Docs
Rich text documents with page layout and live collaboration.
Docs is for writing that needs structure and layout: reports, proposals, specs and letters. For quick, linked notes, use Notes.
The editor
The toolbar is split into tabs:
| Tab | Has |
|---|---|
| Home | Undo and redo, paragraph styles, font, size and weight, bold, italic and other formatting, colors and highlights, alignment, lists and indentation |
| Insert | Images (from Drive, your computer or a URL), YouTube videos, tables, dividers and page breaks |
| Format | Line spacing, text direction, callout colors and clearing formatting |
| Table | Appears in a table: insert and delete rows and columns, merge cells, cell colors, and distribute rows and columns evenly |
| Page | Margins (normal, narrow, wide), orientation, page color and page numbers |
| View | Paged or continuous layout, fit width, zoom, focus mode, ruler and the stats bar |
| Review | Spell check and document stats |
Paragraph styles include title, three heading levels, quote, pull quote, callout, caption, footnote and code block. Headings build the document outline.
Press ⌘Enter to insert a page break.
Writing with Kairo
Ask Kairo to draft, rewrite or continue from inside the document. Tab suggests the rest of your sentence as ghost text.
Collaboration
- Edit together in real time and see who's in the document.
- The save status shows when your work is saved. If your connection drops, Docs keeps a draft and recovers it, so you never lose what you wrote.
Word files
Open .docx files from Drive in Docs, or upload them from the Docs home. Search your Word documents from the Docs home too.
Sharing and printing
Share a doc like any file; see Drive. The print button is in the document header.
The Docs home
The Docs home lists your documents with filters and search. Opening one animates into the editor.