Google Docs for Researchers: Creating, Editing, And Sharing Your Work Online
1. Google Docs for Researchers: Creating, Editing, and Sharing Your Work Online Whitney Townsend, MLIS Health Sciences Libraries University of Michigan
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3. What do you get? many versions of your document floating around you are tied to the computer or network where your document is saved you need to have an expensive and compatible software like MSOffice
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5. Sounds great! How do I get started? Create (or log in to) your Google account Start uploading, creating, and sharing documents! www.docs.google.com
6. Adding content to your Google Docs account Documents (up to 500KB) HTML files and plain text (.txt), Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf), OpenDocument Text (.odt) and StarOffice (.sxw). Presentations (up to 10MB from your computer, 2MB from the web, 500KB via email) Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps). Spreadsheets (up to 1MB) Comma Separated Value (.csv), Microsoft Excel (.xls) files and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods). PDF Files (10 MB from your computer, 2 MB from web) upload existing documents
7. Adding content to your Google Docs account Create a new Google document
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16. Collaborating using Google Documents Publishing your documents Publish your document to the Internet (unique URL) Publish your document directly to your blog OR
17. Converting your Google docs to other file types OR, Sometimes it needs to be in Word! Google Docs supports export to the following file types: Documents: HTML (zipped); RTF; Word; OpenOffice; PDF;Text Spreadsheets: .csv; .html; .ods; .pdf; .txt; .xls (Excel) Presentations: .pdf; .txt; .ppt (PowerPoint)
18. Using Google Presentations Show as a standard slideshow, or do more! Provide the unique URL for remote viewing of your presentation Invite others to participate in your presentation Answer questions and share comments using the chat feature
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23. In Closing Don't be afraid to ask for HELP! The Help link in Google Docs is filled with useful information and tips to make your use of Google Docs easy and efficient