Are you getting the most out of your Google Drive? If you’re not sure, check out these great features:
1) Keyboard shortcuts
If you use keyboard shortcuts in Drive to get your work done with less clicking, it’s probably cut, paste and print. Try some other shortcuts that are as useful, like
- Shift + t: create new text document
- Shift + p: create new presentation
- Shift + s: create new spreadsheet
For the full list of Google Drive keyboard shortcuts, check out this official Google page.
2) Send large files
Many mail services limit the size of files you can send. You can get around this if you upload the file to your Drive and then share it with recepient(s). As simple as that.
3) CSI Drive – See who did what to the document
Google Drive retains log of all changes done on the document. To see who did what and when, go to File ->Revision History and click on any of the times offered in the right-hand menu. There, you can revert back to an older version of the file by clicking Restore This Revision.
4) Benefit from suggested edits
While working on a document in Google Drive, you might have noticed a drop-down near the top right corner. By default, that drop-down will be set at Editing. If you click it, you can select Suggesting. With that option, all of your edits will appear as suggestions — similar to Track Changes. You can accept or reject the edits in the user box at the bottom of the pane.
To switch back to standard editing, pick the option from the same drop-down.
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