When editing text documents, you can do the following:
edit text, format characters, format paragraphs
insert various elements, e.g.: tables, images, text frames, headers and footers, page number
check the spelling, use comments
downloading or printing the selected document or sending it in an E-Mail
searching and replacing text
How to edit a text document:
Note: In order to edit a document, you need to have editing permissions for the Drive folder containing the document.
Create a new text document or open an existing document.
To edit the text document, use the common techniques from familiar Office applications.
To format characters or paragraphs or to edit cells, use the functions in the Format tool bar.
To use the clipboard functions, use the context menu or your system's key combination.
To create a new paragraph style from the paragraph at the current cursor position, select
from .To insert various elements, use the Insert tool bar. Those elements can be inserted:
table, image, text frame, comment, hyperlink
tab stop, line break, page break
header, footer
fields with automatically created contents like author name, file name, date, time, page number, number of pages
In order to edit a field's content, click into the field. Depending on the field, different editing possibilities are available.
To check the spelling, track changes or manage comments, use the Check tool bar functions.
Tip: Many functions can also be activated in the context menu.
Note: All changes are immediately saved.
To search and replace text elements, click the
icon on the right side of the Office menu bar. Control elements for searching and replacing will be shown.To rename, save, download or print the selected text document or to send it in an E-Mail, use the functions in the File tool bar.
To finish editing and to close the text document, click the
icon on the right side of the Office menu bar.Also see
Parent topic: Text