Tips for retail

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the left, click Shared drives and double-click one of your shared drives.
3. At the top left, click New.
4. Click the type of file or folder you want to create or upload from your computer. 

1. In Google Drive, click NewGoogle SheetsBlank spreadsheet.
2. Click Untitled spreadsheet and enter a title for your project plan.
3. Add columns. For example, you might add columns for tasks, task owners, due dates, status, and comments.
4. Add content to track the tasks in your project.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar. You can’t share calendars from the Google Calendar app.
2. On the left, find the “My calendars” section. To expand it, click the Down arrow .
3. Hover over the calendar you want to share, and click More Settings and sharing.
4. Under “Share with specific people or groups,” click Add people and groups.
5. Add a person’s or Google group’s email address. Use the drop-down menu to adjust their permission settings. Learn more about access permissions.
6. Click Send.
7. The recipient will need to click the emailed link to add the calendar to their list. Learn how to add someone else’s calendar.

Tip: To share a calendar that you don’t own, you need to ask the owner to give you “Make changes and manage sharing” permission.

1. Select the file you want to share.
2. Click Share or Share .
3. Enter the email address or Google group you want to share with.
4. To decide what role people will have on your file, select Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.
5. If your account is eligible, you can add an expiration date for access.
6. Choose to notify people.
   • If you want to notify people that you shared an item with them, check the box next to Notify people. If you notify people, each email address you enter will be included in the email.
   • If you don't want to notify people, uncheck the box.
7. Click Send or Share.

1. On a computer, open a site in new Google Sites.
2. At the right, click Insert.
3. At the bottom of the menu, select the type of file you want to add, e.g. Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, or Charts.
4. Choose a file Insert.
5. To publish your changes, at the top right, click Publish.

1. On your computer, in Google Meet, click Start or Join.
2. At the bottom right, click Activities Recording.
   • To record the meeting captions, select a language.
   • In some cases, if the recording is played on Google Drive, the recording file might be ready a few hours before the captions are available.
3. Click Start recording.
4. In the pop-up screen, click Start.
5. Wait for the recording to start. Participants get a notification when the recording starts or stops.
   • Meetings can only be recorded for a total of 8 hours, then the recording stops automatically.
6. To stop a recording, click Activities Recording Stop recording.
7. In the pop-up screen, click Stop recording.
   • Tip: The recording stops automatically when everyone leaves the meeting.

An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording.

The recording is saved to the meeting organizer’s My Drive > Meet Recordings folder.

For meetings created through:

• Google Calendar: The meeting organizer is the person who creates the meeting event on Google Calendar.
• The Google Meet homepage or another product such as Gmail: The meeting organizer is the person who launches the meeting or generates the code.

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the left, click Shared drives and double-click one of your shared drives.
3. At the top left, click New.
4. Click the type of file or folder you want to create or upload from your computer. 

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. In the top right, choose a view: Day, Week, Month, Year, Schedule, or 4 days.

1. Open Google Chat.
2. At the top left, click Start a chat .
3. Click Browse spaces. The spaces that you're directly invited to appear at the top of the list. To find a space, enter its name.
   • To preview a space, point to the space name and click Preview. When you preview a space, you can read messages, but you can't participate in the conversation or get notifications.
4. To join the space, in the preview, click Add or Join.
5. To open the space, click Open.

If you're using the latest Chrome browser or Mozilla Firefox, you can drag files or folders from your computer into a Drive folder. Or, you can click NewFile upload or Folder upload and choose the file or folder you want to upload.

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the left, click Shared drives and double-click one of your shared drives.
3. At the top left, click New.
4. Click the type of file or folder you want to create or upload from your computer. 

1. On a computer, open a site in new Google Sites.
2. At the right, click Insert.
3. At the bottom of the menu, select the type of file you want to add, e.g. Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, or Charts.
4. Choose a file Insert.
5. To publish your changes, at the top right, click Publish.

1. On your computer, in Google Meet, click Start or Join.
2. At the bottom right, click Activities Recording.
   • To record the meeting captions, select a language.
   • In some cases, if the recording is played on Google Drive, the recording file might be ready a few hours before the captions are available.
3. Click Start recording.
4. In the pop-up screen, click Start.
5. Wait for the recording to start. Participants get a notification when the recording starts or stops.
   • Meetings can only be recorded for a total of 8 hours, then the recording stops automatically.
6. To stop a recording, click Activities Recording Stop recording.
7. In the pop-up screen, click Stop recording.
   • Tip: The recording stops automatically when everyone leaves the meeting.

An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording.

The recording is saved to the meeting organizer’s My Drive > Meet Recordings folder.

For meetings created through:

• Google Calendar: The meeting organizer is the person who creates the meeting event on Google Calendar.
• The Google Meet homepage or another product such as Gmail: The meeting organizer is the person who launches the meeting or generates the code.

1. Go to forms.google.com.
2. Click Blank form .
3. Name your untitled form.

1. On a computer, open a site in new Google Sites.
2. At the right, click Insert.
3. At the bottom of the menu, select the type of file you want to add, e.g. Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, or Charts.
4. Choose a file Insert.
5. To publish your changes, at the top right, click Publish.

1. Go to forms.google.com.
2. Click Blank form .
3. Name your untitled form.

1. On a computer, open a site in new Google Sites.
2. At the right, click Insert.
3. At the bottom of the menu, select the type of file you want to add, e.g. Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, or Charts.
4. Choose a file Insert.
5. To publish your changes, at the top right, click Publish.

Use "take notes for me"

You can use this feature only if your organization supports it. For help, contact your administrator.

1. On a computer, open Google Meet.
2. Select a meeting.
3. At the top, click Take notes with Gemini .
4. Click Start taking notes.
   • Meeting notes are added to a new doc and shared with people on the calendar invite that are within your organization.
   • Manually refresh Summary so far.
   • Stop and restart taking notes: All meeting participants internal to the organization can stop taking notes at any time. You can ensure that any confidential or sensitive discussions aren't part of the meeting summary.
   • When host controls are enabled for the meeting, only the host and co-hosts can start and stop taking notes.

Get started with Google Meet

 

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the left, click Shared drives and double-click one of your shared drives.
3. At the top left, click New.
4. Click the type of file or folder you want to create or upload from your computer. 

1. In Google Drive, click NewGoogle SheetsBlank spreadsheet.
2. Click Untitled spreadsheet and enter a title for your project plan.
3. Add columns. For example, you might add columns for tasks, task owners, due dates, status, and comments.
4. Add content to track the tasks in your project.

Important: You can only create new calendars from a browser. After you create a calendar, you can find it on your browser and in the Calendar app.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. On the left, next to "Other calendars," click Add other calendars  Create new calendar.
3. Add a name and description for your calendar.
4. Click Create calendar.

1. Open Google Chat.
2. At the top left, click Start a chat .
3. Click Browse spaces. The spaces that you're directly invited to appear at the top of the list. To find a space, enter its name.
   • To preview a space, point to the space name and click Preview. When you preview a space, you can read messages, but you can't participate in the conversation or get notifications.
4. To join the space, in the preview, click Add or Join.
5. To open the space, click Open.