To change the settings, open your document and click Share on the top right. You can set the visibility so that anyone who has a direct link can either view or edit your document. It’s all about setting the visibility options of your document. Here’s a vastly underutilized feature of Google Docs: people don’t actually need a Google account to view a file created with Google Docs-or even to edit it. Allow anyone with a link to edit your document The downside is that it means there are two distinct versions of your document floating around-and you cannot collaborate with the recipient online. The benefit of this method is that it’s fast and easy to get your content to the people who need to see it. You can choose to send the file as HTML, PDF, Rich Text, or Microsoft Word. Your file will be sent via email as an attachment in the format you choose.

You’ll be brought to a dialog screen where you choose a file format and type in the recipient’s email address. With your Google document open in Google Drive, click File, and choose ‘Email as attachment’. Email the file to the user as an attachment There are three ways to handle the situation: 1. And if the user doesn’t have a Google Account, all is not lost. Once you’ve created a file in Google Docs-say a spreadsheet or a word-processing document-it’s a common scenario to share it with another Google Account user. When you access Google Drive, you also gain the ability to create these files and store them directly in your Drive. But they’re now combined into one product called Google Drive. In fact, Google Drive and Google Docs used to be two separate Google products. Working with Google Docs lets you create word-processing documents, spreadsheets, drawings, presentations and forms online, and work on them simultaneously with other Google account holders. A fantastic feature of Google Drive is the ability to create and work with Google Docs within Drive.

If you’ve only been using Google Drive for storage purposes, you’re missing out. Sharing and simultaneous collaboration are huge benefits to using Google drive-but what if you have to share a Google Doc file (such as a word-processing document) with a user who doesn’t actually have a Google account?

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