How to Use Google Docs for Collaboration

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Establish an email address.

   Go to www.google.com and click on the “Gmail” tab at the top.
   
   If you already have an email account, such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL etc., skip to
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   Step 2: Click on “create an account”.

   It is on the right toward the bottom. , Leave the recovery e-mail blank.
   
   Click “I accept.
   
   Create my account” at the bottom. ,,,,, Create my account” at the bottom. , Open it and follow the instructions.
   
   You have now verified your new account. , We could call that person the Project Initiator. , Put your name or project title in the title box.
   
   Click on the “share” button on the top right and choose “invite people”.
   
   In the Invite box, add the e-mail addresses of your project members and your teacher’s if he/she requires it.
   
   Then click “send”. , There will be an e-mail from the Project Initiator, open it and click on the link in the email. , If one person makes a change, it will show up on all the other group member’s presentation.
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   Step 3: Fill in the required information.

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   Step 4: Click “Show me my account”

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   Step 5: then click “Just go to my inbox”.

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   Step 6: Minimize your screen and open a new internet browser window or tab.

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   Step 7: Go to www.google.com and click on “more” at the top and choose “documents” from the drop down list.

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   Step 8: Click “create an account” at the bottom left.

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   Step 9: Fill in the required information and click on the “I accept.

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    Step 10: Google wants to know that you are a real person with a real email address so go to your email account (the one you used to create your account) and there will be an email from Google.

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    Step 11: Choose one person to start the project.

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    Step 12: The Project Initiator needs to click on “Create New” at the top left and choose “Presentation” from the drop down list.

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    Step 13: all the other people in the group need to go to their e-mail account and open it.

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    Step 14: Everyone in your group now has access to the project.

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