What benefits does Google Docs offer?

A free word processing tool offered to Google users is called Google Docs, Google Docs is an alternative to Microsoft Word that also enables you to create, edit, and share written documents online. 

Numerous significant documents can be created using Google Docs. starting with the minutes from meetings, resumes, projects, and much more.

By visiting the official website and entering in with your Gmail account, you may use Google Docs on a laptop.

You may download the app from the Google Play Store and the App Store to use Google Docs on devices other than PCs.

As quoted from Make Use Of, this word processor provided by Google allows you to save documents anywhere and automatically store the info.

You won't have to worry about continually saving after that.

You must be intrigued about how to create documents in Google Docs now that you know what it is.

You must be familiar with its features in order to use Google Docs to its full potential.

The functions and applications of several Google Docs capabilities are listed below.

 

Download function

You can get perplexed when using Google Docs to generate a document if you need to distribute it to another person.

Fortunately, Google Docs has a function that lets you download the document you're working on.

You can download documents in the following formats:

1. Microsoft Word (.docx)
2. OpenDocument Format (.odt)
3. Rich Text Format (.rtf)
4. PDF Documents (.pdf)
5. Plain Text (.txt)
6. Web Pages (.html, zipper)
7. EPUB Publications (.epub)

Benefits of using Google Docs

Edit together

As was already mentioned, Google Docs lets you make simultaneous edits to a single document.

Well, when you and your team are working on a project together, this functionality can be really helpful.

If the document owner grants you full access, you can edit the document's details; any changes you make will be noted in the document's history.

Therefore, all you have to do to view the changes that have been made and by whom is click on the "See new changes" or "Last edit was by..." link that is adjacent to the Help menu.

Additionally, you can view by selecting "Version history" from the File menu.

 

Live commentary within the text

The chat and comment option in Google Docs is an additional perk.

If there are other users who have access and are opening the document, you can utilize the chat feature to debate its contents.

You can directly interact with users who are opening documents by just clicking the symbol in the top right.

You may access the comment option by selecting the icon next to the Share symbol.

Hovering over the right end of the document after choosing the sentence or paragraph you want to comment on is another option.

An oval icon with a dialog box icon and a plus sign will appear.

 

Send papers immediately

You can send an email to any address you like because Google Docs is directly linked to your Gmail account.

You can send the document as an attachment to an email by simply choosing "Email as attachment" from the File menu.

Google Docs documents in the download feature's format can be sent via email. Actually, you may write the email's topic and body right from Google Docs.