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Google Docs

You can create, edit, share, and print documents with Google Docs.
Use templates for work, school, or personal documents. Collaborate in
real time on your computer, phone, or tablet with anyone with a Google
Account.

Get started with Google Docs

How to use Google Docs

Switch to Google Docs from Microsoft Word

Create, view, or download a file

Share files from Google Drive

Get started with encrypted files in Drive, Docs, Sheets & Slides

Collaborate on encrypted files in Docs, Sheets & Slides

Learn what's new in Google Docs

Create & edit your document

Create, view, or download a file

Create a file from a template

Change the color of text, objects, and backgrounds

Copy and paste text and images

Delete a document, spreadsheet, or presentation

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Add or delete columns in a document

See and use suggested content in a document

Format your document

Change page settings on Google Docs

Change a document’s page setup: pages or pageless

Change how paragraphs & fonts look

Work with links & bookmarks

Use headers, footers, page numbers, & footnotes

Add a title, heading, or table of contents in a document

Add page breaks & move margins

View document outlines, summaries, rulers, & non-printing characters

Use line numbers in Google Docs

Insert items

Add items with the @ menu

Create, insert & edit drawings

Add and edit tables

Insert or delete images & videos

Insert emojis & special characters

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Link a chart, table, or slides to Google Docs or Slides

Use equations in a document

Add citations and a bibliography

Insert smart chips & building blocks in your Google Doc

Insert place chips

Insert, edit, or delete watermarks

Insert third-party smart chips from other applications

Insert custom building blocks

Insert and use variable chips

Use AppSheet smart chips in Google Docs

Print, publish, or change viewing settings

Zoom or change your document view

Edit & view text from right to left

Make Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Forms public

Print a file

Use Dark theme in Google Docs, Sheets & Slides

Spell-check, shortcuts & tools

Check your spelling & grammar in Google Docs

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Manage writing suggestions in Google Docs

Count the words in a document

Search and use find and replace

Translate documents or write in a different language

Use Smart Compose and Smart Reply

Use Markdown in Google Docs, Slides, & Drawings

Type with your voice

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs

Troubleshoot errors while you edit Google Docs, Sheets & Slides

Use add-ons, Apps Script & AppSheet

Google Workspace Add-ons

Use Google Keep in a document or presentation

Collaborate on your documents

Share files from Google Drive

Suggest edits in Google Docs

Find what's changed in a file

Use comments, action items, & emoji reactions

Send signature requests & sign documents with eSignature

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eSignature Beta Terms

Add meeting notes to Google Calendar events

Use Google Meet with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, & Jamboard

Assign tasks from Google Docs

Need more help?

Try these next steps:

Post to the help community

Get answers from community members

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