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How to print a Google doc

Learn how to locate and print a specific document in Google Docs starting from your Google Drive. This step-by-step guide will walk you through opening the file and accessing the print command from the File menu.

Operations
6 steps 2 min Community template
1

Navigate to Google Drive

Open your Google Drive homepage to locate the document you want to print.

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Navigate to Google Drive
2

Click the Document Printing file

Click the "Document Printing..." file card in the Suggested files section to open the document.

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Click the Document Printing file
3

Click the File menu

Click the "File" menu in the top toolbar to open the file options dropdown.

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Click the File menu
4

Select the Print option

Click the Print option at the bottom of the File menu to open the print dialog.

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Select the Print option
5

Click the Destination dropdown

Click the Destination dropdown in the print settings panel to select a different printer or save as PDF.

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Click the Destination dropdown
6

Click the Print button

Click the Print button at the bottom of the sidebar to send your document to the printer.

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Click the Print button

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