Thursday, June 21, 2007

About Google Docs

How to Access and Use Google Docs

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  1. Go to Google, and click on the “Sign in” link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. If you do not yet have a Google account, please take this opportunity to create one now by clicking on the “Create an account now” link in the middle of the right-hand side of the screen.
  3. If you do have a Google account, please sign in now.
  4. Once you’re back at the familiar Google search screen, select “Documents” from the “more” drop-down menu.
  5. To post your response to a writing prompt, please create a new document by clicking on the “New Document” link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
  6. Please save your new document immediately by clicking on the “Untitled” button in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Please include in your title the following information: ATI2007, your name, and the number of the writing prompt to which you are responding. Thank you.
  7. Type your response to the writing prompt.
  8. When you are ready to publish your response—to make it visible to our group only—please save your document and then click on the “Docs Home” link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Once there, click on the small, blue “Share Now” link under the “Owners / Collaborators / Viewers” column to the right of your document name. Copy and paste the email list from the “ATI2007: Email Address for Google Docs Invitationsdocument, and click the “Skip sending invitation” button.
  9. To edit any entry—yours or one to which another has invited you, any that shows up on your “Active Docs & Spreadsheets” page, simply click on the title and edit.