Downloading vs. Uploading; FA2

**REMINDER** - GET YOUR VOCAB DEFINITIONS POSTED TO THE WIKI SPACES PAGE ASAP!!

Today we are going to begin working on FA2 - which helps you understand the difference between Save and Save As (there is a huge difference!).  This is a fundamental skill in order to be able to use a computer.  Without this skill you will be overwriting files and trying to find information that you won't be able to find.

But, before beginning the formatting activity we also need to cover the differences between downloading and uploading information to the Internet - this is critical in understanding your Google account and Google docs.

I tend to think of the difference in this manner - if you think of the Internet as something "in space" (or above), then when you download from the Internet you move information from the Internet "down" to your computer; when you upload you move it from your computer "up" to the Internet.  Depending on what you plan to do with Google docs, you have to know the difference in order to be able to understand what your process is.  For example, when you work on a Word document on your computer and you want to save it to Google docs you will be uploading your document to Google docs; if you are at home and you have your Google doc and you want to start working on it in Word you will need to download it to your computer from Google (or the Internet).

Let's look and see how this works with your files.  First, here is how you UPLOAD to Google Docs:

1. You must be logged into your Google account.
2. Go to your Google Drive
3. In the top left, click on the red, up arrow (#1), then click on "Files..." (#2):
   
   
   
   
   
4. Navigate on your computer to where the saved file is located and either double click on the file or select it then click on the Open button
5. Once it has been uploaded to your Google Drive it will say that it has been completed. 

Now, here's the process to DOWNLOAD from the Internet to your computer:

1. Open your Google Drive - you will have to be logged into your Google account to do this.
2. Click the box to the left of the file that you want to download
   
   
   
   
   
3. Move up to the top where there is a button labeled "More".  Click on the small down arrow to get the drop-down menu and select download 
4. Your file will be downloaded and you will then be able to open your document in Word.  Depending on which browser you are using you will have to see how it handles a downloaded file.  Some, like Safari and Firefox, have a small arrow in the top right that you can click on to show you all the files that have been downloaded.  

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