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Using Google Apps
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Using Google Apps

by Michael Miller
January 2011
Intermediate
298 pages
6h 10m
English
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Chapter 3. Using Google Docs

In this chapter, you learn how to use the Google Docs word processor.

Google Docs is the name of both Google’s suite of online applications and the word-processing application within that suite. You can use the Google Docs word processor to create various types of text-based documents, including letters, memos, reports, and newsletters. It’s kind of like using Microsoft Word, but online.

Getting to Know Google Docs

The Google Docs word processor, like the entire Google Docs suite of applications, is a web-based application. That means you need to be connected to the Internet to use it; the application itself, and all your documents, are stored on Google’s servers, not on your computer’s hard drive.

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