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How to use Document Tabs in Google Docs

Document tabs in Google Docs are an excellent way to organise your document. Project documents can get quite lengthy, document tabs can help you get to the content area you need, quickly.


The document tabs sit on the right-hand side of your document in the left panel for ease of navigation. It also helps you structure your document.


Step 1 - To add tabs click the 'show tabs and outlines' button and 'Add tab'.


The documents tab in Google Docs showing a document outline structure

Step 2 - Once the tab has been added click the 3 dots to the right and rename the tab.


Tab menu in google docs

Step 3 - You can also add an emoji, this is a great way to flag and categorise tabs.


tab menu showing emojis in google docs

Step 4 - Add subtabs, in the example below we have split our project document into Training, Comms & Feedback and the subtabs contain relevant content to this. There is the option to drag and drop tabs and subtabs.


the add subtab menu in google docs

You can delete tabs from the same menu and copy links to send colleagues to a specific section of your Google Doc.

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