google-docs

= Google Docs =

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Add 450+ Fonts
To add more fonts to Google Documents & Presentations, simply click on “More fonts…” from the bottom of the font selection menu. A font pop-up will appear, & select the fonts you would like to add. You can add more than one. You can also do a search or sort for the types of fonts you are looking for. There are comic, for fun, brush scripts, handwriting, & more.

Google Docs
Create, share, & collaborate on the web with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, & more. It is a great tool for encouraging students to write. Have students peer edit or add comments.

Image Search
Google Drive has more than 5,00 images of nature, weather, animals, sports, food, education, technology, music, & 8 other categories. To access these graphics, open a Google document or presentation, select ** Image ** from the ** Insert ** menu. Then select the ** Search ** option & ** Stock Images ** to access Google graphic library.

Research Tool
The Research tool makes it easy to find & add information from the web into a document or presentation. To access this tool you can either (1) go to the ** Tools menu > ** select ** Research **, or (2) ** Right-click ** (Control-click) on a word & select ** Research **. The Research tool will appear on the right-hand side of your doc or slide. You can then type your query in the search bar, & select from web results, images, videos (presentations only), tables, quotations, maps, & more.

By clicking on a link it opens the site in a new window. If you hover over an entry instead, you can either ** Preview ** the site, ** Insert Link **, or insert a footnote citation (in MLA, APA, or Chicago formatting) of the source into your document by selecting ** Cite **.

Filter your results to only articles by selecting Scholar from the drop-down menu in the search bar. By hovering over the entries, you will be able to see either a web or PDF hyperlink to take you to the article. You can also either ** Cite ** as ** Footnote ** or ** Insert ** the title of the article.

**Sharing a Google Doc**
Learn the steps to sharing a Google Doc.

// Last Updated - April 2014 //