The top menu in Google Docs contains links that expand to provide you with a number of different settings and options for your document. The options contained in this menu let you format text, adjust document properties, save, print, and more. So if you find that the top menu isn’t visible, you may be wondering […]

Text that you type into a document in Google Docs will typically have a black font color. This is the default setting for new documents, and is often the standard when creating documents for school or work. But some of the text that you copy and paste from other sorts may have a different color. […]

Have you ever made a lot of changes to a document, only to discover later that those changes were unnecessary, or unwanted? Rolling back a large number of edits in a document can be difficult, and sometimes even impossible. One of the best features in Google Docs is something that can manage this for you […]

The image editing tools in Google Docs allow you to make some changes to a picture that you have added to your document. This is very handy when you know exactly what you want to do to a picture, but occasionally you will need to experiment with the different tools and options until you find […]

Google Docs makes it easy for you to share and collaborate on documents with other people that use Google Docs. But you might need to send a document to someone that doesn’t use Google Docs, or the specific requirements for the document will require it to be in another format. While you are able to […]

Adding a hyperlink to a document is a useful way to let your readers check out additional information about a topic. They can click that link at their leisure, then view the Web page that you have directed them to. Unfortunately it’s possible to enter a link incorrectly, or a Web page could go down […]

Collaborating on a document can be difficult when there are multiple people all working in the same file. People will make changes or edits to part of the document, any others might not even know that anything was changed. This can be difficult to handle, and can often result in a disjointed final product. One […]

New documents that you create in Google Docs will have one column by default. This means that typing in the document body will involve filling the text area horizontally with the words that you are typing. But occasionally, such as when you are writing something for a newspaper, newsletter, or flyer, you may have the […]

One of the formatting options for your document in Google Docs is the number of columns into which the document is divided. This can be either one column (the default option), two columns, or three columns. Occasionally you might not be sure which option is best for your document, or you may have received a […]

When you create a new document in Google Docs, that document will use the 11pt size for the text that you type. But the text that you copy and paste from other sources, such as a different document or a Web page, might be using a different sized font. This difference in font sizes can […]