How To Use Google Drive

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Why Use Google Drive?

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Its a remarkable and free online office suite

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It used to be that Docs referred to

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the entire suite of programs, not just the word processor

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Now, Google Drive refers to the whole office suite

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as well as storage services

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Docs now refer to the online word processor in Drive

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and has similar functionality to Microsoft Word

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Sheet is the online spreadsheet program, similar to Microsoft Excel

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Slides is the presentation program, similar to Microsoft PowerPoint

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Google Drive gives you the ability to review the history

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of a specific document, and revert to an earlier version

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It lets you create simple web forms and online surveys

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It has collaboration features that let users work

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on the same document at the same time

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It has an offline file storage that can be synced

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to multiple computers

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PART 1 > Registration > The Start Screen > Organizing Google Drive
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Registration

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Google Drive requires a Google account

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To log in to Google Drive, launch a Web browser

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Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.

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On the address bar, type in: drive.google.com

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Hit enter to load the site

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If you already have a Google account

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enter your Google username (the associated email address),

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the password

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and click Sign In

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If you dont have an account, scroll down

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and click the blue Create An Account link

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This brings you to the Google Account creation screen

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Accomplish the fields

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Enter your first and last name

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A username for your new Gmail address

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Or, click I prefer to use my current email address

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if you want to use an existing non-google email

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Type in that existing email address

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Enter a password (minimum of 8 characters long)

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Enter your birthday. This is required

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Enter your gender

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Enter your mobile phone number

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Enter a series of numbers and/or letters

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to prove to Google that you are human

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Select your location

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Select the check box to agree

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And click Next Step

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Open a new browser tab or window

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Go to your existing email account and sign in

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Check your inbox for the confirmation message that Google sent
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Click on the link to activate your Google account

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Return to drive.google.com

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and sign in

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Google Drive: The Start Screen

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When you log onto Google Drive for the first time,
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youll see something like this

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Lets go over the most important parts

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This is the CREATE button

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Its similar to the New menu option in other software

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Click to create Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Forms, Drawings, Scripts, Folders

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Next is the Upload Button

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Its used for uploading files for storage in Google Drive

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Next is My Drive

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This displays the folders in your Drive account

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Click the small triangle next to My Drive

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To expand or collapse the list

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At the top of the browser window is the Search Field

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It lets you search the contents of every file

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in your Google Drive repository

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Towards the central area of the browser window

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is a list of your files and folders in Google Drive

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Click on a folder

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to see the files it contains

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Move your mouse over a file

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and a checkbox appears

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If you click on the checkbox

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a number of icons appear at the top of the browser

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One of the icons is the Trash Can Icon

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Just press the garbage can, and the checked items will be deleted
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Towards the top right, you can see your profile photo

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Click on it and youll see the Sign Out button

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Click it to log out of Google Drive

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Organizing Google Drive

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Over time therell be hundreds of files in your Drive

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Finding a specific file is easy using Google Drive search

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The Search function

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With search you can:

1) search for the file name,

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2) search for text in the body of the document,

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3) use advanced options e.g. search by folder / file type

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Results are shown in reverse-chronological order

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Use folders to group files around one or more themes

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To set up folders, press the CREATE button

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Click Folder

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Name the Folder

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Click Create

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Heres your new folder

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To see your new folder in the left column

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expand the list by again clicking the small triangle

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(Click)

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Heres the new you one you just created

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You can start dragging files into this new folder

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Coming Soon:

Part 2 of

How To Use Google Drive

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You dont have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. -Michael Dell
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