Docs.com Tutorials
Sign into Docs.com
While you can browse and view content on Docs.com without signing in, that's the sum of all you can do. To go further and upload a PowerPoint presentation or another file, you will have to first sign into Docs.com using your Microsoft account. A Microsoft account contains credentials you use to sign into any of Microsoft's services such as Hotmail, Outlook, XBox, Live, Zune, etc. In this tutorial, we explain how you can sign into Docs.com.
Search and Browse Content on Docs.com
Once you visit Docs.com in any browser, you will have to sign into Docs.com to really achieve anything useful on this site. However, there's one important task that you can perform even without signing in -- and that is to search and browse existing content that other users have uploaded to this site. Note that while you need not be signed into Docs.com to search and browse the content, signing in can still be useful if you want to comment or even download a file.
Filter Search Results in Docs.com
Search for resources on Docs.com and you may end up with so many results, that you may be bewildered. Fortunately, you can filter these search results to show only files of a particular type, license, or language -- in this tutorial we'll explore how to filter search result in Docs.com.
Opening PowerPoint Files on Docs.com
We explored how to search and browse content available on Docs.com, a file sharing site from Microsoft. Rather than just search, you can additionally filter search results to show only files of a particular type, license, or language. In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can open a PowerPoint file. You might be wondering about what's so special about opening a PowerPoint file and how it is different than opening any other file type on Docs.com? The difference is not really in opening -- but within the many options you see after you open your file. We will walk you through these options within this tutorial.
Create Collections in Docs.com
Collections in Docs.com are essentially exactly what the name suggests! These are "Collections" that enable you to gather various files as well as content created from around the web which interests you and group them all together. Collections work as virtual folders that store all sorts of content. This is great if you are doing a project and want all the content to be placed in a Collection without actually moving all the content to the Collection itself!
