GoogleBeginner’s Guide
Drive
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Do you want a SAFE PLACE
to store any of your files?
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And haveaccess to all your
files wherever you go?
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Where you’re able to
SHARE FILES and FOLDERS?
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Then all that you need is here!
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You can
KEEP anything
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and
SHAREanything
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with…
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Google DriveJaniceAlmada.com
Google Drive is a file storage
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and synchronization
service
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which allows users to…
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STOREfiles in the cloud
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SHARE files
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EDITDocuments
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Spreadsheets
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and Presentations
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with COLLABORATORS!
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Offering you with…
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15 gigabytes of
FREE storage space
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But, in order to use google drive
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You will needa
Google Account
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and so…
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Let’s create a Google Account!
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Go to www.google.com
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Select the Sign In button
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Here it is zoomed in
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Click Create an Account
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The sign up form will appear
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Enter the required information
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Enter your name
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Choose a username
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Create a password
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Click the check box
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Then click next step
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The welcome page will appear
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And now that we are done setting
up our Google Account
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We can now accessGoogle Drive
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Go to http://drive.google.com
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Here’s the Google Drive Interface
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There is anotherway of navigating to
Google Drive
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from ANY
Google Page
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Just select the grid icon
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and choose ‘Drive’
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Let’s now familiarize ourselves
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with the Google Drive Interface
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Click the ‘New’ button
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and these options will appear
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In the ‘New’ button you can...
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Create a new document, spreadsheet
& presentation
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Here it is!
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As well as FORMS, DRAWINGS
and GOOGLE MAPS
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Here it is!
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Which will be saved AUTOMATICALLY
to your Google Drive
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In the ‘New’ button you also can...
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Create a New Folder
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and Upload files
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But if you are using
a GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER
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You can even upload…
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ENTIRE FOLDERS!
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Just click on ‘Folder Upload’
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Let’s now try creating a new file!
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To make a new document
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Select Google Docs
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A new file will then appear in a new tab
on your browser
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Click on ‘ Untitled Document’
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A rename dialog box will pop up
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Type a name for your document
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and select ‘OK’
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When you go back to your Google Drive
interface
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You will see that your file has
been renamed
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Double click to open the file again
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You may wonder why there is no save
button for your files
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This is becauseGoogle Drive uses…
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‘AUTOSAVE’
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Which means…
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Your file is
automatically and
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as you edit them
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Isn’t that AMAZING?
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Take a look!
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Let us now try uploading a file
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From Google DriveSelect the
‘New’ button
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then choose ‘File upload’
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Select the file you want to upload
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then click ‘Open’
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Wait for your file to upload
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Once it’s done uploading
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You’ll see it in your Google Drive
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Isn’t that easy?
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Now are you ready to learn how to…
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SHARE and COLLABORATE files?
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Remember that you can share ANY file
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HOWEVER
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You can only use the COLLABORATION
features…
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For files you CREATED WITHIN
your drive
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To share a file with a limited group
of people
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Select the file you want to share
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Click the share button
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A dialog Box will appear
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In the ‘People Box’
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Type the email addresses of
the people
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You’d like to share the file with
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Type the email address
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add a message if you want
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Click Send
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An icon will appear on shared files
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For more control over your files
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Click the Drop Down Arrow
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Decide on what you want
people to do with your file
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Edit, Comment or View file
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To share a file with a LARGER group
of people
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Let’s share a ‘LINK’
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Select the file you want to share
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Click the SHARE button
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A dialog box will appear
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Click on ‘Get shareable link’
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A link for the file will appear
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Copy the Link
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Paste the LINK
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You have an option on how you want the
link to be shared
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Click ‘OFF -Specific people’
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Enter the email addresses
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Then Click Send
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That’s all for now!
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Hope you learned something
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