Docs Help

Brand new to Google Docs? No problem. Here's a quick run-through of what you'll need to get comfortable. First, you may want to take a minute to familiarize yourself with the navigation links of the Docs list:

• Create new lets you create new documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, or folders.
• Upload allows you to upload one or multiple files to Google Docs.


• All items shows you almost all of all the docs that you own and have been shared with you; you won't see docs that you've hidden or sent to Trash.
• Owned by me shows you only docs that you've created.
• Opened by me lists the docs you've opened.
• Shared with me shows you all the docs that others have shared with you.
• Starred shows you only messages you've marked with a star (use stars to mean whatever you'd like).
• Hidden lists docs that you've hidden from the main Docs list view.
• Trash is where docs you delete end up; you can empty the trash whenever you feel like it.
• Items by type allows you to view your docs organized by type: PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, or presentations.
• More searches includes three ways of searching for your docs: view items that aren't included in a folder, do a search using the advanced search options, or view your saved searches.


• My folders lists all the folders you've created.
• Folders shared with me shows you folders others have shared with you directly.