In October 2012, Google renamed the Google Drive products and Google Documents became Google Docs. In June 2012, Google acquired Quickoffice, a freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices. Improvements based on DocVerse were announced and deployed in April 2010. DocVerse allowed multiple user online collaboration on Microsoft Word documents, as well as other Microsoft Office formats, such as Excel and PowerPoint. In March 2010, Google acquired DocVerse, an online document collaboration company. In July 2009, Google dropped the beta testing status from Google Docs. On March 9, 2006, Google announced that it had acquired Upstartle. It began as an experiment by programmers Sam Schillace, Steve Newman and Claudia Carpenter, trying out the then-new Ajax technology and the "content editable" function in browsers.
Writely was a web-based word processor created by the software company Upstartle and launched in August 2005. Google Docs originated from two separate products: Writely and XL2Web.
Exporting to PDF and EPUB formats are implemented. Google Docs supports opening and saving documents in the standard OpenDocument format as well as in Rich text format, plain Unicode text, zipped HTML, and Microsoft Word. Updates have introduced features using machine learning, including "Explore", offering search results based on the contents of a document, and "Action items", allowing users to assign tasks to other users. An editor's position is highlighted with an editor-specific color and cursor and a permissions system regulates what users can do. Edits are tracked by the user making the edit, with a revision history presenting changes. Google Docs allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real-time.
Google Docs is accessible via an internet browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iOS and as a desktop application on Google's Chrome OS. Finally, hit the Ok button to save your equation label.Google Docs is an online word processor included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google, which also includes: Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites and Google Keep. Click the Numbering button, and choose the numbering format you want.Ĩ. Add the name of your label in the space provided and hit the Enter Button.ħ. Click the New label button to open the New label dialogue box. From the position drop-down menu, choose where the label will be positioned.Ħ. From the label drop-down menu, choose the equation option.ĥ. Click on it to open the caption dialogue box.Ĥ. From this pane, locate the Insert caption button. Locate the Reference tab on the toolbar.ģ. Choose the Save as new equation button.Ģ. Therefore, it is advisable to label each Equation. You may use more than one Equation in the same document. To customize the formula, use the tools next to the Write button.įinally, hit the Insert button to add the formula to your document. Click on the Write icon to write the formula in the space provided. If you choose the Ink Equation, follow these steps: Use the Design tab on the toolbar to customize your Equation.įinally, type the formula on the space provided, and then click on the drop-down button next to your Equation to align the Equation.ĩ. On clicking, a Type equation box will appear on the document you are working on. If you choose the Insert new equation button, follow these steps: Once you locate the Equation, click on it.Ĩ. If you choose the More equations from the office button, hover the mouse over this button.įrom the side-view menu displayed, scroll downwards to find the needed Equation. With the built-in equations, you have to click on the Equation you want, which will appear in your document.ħ. From the drop-down menu, choose the Built-in, more equations, ink equation, or new equation button.Ħ. Click on the Equation’s drop-down button.ĥ. Locate the Equation section on the rightmost side of the displayed icons.Ĥ. On the opened document, locate the Insert button on the toolbar.ģ. Alternatively, open an existing document that you need to add the Equation.Ģ. You can also use the keyboard shortcuts to open a new document. To create a new document, click the File button on the toolbar. Double-click on it to open the application. To get started, locate the Word application on your Pc.