How to Publish to the Web~~AKA Refrain from Repeatedly Re-posting Documents You Change!

What is publishing to the web?

This feature enables you to update any copies of the document you have shared with others and/or posted online simultaneously when you make any changes or revisions to the document. Gone are the days when you need to remove the older version of the assignment and upload the new copy. Wohoo!

The Process

First, create the document in Google Drive or upload the document (if you already have the document in another format) to Google Drive. As always, I recommend saving the uploaded document as a Google Drive document to avoid any issues with formatting and/or editing in the future.

Next, select the FILE dropdown menu from your toolbar. Choose the PUBLISH TO THE WEB option from the list. You will see a window like this:

Then, click on the blue PUBLISH button, which asks you if you are sure you want to publish your content. After you confirm that you want to publish the content, you will see another window like this:

This window provides you with options to share your content via a shareable URL, embedded code, Google+, Gmail, Facebook, or Twitter. You can close out of this window. Whenever you alter the document, the changes will appear simultaneously. Voila!