Sharing Documents
A great feature of Google Drive is the ability to share documents with other people. You can share a document with a friend so that he or she can read your document and help you to revise and edit it or you can share it with your teacher to receive comments and a grade. Submitting a document through sharing allows us to avoid printing on sheets of paper, thus reducing the amount of waste we produce.
Sharing Your Document
In order to share your document, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the "Share" button, in the top right corner, and the share box will pop up. (See the example on the right.) 2. Click in the box under "Invite people:" and type the email address of the person you want to share with.
3. Click on the drop down box next to the person's email address and choose the type of permission you want to give that person. The three permissions available are "Can edit," "Can comment," and "Can view."
4. When you are finished, click on the "Send" button. |
Find A Shared Document
When someone shares a document with you, you will have to retrieve it from your "Shared with Me" folder. In order to retrieve a shared document, follow the steps below:
1. Go to your Google Drive home page. 2. In the left column, click on "Shared with Me." 3. The documents that appear are documents that have been created by someone else but shared with you. 4. Click on the document you want to read or edit to begin working on it. |