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Differencesataglance
Inthepast,youmight’veusedtheconsumer(suchasMicrosoft®Office®2013)versionofMicrosoft
Word®outsideofwork.You’llfindmanysimilarfeatures,suchastextformattingandtables,and
additionalbenefitswhenyouuseGoogleDocs.
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GetDocs:
Feature
InWord
word InDocs
docs
Based
on
Office
2013
Realtime
Addcollaborators*
Seechangesastheyoccur*
Addandreplytocomments*
Chatwithinthedocumentinreal
time*
*Word
Online
only,
requires
Microsoft
account
Addcollaborators
Seechangesastheyoccur
Addandreplytocomments
Chatwithinthedocumentinrealtime
Suggestedits
Shareyour
document
Emailacopyasanattachment
Sharealinkinanemailorchat
window*
Publishontheweb*
*Word
Online
only,
requires
Microsoft
account
Emailacopyasanattachment
Sharealinkinanemailorchatwindow
Publishontheweb
SharedirectlyinDocs
InsertyourDocsfileinanemail
EmbedinGoogleSites
Setsharingaccess
2accesslevels*
collaboration
Viewonly
Editaccess
*Word
Online
only,
requires
Microsoft
account
4accesslevels
Viewonly
Editaccess
Commentonly
Owner(can
transfer
ownership)
Controlsharing
visibility
3waystocontrolvisibility*
Specificpeople
Anyonewiththelink
Publicontheweb(searchable
on
the
web)
*Word
Online
only,
requires
Microsoft
account
6waystocontrolvisibility
SpecificpeopleorGoogleGroups
Anyonewiththelink
Anyoneinyourdomainwiththelink
Everyoneinyourdomain(searchable
in
Drive)
Publicontheweb(searchable
on
the
web)
Setsharingexpirationdates
Versioncontrol
Accessdetailedversionsofyour
document
Reverttoanearlierversion
Seewhomadewhichchanges*
*Word
Online
only,
requires
Microsoft
account
Accessdetailedversionsofyourdocument
Reverttoanearlierversion
Seewhomadewhichchanges
WorkwithWordfiles
OpenyourdocumentinWord
3waystoworkwithWordfiles
ConvertWordfilestoDocsfilesinDrive
OpenWordfilesdirectlyinDrive(withoutinstallingOffice)andsave
themtoDrive
OpenWordfilesinOfficeandsavethemtoDrive
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Workwithdocuments
YourmostimportantWordfeaturesexistinDocs,too.
1 Editandaddstylestoyourtext.
2 Workwithdifferentversionsandcopiesofyourdocument.
Makeacopy—Createaduplicateofyourdocument.Thisisagreatwaytocreatetemplates.
Seerevisionhistory—Seeallthechangesyouandothershavemadetothedocumentorreverttoearlierversions.
Downloadas—Downloadyourdocumentinotherformats,suchasWordorPDF.
Publishtotheweb—Publishacopyofyourdocumentasawebpage,orembedyourdocumentinawebsite.
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3 Enhanceyourdocumentbyaddingfeatures.
Image—Insertanimagefromyourcomputer,theweb,orDrive.
Link—Addalinktoanotherpageortoaheaderorbookmarkinthesamedocument.
Drawing—Createpictures,flowcharts,diagrams,andmoreinyourdocument.
Table—Selectthenumberofcolumnsandrowstocreateatable.
Bookmark—Addshortcutstospecificplaceswithinyourdocument.
Tableofcontents—Createanautogeneratedtableofcontentsthatlinkstoeachheading(whereyou’veappliedheadingstyles).
4 Click
Share
toshareyourdocumentandthenchoosewhatcollaboratorscando.They’llalsoreceiveanemail
notification.
Shareorunshare
Canedit
Cancomment
Canview
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Editcontentdirectly
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Suggestedits
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Addcomments
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5 Collaboratewithyourteaminrealtime.
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DomorewithDocs
1 Workonyourdocumentwhenyou’reoffline.Learn
more
2 EditOfficefilesonanydevice,whetherornotyouhaveOffice.
Learnmore
3 Assigntasksbytaggingpeopleincomments.Learn
more
4 Makeyourdocumentsconsistentwithtemplates.Learn
more
5 FindandaddcitationswiththeExploretool.Learn
more
6 ImportandconvertWorddocumentstoDocs.Learn
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