Organizing+Google+Documents

=Organizing Google Documents=

Creating Collections
Google calls the traditional folder of the Windows world collections. Collections are just a way to organize your documents so they are easier to find. Collections can be placed inside other collections to create a hierarchical filing system. To create a collection, first select where you want the collection to be in the hierarchical system (usually My Collections unless you wish to nest a collection inside another collection, then click Create New button and select Collection. To place a Google document inside a collection drag in on top of the collection on the left pane. Once a document is placed in a collection, you will see the name collection to the right of the document's name in the document pane. In the screen shot below, the office2010help document is files in the Testing Collection and the DTSD MS wifi project is in the MS Collection.



Using Collections
By default, Google shows all documents recently viewed in the documents pane. If one works in many documents, the list can be quite long making it difficult to find documents. By placing a documents in collections, one can select a collection in the left pane and only the documents for that collection will be shown in the document pane.