1. Introduction to G Suite Certification: Docs - Part 1

The Google G Suite is a set of cloud-based apps that can be used to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. Earning your G Suite certification demonstrates your ability to use digital skills to work collaboratively and productively in a professional environment.

Completing this lesson about Google Docs will help prepare you for your G Suite Certification Exam. When you finish this lesson, you may choose to proceed and complete Part 2 about Google Docs as well. Google Docs is a cloud-based word-processing application that allows you to write, edit, and collaborate. You can format text and paragraphs using smart-editing and styling tools.

You can also add and edit a variety of non-text elements, including images, links, and tables. In this lesson, you will edit a document using Google Docs. By using the available tools to edit and format the document, you will make it easier to read and better suited for collaboration.

This lesson uses a planning document for a fundraiser organized by a community group.

But you can apply these skills in any document, whether it is for a group or just you.

As you complete this project in Google Docs, you will: Set up the page settings of your document, Add headers, footers, and page numbers, Format blocks of text, Add headings, and add a table of contents.

To begin, go to Google.com and sign in to your Google account.

If you do not have a Google account, pause the video and create one.

Next, open the starter project.

You can also practice the skills in this lesson in a document you have previously created.

Make a copy of the project and rename it.

Now, it’s your turn: Open the starter project, Copy and rename it, And log in to your Google account.