How to Create Files in Google Drive: Docs, Forms, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and Sites

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Drive users

You can create Google files such as text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, drawings, and sites on Google Drive.

How to create Google files using Google Drive step-by-step with images

Step 1

Go to Drive at https://drive.google.com and click the New button in the top left.

Step 2

Select Google Docs to create a document – this is the equivalent of Office’s Word files.

Google Sheets lets you create spreadsheets, just like Microsoft Office’s Excel.

Google Slides is for presentations, much like Power Pont.

You can also create Google Forms, Drawings, Sites, and more.

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