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Get more done in Google Docs

A guide to Google Docs: format with tables, page numbers, and checklists, write faster with AI, compare versions, and recover deleted text.

6 articles · updated September 2, 2026

Everything you need to write, format, and manage documents in Google Docs. Start with the formatting basics, speed up your work with AI and version tools, then fix mistakes when they happen.

01

Format and structure your document

The building blocks of a clean, readable document.

  1. businessman, laptop, bag, chairAdd a table to organize information4 min read
  2. Overhead view of a woman writing in a planner with a pen beside coffee on a white tableAdd page numbers2 min read
  3. blogger, screenwriter, desperate, unimaginativeBuild a checklist with clickable checkboxes2 min read
02

Write and review faster

Tools that speed up drafting and reviewing.

  1. ai generated, science fiction, robot, futureDraft and rewrite text with Gemini's Help Me WriteGoogle's built-in AI for generating and reworking text right in the doc.6 min read
  2. african american, computer, technology, africanCompare two versions and track every change2 min read
03

Recover and fix

For when something goes wrong.

  1. computer, computer keyboard, gaming, handGet back text you accidentally deleted2 min read