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Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets

Google Docs Editors is a web-based productivity office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive
service. The suite includes alternatives for Microsoft Office 2019 suite of applications. It includes
Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides as alternatives for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You can
avail these applications if you have a Google personal account. The files created in Google Docs,
Sheets, or Slides are saved in your Google Drive.

Google Docs

Google Docs is an online word processor application. It is used to create, edit, and format text-based
documents. It also allows you to share a document with others and work together.
Creating a New Document

To create a new document:
1. Open Microsoft Edge and log in to your Google account.
2. Click on the Google apps icon.

A drop-down menu appears.
3. Click the Docs option.
The Google Docs page opens.
4. Click the Blank option.

A blank document named ‘Untitled document’ opens.

5. Type the content of the document as required.

6. Click on the name ‘Untitled document’ at the top of the page.
7. Type a suitable name and press the Enter key.
The document is renamed.

Once you type in the document, it gets automatically saved in your
Google Drive. You don’t need to save the file through Save button.

Creating a Document using Templates
A wide variety of predesigned documents called Templates are available in Google Docs. You can
select a template and make changes in the content as required.

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