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Create and Share Google doc

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Slide 1: 

Sign in to your Google/ iGoogle account. Select More from the Google menu and Documents in the dropdown.

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Select Create from the upper left side.

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Select Document from the left menu.

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Select Untitled document from the upper left side.

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Give the document a file name.

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Select Share from the upper right side to make the file available for collaboration and peer editing.

Slide 7: 

Select Change from the upper right side to make the file available for collaboration and peer editing.

Slide 8: 

Change from Can view to Can edit or Can comment

Slide 9: 

Change from Private to Anyone with the link . Click Save.

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Note the link that you can share (same as the doc. URL in the browser. Select Done from the lower left side.

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Select View , Show Ruler from the lower left side.

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Select the line spacing dropdown and select 2.0 – do not add space before or after the paragraph.

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Select 12 for the font size.

Slide 14: 

Select Times New Roman for the font style.

Slide 15: 

Select Insert .

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Select Page number , Top of page .

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Select Right Justified .

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Complete the MLA setup: 4 MLA Headings Centered Title Left Justify and set Paragraph Indent for 1 st paragraph (be careful not to set the Left Indent) Last name to the left of the page # separated by a space.

Backup and Collaborate Options : 

Backup and Collaborate Options See the next slides to learn how to save offline and use collaboratively online.

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To save your document as a backup file in your hard drive select File .

Slide 21: 

Select Download as , Word . Then save it in your hard drive from Word. There is no need to save in Google docs– it saves automatically

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To see changes you or a partner/ collaborator made, select File .

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The right task pane shows you who made changes and when and it appears in green unless you turn off Show Changes .

Slide 25: 

If you want someone to give you comments and not make changes or you want to comment on their essay select Comments, Show comment stream .

Slide 26: 

If you want to comment on their essay select Comments, Show comment stream . and enter your comment. It will then appear below for the writer of the doc.