Google Docs Essential Training
1h 33mBeginner2024-09-27
Authors
Jess Stratton
LinkedIn Learning Staff Author, Tech Consultant
Course details
Take a closer look at Google Docs and discover how to build documents with rich formatting, images, and tables. In this course, Jess Stratton shows how to get around Google Docs' web-based interface, create new documents, and add features such as footnotes, headers and footers, and page numbering. You'll also see how to make your documents more engaging by adding images, Google smart chips, building blocks, and tables. Then learn how to share docs with others for real-time, simultaneous collaboration.
Learning objectives
Identify the steps needed to successfully create Google Docs.
Differentiate between headers, footers, and footnotes within Google Docs.
Explain how to correctly assign permission levels to others when sharing and collaborating Google Docs.
Explore how to place images within Google Docs.
Determine whether edits and revisions are made to Google Docs.
Recognize where Google Docs are located, shared, and saved.
Learning objectives
Identify the steps needed to successfully create Google Docs.
Differentiate between headers, footers, and footnotes within Google Docs.
Explain how to correctly assign permission levels to others when sharing and collaborating Google Docs.
Explore how to place images within Google Docs.
Determine whether edits and revisions are made to Google Docs.
Recognize where Google Docs are located, shared, and saved.
Skills covered
Google DocsGoogle DriveWord ProcessingGoogleEssential TrainingBusiness Software and Tools
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Create and collaborate with Google Docs
1. Get Started with Google Docs
- 02 - Sign in and create a doc
- 03 - Name, save, and access a doc
- 04 - Navigate Google Docs
- 05 - Explore accessibility options in Google Docs
2. Edit Google Docs
- 06 - Format text
- 07 - Use and create styles
- 08 - Insert lines, footnotes, and page breaks
- 09 - Add headers, footers, and page numbers
- 10 - Insert a watermark
- 11 - Set page margins, orientation, and color
- 12 - Insert, resize, and crop an image
3. Create Tables, Columns, and Drop-Down Lists
- 13 - Insert and work with tables
- 14 - Separate text into columns
- 15 - Create drop-down lists
4. Use Smart Chips and Building Blocks
- 16 - Insert smart chips into your doc
- 17 - Use building blocks to insert data
- 18 - Create a custom building block
5. Use Gemini in Google Docs
- 19 - Use Gemini to help you create content
- 20 - Use Gemini to answer questions and summarize
6. Work with Google Docs
- 21 - Copy, rename, and download a doc
- 22 - Delete and restore a doc
- 23 - Work with previous revisions
7. Collaborate on and Share Google Docs
- 24 - Print, email, and download a doc
- 25 - Share and collaborate with others
- 26 - Find docs others have shared with you
- 27 - Proofread, track and approve changes
- 28 - Collect an e-signature on a protected doc
Conclusion
- 29 - Next steps