Google Office, Working with Google Docs

To process documents, reports, etc.. we must install a word processing software like MS Word or Libre Office Writer. Although the Google Association gives a online service for word processing like that. So you can do word processing works without any of those softwares. We can use Google Docs in any computer that already connected to the Internet. It is very faster and we can't think is this a online service.

Entering the Google Docs

In Google search engine go to the "More" drop down menu at the top of the page and click "Even More". Next you can see a list of their products and choose "Docs" to entry the Docs.

Otherwise go to this address, http://docs.google.com/
And click "Try Google Docs Now" button in the appearing page.

Then you will attract to a page that can process documents. First of all you have to save for get all benefit from Docs. To save your doc click on "Save Documents" button at the top right side of the page. After that you can you can see Google Document page with common commands like File, Edit, View etc..
Now sign in using your gmail address and password.

Setup Page Size and Margins

To do this go to File > Page Setup.
Next the Page Setup dialogue box will appear. In here under the "Orientation" you can set the page vertically through the "Portrait" and horizontally through the "Landscape" command. As well as you can change the size of the paper by "Paper Size". Through "Page Color", you can give a color for paper.
And also you can setup margins around the page using "Margins"

Inserting Letters

In here you can use "Format Toolbar" to set the Font Type, Font Size and Alignment etc..
Otherwise you can do it using Format menu. In there you can see every formatting options
like in MS Word.

Inserting an Image

To do this action you have to go Insert > Image. 
Then "Insert Image' box will appear. You can drag your images from computer into the dotted area or use "Google Image Search" for
find images from internet. Now you can click "Fixed position" to change the position of the
image.

Numbering

Go to Insert menu and select "Page Number". Then select "Top of page" from the sub menu to
get numbers at the Top of page or select "Bottom of page" from the sub menu to get numbers
at the bottom of the page.

Inserting a Table

Go to Table menu > Insert table.
Now you can select how many columns and rows to it and insert it by click.

Print a Document

To print a document using Google Docs go to File > Print.

Saving a Document

All Google documents are saving in Google Association's servers and you can download it from
file menu.

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