Google Storage Amounts

Google gives you 15 Gb of free storage.
The storage includes:

• Drive files
• Google Photos
• Gmail

Storage Amounts

1. Open up Google Drive.

On the left-hand side of the main screen is a menu. 

At the bottom of the menu is the amount of memory you have used out of the 15 GB.

Such as: 

8 GB of 15 GB used

To find out how much you have used in the different areas

1. Move your mouse over the three bars or words "Upgrade storage"

    The following will appear.

Google Photos
Note the icons on the left of each item, specifically the Google Photos.
This icon is different from the other Google Photos. As you can see, these photos take up part of the 15Gb free storage.
If you store your photos under the icon below, you have unlimited space for your photos!.

A to Z Blog Challenge 2017

This year I did the A to Z Blog Challenge on my genealogical blog iFamilyHistory.blogspot.ca

 My theme for the month-long challenge was How To Use Google Drive to help you in your genealogical and family history. This included among other items, storing and sharing files with family.

The index for the month is at How To Use Google Drive from A to Z

P is for Pictures Google

Insert a picture into a Google Document

Problems
Documents are more exciting with a picture.
Many documents need pictures or diagrams to enhance the information.
A logo at the top of documents is important.


1. Position cursor where you want the picture to appear within the document.

Create a Folder: Google Drive

Folders are used to organize files. Instead of having a whole bunch of files all in the main directory we create folders [subdirectories] where we store files that are related.
Such as Accounting folders, classroom, years,

When you open Google Drive you are in the "root" directory. The main directory.
We are going to create a folder in the root directory.

On the left-hand side of the screen under the word Drive is a red box with the word CREATE

Click on CREATE.

The following drop down menu appears

Folder	Used to organize your files
Document	A Word Processor  Google's mini version of Word
Presentation	Google's mini version of PowerPoint
Spreadsheet	Google's mini version of Excel.
Form	Creates quizzes/ surveys sends the results in a spreadsheet
Drawing:	Like Paint program

Click on Folder.
It now asks you for a name for the folder in a small window, shown below.

Type in the name of the folder.

I am naming this one Accounting








Click on Create.
The folder now appears in the list of files and folders in this folder.

Once you have created folder they look like the following.

Note: Beside the Shelley folder is the word Shared
I have shared the whole folder with someone.




Check out my blog post to learn how to share folders 

Subdirectories
Case Study
We have a folder called Accounting. Now I need to divide up the accounting folders by years.
I would open up the Accounting folder so I could see the files inside that folder.
Then I would create each year's folder. They are now subfolders/subdirectories of the Accounting folder.

You create the folders the same way as shown above.

Create a file: Google Drive

On the left hand side of the screen under the word Drive is a red box with the word CREATE

Click on CREATE.

The following drop down menu appears

Folder	Used to organize your files
Document	A Word Processor  Google's mini version of Word
Presentation	Google's mini version of PowerPoint
Spreadsheet	Google's mini version of Excel.
Form	Creates quizzes/ surveys sends the results in a spreadsheet
Drawing:	Like Paint program

Click on the program you would like to use. The program is opened for you and you are ready to begin.

Folder
If you selected Folder, you will be asked for the name of the folder. A folder will then appear in the area/folder you are in.

Remember

You do not have a Save icon. Google automatically saves your work for you onto the Internet [SkyDrive].

Sharing Files/Folders: Google Drive

One advantage of storing your files in Google drive is the ability to share that file [or folder] with other people. This allows you to collaborate on a project, or proof read for accuracy.

Share menu

Right Click on top of the item you want to share with someone or several people.

Click on Share…

Click on Share on the menu on the right.

The following Sharing settings window appears

Click in the Invite people box at the bottom of the page.

Invite People

If the person you want to share this item with is in your contact list,

Enter in the names of the people you want to share this item with.

If they are not on your contact list,

type in their emails.

Click Share & Save when all the names have been entered

An email will be sent to them to notify them and give them a link.
You can also have an email sent to yourself by clicking in the check box on the right.

Another way to begin the share:

Click in the square to the left of the item you want to share.

A check appears inside the box

At the top of the screen above the list of files and folders is the following menu items. 

Click on the Share icon [Shown on left] from the top menu [as shown below]

The Sharing settings window appears

The rest of the instructions are the same as above.