The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Docs

A Practical Guide to Cloud-Based Word Processing

Scott La Counte

• Publisher: SL Editions
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781621077053
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Writing
• Index: Business

Beyond the Basics

This chapter will cover: Printing Adding photos Adding tables Adding spreadsheets Adding a table of contents Templates

Printing From the Cloud

Michelle’s pretty happy with her declaration, but she’s still a little old school—she likes to read through her work the old fashion way with that little thing called paper. So, she obviously needs to print it.

You probably can guess that you do this a way you are familiar with: File > Print.



From here, it gets a little…complicated. Printing is not something Google Docs excels at.



You have two main options:

Save it to your computer and then print it from your computer.

Add your computer to Google

If you want to add your computer to Google Cloud print, then click the link.



It will walk you through the steps. The steps change depending on the kind of printer you have. It’s not rocket science, but you’ll need to pay attention to details.

If you want to skip the fuss there’s a longer, but less hassle, way: export as a PDF, open the PDF on your computer, print it from your computer. Because you already have a printer on your computer, it will show up when you do File > Print.

Adding Photos to Google Docs

Okay, so you’ve printed it, you’ve agreed the text is where you want it to be by collaborating with others—now you want to jazz it up.

Google Docs works just like any other word processor. You can add in images wherever you want, either by copying and pasting, or by adding them in from Insert > Image.

Just find a place where you want to add an image. If you have found the image online and copied it, then just do CTRL-V, and it will be added in.

If you have the image stored on your computer, in your Google Drive, or any number of other places, then you can do one of two things. One: click Insert > Image:



Or, two, click the Picture icon in the toolbar:



If you simply want to add the image from your computer, then choose “Upload from computer” and find it on your computer. You can also search the web for the file, paste a link to the file, or, if you are using a ...

Table of contents

• Google Docs Crash Course
• Your First Document
• Sharing Is Caring
• Beyond the Basics
• This and That
• Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts
• About the Author