GOOGLE DOCS
What is it?
Google Docs is a real-time collaboration and document authoring tool.
Google Docs is a real-time collaboration and document authoring tool.
Who is it for?
A free app developed by Google or included with the purchase of G Suite.
A free app developed by Google or included with the purchase of G Suite.
What can it do?
Multiple users can edit a document at the same time, while seeing each others' changes instantaneously. Users can produce text documents, slide presentations, spreadsheets, drawings, and surveys.
Included with Google Docs is Google Sheets and Google Slides, in other words it provides the ability to create spreadsheets and presentations within Google Docs.
The formats used are compatible with Microsoft Office and Open Office, so you can switch between these programs as needed.
All interactions and files are contained in Google's Internet servers (the cloud), and are accessible from within a web browser window.
Google Docs provides the following features:
Google Sheets:
Google Slides:
Smart editing and styling tools to formate text and paragraphs.
Choose from hundreds of fonts, add links, images, and drawings.
Templates:
Accessibility:
Collaboration:
Saving in real-time:
Works with Microsoft Word:
Add-Ons:
Multiple users can edit a document at the same time, while seeing each others' changes instantaneously. Users can produce text documents, slide presentations, spreadsheets, drawings, and surveys.
Included with Google Docs is Google Sheets and Google Slides, in other words it provides the ability to create spreadsheets and presentations within Google Docs.
The formats used are compatible with Microsoft Office and Open Office, so you can switch between these programs as needed.
All interactions and files are contained in Google's Internet servers (the cloud), and are accessible from within a web browser window.
Google Docs provides the following features:
Google Sheets:
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Create spreadsheets and manipulate data in Google Docs
Google Slides:
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Create presentations within Google Docs
Smart editing and styling tools to formate text and paragraphs.
Choose from hundreds of fonts, add links, images, and drawings.
Templates:
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A variety of pre-made documents including resumes and reports
Accessibility:
- Access, edit and create documents from phones, tablets, or computers. Includes offline accessibility
Collaboration:
- Everyone can work in the same document at the same time with real-time editing
- Google Docs allows you to share files, chat, and comment
Saving in real-time:
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Google Docs automatically saves any changes as you type and provides the ability to revision history to see old versions which are sorted by date and who made the changes
Works with Microsoft Word:
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Open, edit and save Word files with a Chrome extension app.
Convert Word files to Google Docs or vice versa
Add-Ons:
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Google Docs has the ability to use add-ons such as Lucidchart Diagrams to create flow charts and diagrams
How do I access it?
https://www.google.ca/docs/about/
Google Sheets: https://www.google.ca/sheets/about/
Google Slides: https://www.google.ca/slides/about/
Google Docs Support: https://support.google.com/docs?docs_site_home#topic=9110468
https://www.google.ca/docs/about/
Google Sheets: https://www.google.ca/sheets/about/
Google Slides: https://www.google.ca/slides/about/
Google Docs Support: https://support.google.com/docs?docs_site_home#topic=9110468
Is it University approved?
Google Docs is NOT a University of Calgary approved software.
Google Docs is NOT a University of Calgary approved software.
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Google Docs. Retrieved from
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Google. (2020).
Google Docs: Help Center. Retrieved from
https://support.google.com/docs?docs_site_home#topic=
(accessed 23 July 2020).
(accessed 23 July 2020).
Google. (2020).
Google Sheets. Retrieved from
https://www.google.ca/sheets/about/
(accessed 23 July 2020).
Google. (2020). Google Slides. Retrieved from
https://www.google.ca/slides/about/
(accessed 23 July 2020).