Get started with Google Docs for iPhone or iPad
You can create, view, and edit Google Docs with the Docs app for your iPhone or iPad, as well as make them available to view and edit offline.
Install the Google Docs app
If you want to use Google Docs on your iPhone or iPad, download the Docs app from the App Store.
- Touch the App Store icon on your device.
- Find and install the application called Google Docs.
Tips for getting started with the app
- Touch a document's name to open and view that item.
- Touch the menu icon
next to the name of the document to take one of the following actions:
Remove Remove the document Rename Rename the document Share & export - Share: Allow others to view, comment on, or edit the document
- Send a copy: Send a copy of the document to someone (for example, through email)
- Print: Print the document using Google Cloud Print
- Save as Word (.docx): Save a version of this file in Microsoft Word format
- Copy link to clipboard: Copies a link of the document to the clipboard so you can paste it into an email or chat
Keep on device Make the document available offline on your device Details See additional information or take other actions in the document - If you want to quickly switch to the Sheets app from the Docs app, you can move between them using the "Recent apps" section of your iPhone or iPad if you have already opened both apps. To open "Recent apps", double-tap the home button on your iPhone or iPad. You can then find the Sheets app in the list of recent apps and touch it to open.
You can edit Google Docs in the following languages:
Afrikaans, Amheric, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English (UK), Estonian, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, French (Canada), Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Zulu.
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