Google™ Docs 4 Everyone

2. Starting Word Processing

After you’ve signed up for a Google account and explored the Docs home page, you’re ready to get down to work—writing a report or memo, a term paper, a short story, a holiday letter to friends and family, or any other kind of document. Google Docs’ online word processor lets you create, edit, and print documents that look just as sharp as documents created with any other word processor. If you can imagine it, you can write it in Google Docs. This chapter gets you started, covering word-processing basics.

Creating Your First Document

The first time you sign in to Google Docs (at http://docs.google.com), your home page will look something like the one in Figure 2.1. To get started on a new document, click ...