Google Docs

Giving your documents the right amount of leading or line spacing is important since it gives various lines of text good legibility. The spacing on your documents may not always be the same since you may use different typefaces. … [Read more...] about How to Change Line Spacing on Google Docs

When you're working on a document with a team, that file will go through various drafts. But what if you liked a previous draft? If you just replaced the old text with new text and didn't save a draft of that specific version, you can consider it lost. But it doesn't have to be that way, thanks to Google Docs. … [Read more...] about How to Track Changes of a Google Doc File

Changing the background color in a Google Docs document can help spice things up a little. Let's face it, having to always stare at a white background when you open a doc file can get boring. By modifying the background color, you can add your own personal touch to it. The process takes less than a minute. The same goes for the text color. … [Read more...] about Google Docs: How to Change Text and Page Color

To help others better understand what an object contains, it's a good idea to use alternative text. Alternative text is a phrase or word that can be added as an attribute in an HTML document such as Google Docs. The alt text will be located in an empty box that would usually include the image. By adding alt text in your Google Docs document, you're making your file … [Read more...] about How to Add Alternative Text to a File in Google Docs

Gone are the days of pulling out your neon yellow highlighter to draw squeaky lines over your notes. While note-taking and document writing has been shifted to a more useful online presence, how does digital highlighting fit into this? One of the most common uses for the Google Drive application is to create new documents through one of its most prominent features, Google Docs. … [Read more...] about How to Add Highlight Tool to Google Docs

When writing a book, paper or report, it’s important to format it properly. One example of good formatting is a table of contents. Now, you could create one by hand, but that would be time-consuming and may need constant updates. A better option is an automated table of contents. Most good word processors have a function to automatically create a table of contents from the … [Read more...] about Google Docs: How to Create Table of Contents

In longer documents, breaking text up into chapters or sections is almost a given. In a physical document, skipping ahead or back is easy – that’s not so much the case in computer documents. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible though – in fact, in Google Docs, it’s quite easy. … [Read more...] about Link to a Specific Section of Google Doc