Creating and Saving a document
To create a new document, go to your Docs list, click the New drop-down menu, and select Document.
As you're working on your document, click the Save button in the top right corner of the document, enter a name for the document in the window that appears and click OK. Then, you'll see your document in your Docs list.
If you'd like to save and close a document, click the Save and Close button.
To save a local copy of the document, you can download it to your computer. To do this, open your document, click the File menu and point your mouse to the Download file as option. You'll see these file types: HTML, RTF, Word, Open Office, PDF and plain text. Select a file type and click OK in the browser window that appears.
Uploading a document
You can upload existing documents to Google documents at any time. Here's how to do this:
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Click the Upload button at the top of the sidebar in your Docs list page
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Click Browse and select the document
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Click Open
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Click Upload file. The uploaded file appears in your Docs list.