Google Docs Basics

To open Google Docs enter docs.google.com in your browsers address bar or open Google Docs here.

Creating a New Document

Click on the new page symbol here:

Naming

To name your document click on the field Untitled Document in the top left corner and type in the new name.
Remember to use a distinguished name as it will be used when you search through your documents.
You can always rename your document later.

Paged or not paged

Google Docs has two basic modes for editing, the paged and pageless mode.

To change the mode open the page setup menu by clicking File > Page setup.

Click the button Pages or Pageless and then OK to change the mode. When setting the paged mode don't forget to also set the page size to A4 if it isn't already.