How to use google drive

How to Use

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Open a browser.


Insert cursor here.


Type in www.google.com


Click Enter


This page appears


Click Gmail button here


You’ll be directed here


Enter your details here


Like this


Click Sign In


Your Inbox appears


Open this


This page appears


Scroll this down


You’ll see this


Then click Install Drive


Click this in new tab


This page appears


Choose here where to

download it


Just do the usual

download

procedure.


Back in the Inbox


Just click this


This window pops out.


Just click Drive icon.



By the way,


behaves like any other

folder on your

computer, it can take

actions like the

following:


•Drag files in and out,

•Rename files,

•Move files and folders,

•Edit and save, &

•Move to trash.


The difference is that

any changes you make

locally are mirrored in

My Drive, it means that

anything


you share, move,

modify, or put in the

trash will be reflected in

My Drive the next time

your computer syncs.

This is My Drive page.


Click Create.


Google Drive

window appears.


Folder

is same as any

folders in a

computer.


Document

is same as

MS Word


Presentation

is same as

MS Power

Point


Spreadsheet

is same as

MS Excel


Form

is for

creating

survey


Drawing

is same as

MS Paint


More apps

click here


Let’s try exploring

each feature for

this tutorial.


Starting with

Google Folder.


Just click this.


Name your folder

like this.


Then click Create


See, it appears in your

Google Drive


Now, click Create.


Then click Document.


A new tab opens.


This is your

first document.


Click this to give your

document a filename.


Provide Filename here.


Click OK.


Here is it.


Start typing here


and continue composing

your content like this.


See this?


It automatically saved.


Click My Drive tab


Also called

Google Drive Homepage


It’s now reflected here.


Your Document

files are now


the so called


Google docs is

an online word

processor


that lets you create

and format text

document


and collaborate

with other people in

real time.


Now let’s create a Google

Slides.


Google slides allow

you to create, edit


& collaborate

with others on

presentations

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Click Presentation to create

one.


A new tab opens


showing this.


You’ll be asked to

choose a theme.


Scroll this down for more.


Say you chose this,

just press it


and click OK.


It’s now loading …


Here is now the first

presentation slide.


Click here.


Name your file here.


and click OK.


Yes, it’s now saved!


Just treat this like your

MS PowerPoint.


Here’s now the first slide.


Create more slides

as you want.


Again let’s check in the

Google Drive Homepage.


your Google Slide


is now saved here.


Now, let’s create a

Spreadsheet.


Click this.


Again, a new tab opens.


Looks familiar?


Yes, it’s same as MS Excel.


You can take a tour here


and love the features of

Google Sheets.


It allows you to

create

spreadsheets


with others

at the same time.


Again, click here


to name your file


then click OK.


It’s now saving.


Create spreadsheet now like

in MS Excel.


Now, check it again here.


Found it? Yeah?


Next, we’ll create a Form.


You can plan

events, make a

survey or poll,


give students a

quiz, or collect

other information


in an easy

and streamlined

way with


.


Just click Form.


A new tab opens


Click Get Started.


This page appears.


Provide details here.


Like these.


Then click this tiny arrow.


Example: Checkboxes


Just click this


Provide Options here.


Like these.


Check if this is a

required question.


Click this to add more

questions.


or this when you’re done.


Click this to preview your

survey form.


Here’s now

the actual format.


Click here to Edit.


You can add Thank you

message here.


Choose

your preference here.


Then click Send Form when

done.


This window appears.


You have these

options in sending

survey form/s.


1. Copy & paste this link


to share to other sites.


2. Embed the code

to your sites.


3. Send via emails.


Then click this if Done.


Again, click this to

rename your form.


Like this


and click OK.


Click your Drive tab.


It’s now saved as is.


Now click this.


This page appears.


Click this to rename


your file as this.


Then click OK.


It’s now saved.


Just enjoy Drawing

like in MS Paint.


Now check & see

it in here.


You can easily

create, edit & share


your drawings,

charts or diagrams

online.


And we’re done with Google

Drawings.


There you have it.


We have created

a sample

for each app.


See this?


Let’s check the boxes


like this to move them.


Click this.


Check folder you created


like this


and click Move.


See this here?


The files are being moved


to this folder. Just click it.


Hooray, they’re all in here!


Sign up now for

Google Drive.


Thank You.


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