How To Share Google Doc Files:Digital Tech Inspiration

Online file storage offers you many benefits above local storage, similar to online backups, ease of access from any location and easy sharing of file with other people. Google Docs permits you to make and share any kind of Google Doc file, so you and others can simply work together on them online without the difficulty of mailing files to each other or frequently downloading and uploading files.

While you can send an email request to any address for sharing a file, recipients must have a Google account to actually access the document.

1. Sign in to your Google Docs account and find the document you wish to share.

2. Open the ‘Share’ option. If you’re screening the document itself, click the blue ‘Share’ button close to the peak of the document. If you’re screening document file list in Google Docs, check the checkbox next to the document you wish to share and then click the ‘More’ drop-down menu close to the peak; there you can choose ‘Share’, then ‘Share’ once more.

3. Choose the individual or group you wish to share the file among. You can click the ‘Choose from contacts’ link to open one more window and choose contacts from your address list or you can start typing a name or email address from your address list and that personnel contact information will automatically comes out. Another option is to type person email addresses distinguished by a comma.

4. Click the drop-down menu to the right of each individual you’re sharing the file with to indicate one of three access rights. ‘Can edit’ permits recipients to see and change the document plus add comments that don’t really change the document’s contents. ‘Can comment’ only permits recipients to see the document and attach comments to it. ‘Can view’ permits recipients to see the document but not change it or attach comments.

5. Click ‘Share & save’ to share the document.