’d like to where you’d like the footnote indicator
insert the table, then click Insert→Table. (the little number) to go. Then click
A new window will appear where you can Tools→Research to open up the Research
select the number of rows and columns panel. Search for the article you want to
you want. After you click these, your table cite. When you find it, choose which
will appear. citation format you want in the drop-down
menu:
Check Spelling
When you spell a word wrong, a red
squiggly line will appear under it. Right-
click on it (in Windows) or command-click
(in Mac) and choose another option from
the list that appears. To check the whole
document, click Tools, then Spelling, and a Then, under the article summary, click
box will appear in the top right corner to Cite.
go through each misspelled word.

Save to PDF
Under the File menu, select Download as
and choose PDF Document. The PDF file
will download automatically.
The citation will appear in the footnotes of
your document.

Google Docs Basics | © 2015 Cult of Pedagogy

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