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Using Google Docs: Sharing Documents via Google Docs

Using Google Docs in collaborative environments

Sharing Documents via Google Docs

Sharing documents with others is one of the features that makes Google Drive/Docs so useful.

Sharing a document, or a group of documents is easy.

Select the document(s) you want to share from your Google Drive home page. Once you do that you will see a group of icons, click on More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the drop down menu under More select Share and then Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the window that pops up add the email addresses of people you want to share the document with in the “Add people:” box and select their level of access between Can Edit, Can Comment and Can View. Check the box to notify them by email and click Save and Share.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People will now have access to your document and can edit it depending on what level of access you have given them.