Teach Yourself VISUALLY Google Workspace. Guy Hart-Davis

Open and Explore Google Drive

       Create a Folder and Add Files

       Upload a File to Google Drive

       Upload a Folder to Google Drive

       Enable and Use Google Drive’s Offline Mode

       Open a File

       Move a File or Folder

       Copy a File

       Create a Shortcut to a File or Folder

       Rename a File or Folder

       View Info and Activity on a File or Folder

       Search for a File or Folder

       Delete a File or Folder

       Recover a File from the Trash

       Work with Microsoft Office Documents

       Streamline Your Work with Workspaces

Open and Explore Google Drive

      Google Drive is Google’s online storage service used for personal accounts and Google Workspace accounts. Your Google Account includes an amount of storage provided using Google Drive; the amount varies depending on your service plan.

      You can access your Google Drive storage through your web browser on your PC, Mac, or Chromebook; Chrome OS devices also have direct access to Google Drive through the Files app. On Android and iOS, the Google Workspace mobile apps can work directly with your Google Drive files — meaning you do not need to use a browser; you can also install the Google Drive app on your device.

      Open and Explore Google Drive

      

After signing in to your Google Workspace account, click Google apps ().

      The Google Apps panel opens.

      

Click Drive ().

Note: If you open the Google Apps panel and click Drive () in a new tab, Google Drive opens in the same tab. But if you open the panel and click Drive () in a tab containing a Google app, Google Drive opens in a new tab.

      Google Drive opens.

       The My Drive category () is selected at first.

       The Quick Access section provides links to files you have used recently.

Click Priority ().

      The Priority category appears.

       The Priority section shows documents you can open.

       The Workspaces section shows different workspaces available to you.

       You can click Create to create a new workspace.

       Google Drive may suggest a workspace based on files you edit often. Click Save, which appears at the bottom of the Suggested Workspace box, if you want to save the workspace.

      Note: See the section “Streamline Your Work with Workspaces,” later in this chapter, for details on using workspaces.

      

Click Shared drives ().

      The Shared Drives category appears.

       The Shared Drives list shows the shared drives available to you.

       You can click Hidden shared drives to display the Hidden Shared Drives list.

      

Click Expand ().

      Note: You can double-click Shared drives () to display the Shared Drives category and expand its contents to the level at which they were previously displayed.

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      What uses my Google Drive storage space?

      Any files you upload to Google Drive will use an amount of storage proportional to their size.

      Files