How to Import Computer Documents into Google Docs

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Computers are not infallible. They can crash and sometimes lose a lot of work that was stored on their hard-drive. Having a secondary backup source for all of your important documents is a good idea. If you cannot afford to buy a second hard-drive, using Google docs is a good option.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Computer
Internet Connection
Documents to upload
Google Account

Step 1

Create a Google account if you don't already have one. This is the only way you can use Google docs to send and store files across the internet.
Step 2

Log into your Google account. Select 'Google Docs' on your home-page. The folder will be empty to start off with.
Step 3

On the top bar, select, 'upload'. Then browse through your computer by clicking the 'browse' button, and select a file. You may only upload one file at a time. Google Docs will upload spreadsheets, documents, presentations and PDF files. Choose a different name for the document or keep the existing one by leaving that field blank.
Step 4

Your document will appear in the Google Doc editing tool. You may choose to either edit, publish and share or save the document. Click 'Save and Close' in the upper right-hand corner of the page.You will now be directed back to the Google Docs folder where your new uploaded document is now stored.

Comments

aussiebev said

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on 8/27/2009 wow, thankyou i didnt know this was in my google account :)

tracysmith159 said

on 8/26/2009 Thanks for the help. I'm going to save this to do later. I'm just to lazy to burn my articles, I don't want to have to search through all the disk later. lol. This is a great alternative.