Google Docs in Plain English

[@Keri1983]

This video is the best for explaining Google Drive. Even though it is very outdated, it helps to clarify that instead of attaching a doc to an e-mail, you can attach an e-mail to a doc. I use this in all of my Google Drive training. It would be nice to have an updated version.

[@gabrielthompson9800]

The great mysteries of life: - Is there a god? - What caused the Big Bang? - Why was this video recommended to me in 2020?

[@jackson6548]

I have no idea

[@jackguhl8649]

Yeah, I just saw this in my recommendation.

[@liofotia]

honestly

[@sevengill5162]

ikr

[@xiChann]

Yeah this old video was reccomended to me.

[@breen7771]

I love how this video isn't that dated at all even though its almost 13 years old

[@MattMontagne]

Hey Lee, I'm a teacher here in Palo Alto and on behalf of the 9th grade students at Castilleja School, we want to say, "Google Docs Rocks!" We just showed the video to our 9th graders in our introduction to our school's google apps for education network. These particular students are using google docs to collaborate on a history presentation. Cheers! Matt Montagne Palo Alto, CA

[@alex2143]

This thing's a lifesaver. I usually work in groups of 4 students, and we have tight-knit deadlines for our papers. Usually the same day. Within 1 minute we can all be in the same document, and help each other on the fly with stuff we don't understand. Fun thing, we usually beat the deadline by one and a half hour because of the collaboration. That's 1.5 hours of sending each other documents and moving over to help each others down the drain!

[@NappyWayz]

I love this because the term "Cloud" did not exist. "Put it on the internet" sounds some much better.

[@DingalingTugTug]

I like his animations, very cool when he snaps his fingers and it appears on a certain object, bravo, 5/5 and subscribed.

[@lukusbread7241]

wow this comment is old

[@tajprasad4925]

@@lukusbread7241 bro fr. its from a different era where a snap transition is mind boggling

[@moistygibs]

Guys I think we all need to subscribe to this channel, it seems pretty small but they are making really cool videos!

[@kateshot94]

I love google docs, I use it for everything! Recently I had a research paper due to my English Class that I had to submit before 8:30 am on a deadline. I wrote the paper on Google Docs, forget to submit it to the required plagiarism check website, was reminded at 8:23 am. During class I opened Google Docs right on my phone and submitted it by 8:28 am straight from class. AWESOME, LOVE IT.

[@ratastic]

same

[@spookseo5244]

Google Docs has many uses not only sharing with users, but it also has a built in spell checker with grammar support, autosave and revision of every editing that we do. Google Docs is a great tool for helping bloggers thoughfully, it can also connect the gap between the writer and the editor, no need to exchange emails and lose track of necessary changes. This video is very helpful.

[@bgj806]

I signed up for Google Docs some time ago with a vague notion of how to use it--in some future scenario. This video clarified how/why to use Google Docs to best advantage. Again, quick and to the point, with the bonus of fun drawings and "animation!" Thanks so much.

[@sweta12]

Well Google again proved to be the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!! This feature is so awesome! Will sure save a whole lot of time. Also the video was brilliant! Loved it!

[@colesteiger7112]

hi person from 12 years ago

[@trahim2]

google docs has been insanely helpful for group projects. it has made sharing tasks on a project MUCH easier.

[@yadda101]

Man I must have overlooked this because I just suddenly realized what an epic idea this is. Much love Google!

[@teddybot1152]

bro 2019. every thing has changed wonder if they knew how far google docs would go

[@Andy-iq9pz]

I'm pretty sure you're in 2020 buddy...

[@stevesancarlos]

I really like Google Docs, but I simply love this video. Way to go, Commoncraft.

[@chocolat80]

google are getting bigger and bigger, with great collabations. I love you google.

[@Lotharjade]

That was awesome. It cleared up a lot of questions I had about this. You just need to get people comfortable on putting their stuff out on the web away from their control. That is difficult in business and the universities sometimes.

[@chinarut]

this is a great first cut! going to share this video with past collaborators for sure!

[@jrangelo]

I messed around in MS Word for too long trying to create a table for my new estimate form. I was surprised how easy and intuitive the table creation is in Google Docs! Thanks guys!

[@wh0m33]

wow,I was going to wade though web pages to find info on google docs but I found this video first. It answered all my questions!!! Great time saver!!

[@Did.I.Just...]

Outstanding concept and execution of a training video. I love the lo-tech technique. Great job.

[@jinkles9]

Very creative. I used Google Docs right away. It always organizes all of my important documents, with no clutter and confusing files!

[@avocade]

Awesome, awesome, best, cool, wow! This sets a new standard for fun, easy to follow and no-nonsense walk-throughs!

[@Airhogs777]

I love the CommonCraft plain-english videos. They're BRILLIANT!

[@GarrettInShadows]

I had to give this video a thumbs up, not because of the subject matter, but because of the low-tech animation method used.

[@TheScrowlingFender7]

Thx Google. You saved me lots of work as a college student! :-)

[@ZaDrlovah]

Thanks Google now my Teacher can see if I did work on my presentation or not. -_- But its amazing! Finally someone is smart enough to do this!

[@dich5088]

Thank you Google for making our life to be effective...

[@TheGeekMike]

I use this to write essays when we have to do it 2 by 2. It is great to be able to see what your friend is writing real time.

[@cgriff2197]

This is the future, a true paradigm shift. We are a 90 day infant Google Apps, and it is changing our business day by day in a huge way.

[@akinara]

Not a problem. I collaborate with several friends in a google doc in real time and it works like a charm.

[@dravidianstates1]

drive is the cloud storage service by google. It is like your pendrive or external HDD, to store all random stuff. Docs refers to the 3 apps that help you work, which is saved in DRIVE. it would be complex if you had to access files in two different locations. So google has simplified it by integrating Docs in Drive.

[@Divinemakyr]

Who is watching in 2019, 12 years after this video was made?

[@mexicanmemez7576]

YES

[@Evercreeper]

ah yes i cannot do math

[@adobotravels]

2020

[@Divinemakyr]

@@Evercreeper Well you must be glad I did it for you, then.

[@Evercreeper]

why did you reply to my sarcastic joke 6 months later..?

[@catherinetrammel2186]

I agree with you Nathan GDocs is a big improvement and has no comparison to drop box. GDocs is new to me but I do plan on exploring it a little bit more because I am impressed about all that you can do and your right Dominic the fact that it's free makes it more interesting.

[@Donafell]

Thanks google. I can't live without this anymore XD

[@132lingling]

This is awesome. Even my kids use this! It's so quick and awesome. Yeah, Google Docs does ROCK

[@jlaa07]

AWESOME. google docs means no more hassle collaborating with my colleagues!

[@guicas7]

the video is a good idea, and works, I reccomand for users speaking different languages to reduce a bit the speed of the speach. thanks a lot

[@ThePantheons]

google seriously can do no wrong. this is the cutest FAQ thing ever. love google.

[@AnnaMarieRobertson8686]

@Philosofy1 When two people edit at once, they can see each other. It tells you at the top of the document that someone else is editing too. You can actually see their changes on your screen as they type them. It's cool!!

[@ZoRRoCanCerian]

The support of .xlsx is also important because it is one of the extension which is open to use worldwide. You are right that there are less users of xlsx but if Google wants to give thing in easier way then it is necessary to give give support to all extensions like xlsx, docx, pptx etc.

[@bxladyrose]

I like this video, the idea of not having clutter is great. I am sure going to use it more than my word perfect.

[@deborahtrialonas38]

That was so well done, informative and interesting. I am now going to create my own google docs. Thanks for making this easy.

[@desmondliao]

These were amazing explainer videos in 2007.

[@touchdeep1]

I liked your videos in plian English all of versions. Thank you for uploading.

[@TimRichardsonGooglePlus]

Compared with email attachments, which are sent by nearly everyone as plain text which is stored in several places and is very visible in transit, the google approach is much more secure. So if you're sharing documents, the cloud is much better than email-based collaboration.

[@followerofbasho]

A lot of people, I think were shocked that Google would do it for free, perhaps being a lower quality in comparisons to the high priced Microsoft. Google should continue these education up beat- trainng sessions- possibly even do a little series of best in practice uses of the technology. THE NEXT thing I would like the Googolers in Googland is to put out a mind mapping system- that could be also a part of the documents package. Oh, and hey, thank you for all that you are doing for us -

[@gertvl]

This is great for people who don't use other programs. But in my case, I use indesign, Solidworks, Rhinoceros, photoshop... And dropbox solves this problem for me! You should try it!!

[@splintersag]

Well said. I've had difficulties with exporting/importing, and multiple people editing at the same time can cause a problem, but other than that, it works decently.

[@sideswipebl]

Damn, this is old.

[@Shockxv]

ikr

[@snowstarsparkle]

Confusing Cube yes

[@matteocono6864]

ikr

[@KlingongBane]

Google Docs have changed my life.

[@alaxians2441]

Whos watching in 2018?

[@Silver01Son]

me

[@brooker2161]

me! this is classic

[@theasianjason]

lol im watching this for school XD

[@mairanisar4522]

me

[@chuckthesham5195]

I'm in 2019! I saw google docs in an article and I didn't know what it was so I looked it up. Gave me the basic outline, good enough 12 years later.

[@JenniU1018785]

Thanks for that clear and informative clip. Really helpful - it took the mystery out of it :)

[@NathanClingan]

I don't think so. On Dropbox (if it's still like it was when I remember it) you technically download the file, edit it, and save (technically, reupload). On GDocs, you are all on the file literally at the same time, online; I can type this and you can delete it simultaneously, and I will see your deleting, in real time. You can also chat alongside the document, or even integrate with Hangouts. It really is revolutionary.

[@FaithTale]

google seems to be improving alot. Especially google wave!! Its my fav!

[@justinbrockett9567]

Love the animation. I understand that google docs is a central point. Do we all work on the same/latest version of the doc?

[@ghostsatelier7652]

My school still uses this video to tell us how to use google docs.

[@patrick05020]

That's probably why it's still up too

[@Kobe005]

What version of internet explorer are you guys on now?

[@chunchunchunchun1942]

Gggu

[@kj21feb94]

Documents finally have a permanent Home...i am happy for them.

[@shaydawn7376]

This feels like one of those videos from the 50s about How to Look Pretty or whatever. It feels way older than it is...

[@nicolibrarian]

I wish this video would be updated - I use it to teach students but now that there's different interfaces and the "google drive" concept, I think a redo would be very helpful. Hey Google! Update, please!

[@andrednz]

Loooooooved the presentation! You should teach my boss how not to make us fall asleep with his boring powerpoints...

[@luxurykeylime]

I think this was a great idea for a video and I understood it just fine. ILU, Google!

[@TynanCreations]

We rely heavily on Google Docs in our animation company which has production offices in two different cities. We especially use the spreadsheets to track progress on shots and instant updates on directors notes or technical notes for each shot.

[@myindo]

I totally loved the video and concept of Google docs!

[@R20061]

@nowheretosit The problem was actually not in subversions per se, rather in an immediate access to all of them, distributed in many places. Google solves this, as now all collaborators can access all subversions mutually and when they need em.

[@benchrok]

Another great CommonCraft tutorial. Great job!

[@KjellArneRekaa]

To save documents on Google Docs - is like today do what we are talking about doing in the future with cloud computing, everything reached with an browser from everywhere... It's here, now! I actually have to tell myself too - to use it more consistently than I'm already doing! Thanks Google - keep up with all these good things, and don't be evil! ;-)

[@hbiggs]

it does work on apple. dont use safari, because the browser is not supported. download firefox. oh, and by the way, google docs works with spreadsheets and slideshows as well. it's a great way to centralize your documents.

[@kbpmowrya]

Excellent way of teaching method to understand... at a single Play

[@ToddDoyle89]

@ajselectronichelprs say 4 people are working on a document, each with a different task. 4 copies of the same document are then made, person A joins them together and email back to person B, person C then adds another paragraph and sends to person B who makes their changes and then person D emails person A his new changes. No two people have the same document anymore, there heaps of versions floating around. With Google docs all 4 people edit and read the same one.

[@ErikRuvalcaba]

The *.xlsx format is relatively new. I'm sure it'll be supported in the near future. Lot's of the world hasn't migrated to *.xlsx yet, though, so it was more important to support *.xls. For now, you can save your *.xlsx as *.xls and then upload it.

[@mphides]

Good video. My appreciation of this facility on Gmail has improved

[@lukusbread7241]

old comment

[@sshado2]

Google, you get better every day. Google Docs, Rocks!

[@Overminddl1]

Except that there is versioning history throughout the entire lifetime of the document, meaning you can always roll it back to any point in time.

[@BoogsterSU2]

Is this one example of professional cloud computing? Even when you transfer to a new computer?

[@CocotheNut]

It may not be ideal for top-secret files, but it sure is handy for basic stuff (notes to self, to-do lists, working on papers both at home and at school without having to deal with keeping track of CDs or memory sticks). You can access your stuff from anywhere, which makes it really convenient. Don't knock it till you've tried it! ;)

[@charegirl96]

it's called Google Docs A Love Letter and it's in the "More by: Google" section :)

[@mloy778]

Suddenly I feel as though I should be able to click on my computer with my marker, cool video! (Also cool concept for google, btw)

[@ninacharania421]

Very interesting. Info about Google docs. I like the idea that you can do spread sheets.

[@GivesYouWings]

Wow... nice & simple

[@juan98374893]

cool vid, these guys really know how to sell their stuff (im not saying the product isnt good, just saying the vid is great)

[@breifne555]

Brilliant system for our business..in film production and script. However the chronological list of changes that someone mentioned would improve it no end. Also the question of security would have potential worries maybe. We really like the concept of Uncle Billy and his bloated Office getting a digital suppository too. Rock on Google!

[@Madzor]

Excellent job there! Oh and a good day to everybody reading this! :)

[@StrangeDays25]

Google is on a path to be the greatest company that ever existed. As long as they don't blow their reputation...

[@mgold08]

(I do not use this software or feature so this is just my general knowledge.) Usually there will be a button to save directly to a machines hardrive, the save button. If there isn't on there may be the print button, if not you're going to have to copy and paste your created document onto your computer. This may be messy and require some editing but once you're done, you're done.

[@Shoetiefly]

This linking of collaborators around a design or decision is powerful with broad implications for telecommuting labor and the associated energy/time savings.

[@andreasandrews]

I should credit my gf for that one, she said it when I made her watch the video (so she would start using G.docs) and that was her response to it, which made me laugh somewhat loudly!

[@chris21108]

I search up google docs to do homework but now I'm watching this.

[@evanmacoy1879]

yeah same

[@misterfunnybones]

Sam's job was eventually seen as redundant when they automated the entire process and the newsletter was published electronically...

[@appletart72]

docs own, im using them to do all my presentations (dont got powerpoint on my computer) its really nice. Good Work GOOGLE! =]

[@jackson6548]

I love how the max quality of the video is 240p

[@Mobile4Leads]

Only AWESOME! 1 document - everyone makes changes to the SAME copy - Totally Great!

[@Aggromike99]

Even though I already know this, that was a cool video. Although I wish google docs had more fonts and features that Microsoft Office has

[@NicleT]

Great presentation. I'm in!

[@NicholasOrr]

Awesome clip :) One thing google docs would benefit from is page breaks :)

[@domlee5902]

do I have news for you

[@idiotrun1997]

@joshilton42 Not necessarily. Microsoft Office still has a lot more functionality than Google Docs. Especially the Powerpoint, Google docs powerpoint just doesn't cut it for me, and I can't import my themes. But Google Docs is still great considering that its free.

[@banjocordian]

What if two people are editing it at the same time, including some deletions? Is there a "check out" function like Sharepoint?

[@wickedinUS]

i like how they did you work by hand

[@InessaLee]

That's amazing! I am going to use it!!!))) Thanks for sharing!