Google Docs Fundamentals

Google Docs Fundamentals
Page Setup
Google Docs still assumes you will one day choose to
print this document. To that end, it uses standard page
preferences when new documents are created. Click on
file and select page setup
The page is automatically setup for 8.5” by 11”. The
margins are set to one inch all the way around. If you
don’t plan to print this document, we can add some
real-estate for our content.
Default Page Setup
We can change the page size and margins for all future
documents. Click on File and select page setup.
In my example I’ll keep the standard letter size but
adjust the margins. I like to have a larger margin at the
bottom of the page for footers. Students will place their
citations in the footer. I’ll leave three quarter inches at
the bottom and half an inch on the other sides.
To set this as my default for future documents, I’ll click
the ‘set as default’ button. Once the default is set, click
the OK button. The changes will be applied to this document
and all future documents.
In my example I’ll change the top and bottom margins
to a quarter inch. I’m doing this because I don’t want to
disturb the placement of my images along the left and
right margins.
In the previous lesson we had difficulty with the table
going across pages. Our solution was to force the table
onto another page. We can avoid this by adjusting the
top and bottom margins. With the margins adjusted I’ll
click the OK button.
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