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Sharing Your Documents Via Google Docs

From , former About.com Guide

One of the best features of Google Docs is the ability to share documents with others. You can make your work available to friends, family, and colleagues. You can share one or all of your documents. Further, you can specify who can view a document and who can edit it.

Sharing a document on Google Docs is easy. All you need to do is follow these simple steps:

1. Log in to your Google Docs account

2. Use the selection boxes to the left of your document names to select the documents you would like to share

3. Click Share>>Invite people

4. In the Invite box, enter the email addresses of those you would like to grant access

5. Select whether you would like grant editing privileges or just viewing privileges using the radio buttons beneath the Invite box

6. You can enter a subject line and a message to include with the invitation

7. Once you have completed the invitation, click Send

If you want some invitees to be able to edit the document and others only to view it, you'll need to send two different invitations.

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