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Quick Recall

• Google Drive allows the users to create, share and manage their fi les like documents,
presentations and spreadsheets.

• Google Drive off ers features like Data Backup, Converting PDFs to Text, Easily Accessible,
Sharing Files and Folders and Free Web-Based Applications.
• The user needs to have Google account to be able to use Google Drive.
• We can organise the uploaded fi les in the specifi c folders in Google Drive. Also, we can create
new folders.
• Google Drive provides the facility to the users to store a large number of files. It also allows the
users to search for a fi le using keywords existing within the fi le or fi le name.
• The user can delete a fi le from the Google Drive. The deleted fi les will be moved to the Trash
folder.
• We can view fi les and folders in Google Drive in two diff erent ways: List view and Grid view.
• We can share files and folders with others using Google Drive. These fi les can be accessed by
multiple users and can be worked upon.

A. Fill in the blanks.

1. ________________ is a storage system that allows the users to share fi les and folders with
others at any time form any location with Internet connectivity.
2. Google Drive off ers ___________ of free storage space.
3. The users can save their data and information including ______________, ______________
and ________________ on Google Drive.
4. We sign in with our Gmail account by entering the ______________ and ______________.

5. We can organise the uploaded fi les in the specifi c ______________ in Google Drive.
B. State whether the given statements are true or false.

1. All the fi les and folders are displayed in a list by default. _________
2. Google Drive consists of an inbuilt PDF converter. _________
3. Google apps Launcher button is present at the top-left corner of the web page. _________
4. The fi les can also be edited after getting converted to Google Drive format. _________
5. To delete a fi le permanently, we click on Trash in the Navigation pane on

the right. _________
C. Write the missing steps.

1. Accessing Google Drive
Visit www.google.com. _______________________________________________. Click
on the ____________ button present at the top-right corner of the web page. You will see
a list of options. ___________________________________________________.

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