New tables that you create in Google Docs often take up the entire width of the page. Use these steps to make a table smaller in Google Docs. Open the document with the table. Select all of the table cells. Right-click on the table, then choose Table properties. Check the Column width box and enter […]

Changing a Google Docs background color requires you to make an adjustment to a setting on the Page Setup menu. Use these steps to change the Google Docs background color. Open your document in Google Docs. Select the File tab at the top-left of the window. Choose Page setup at the bottom of the menu. […]

Google Docs makes it easy to create tables and add data to them. But if you have a table that you don’t want or need anymore, then you may want to get rid of it. Use these steps to delete a table from Google Docs. Open the document with the table. Click inside a table […]

When you’re reviewing a document that’s been printed on paper, a helpful way to indicate that something is important is by highlighting it. But since highlighting on a computer screen isn’t a great idea, you may be looking for a way to replicate that functionality in the Google Docs application. Fortunately this is something that […]

When you type new content into a document in Google Docs, it will use the font that is currently set as the default. You can change the font for existing text by selecting it, then choosing the desired font. This same method works for other types of formatting, too, such as text color, font size, […]

Adding a second or third column in Google Docs is useful if you are creating a document that has the need for columnization. This is a standard feature for most word-processing applications, and Google Docs has a handful of column options for you to choose from. But if you are working on a document that […]

Google Docs, like many other word processing applications, gives you the ability to create columns in your document. You can choose between one, two and three columns, based on the type of document you are creating. But if it seems like the content in the columns is too close together, or if you simply want […]

There’s a button that you can click in the toolbar in Google Docs which will let you create bullet points for items that you are listing. If you click the button and don’t make any changes to the settings, then Google Docs uses a filled circle for top-level bullets, and an open circle for sub-bullets. […]

Documents often require content other than basic text and numbers. Sometimes that might be a table or a picture, but other times it’s special symbols or characters. One symbol that you might need to use in your document is a copyright symbol. While you could have explored options like a small copyright symbol picture, or […]

The steps above were performed in the desktop version of the Google Chrome Web browser, but also work in other desktop browsers like Firefox or Safari. You may find yourself wondering how to change the background color in Google Docs when you are creating something like a flyer or a newsletter that needs to catch […]