Google Docs Tip: The Basic File Upload

Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users.

Now as discussed before, the free uploader tool will work perfectrly if you’re a frequent “file user” and “file sharer” on Google Docs. If you seldom need to share a file with someone else or a team, you may not need uploader tool. What you may need is the basic upload tool that is found online when you login into your Google Docs account. How do you do it? Here goes:

STEP 1. Login to your Google Docs account at docs.google.com

STEP 2. Notice the toolbar near the top of the page where it says “upload”… click it

STEP 3. Choose the file you want to upload (from your PC or from the internet), and click the “upload file” button

A few reminders on files you plan to upload:

Documents (up to 500KB)
HTML files and plain text (.txt).
Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf), OpenDocument Text (.odt) and StarOffice (.sxw).

Presentations (up to 10MB from your computer, 2MB from the web, 500KB via email)
Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps).

Spreadsheets (up to 1MB)
Comma Separated Value (.csv).
Microsoft Excel (.xls) files and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods).

PDF Files (up to 10MB from your computer, 2MB from the web)