☁️ Google Tools for Students · Lesson 2 of 7

Google Docs

A new document, formatting, voice typing and version history.

A new document

In Drive: “+ New” > “Google Docs”. Or type docs.new in the address bar. Click “Untitled document” at the top left and give it a name. There is no Save button — every change is saved automatically.

Formatting

The toolbar at the top has the font, size, bold (Ctrl+B), italic (Ctrl+I), color, alignment and lists — just like Word. “Normal text” on the left changes to “Heading 1” or “Heading 2” for headings, and the outline on the left side lists them.

Voice typing and more

Tools > Voice typing	Speak and Docs types (Ctrl+Shift+S)
Tools > Word count	How many words (Ctrl+Shift+C)
Tools > Explore	Search the web and images from inside the document
Insert > Image	Add a picture
File > Download	Get it as Word (.docx) or PDF

Version history

Deleted half your paper by mistake? File > Version history > See version history shows every earlier version with the time it was saved. Click a version and “Restore this version”.

Tip

💡 Ctrl+K adds a link, and Ctrl+Alt+M adds a comment. Keyboard shortcuts work in Docs too: Ctrl+/ shows the full list.

✏️ Practice: your turn

Make a new document called “About me”
Write a heading with Heading 1 and a short paragraph
Try voice typing for one sentence
Open version history and look at the earlier versions

🧠 Quick quiz

Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.

1. How do you save a Google Doc?

2. Where is voice typing?

3. How do you get back an earlier version?

4. How do you download a Doc as a Word file?

0 of 4 correct

📄 Google Docs