- Open this link and bookmark it somewhere you will see it every day, ideally your bookmarks bar: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/recent
This shows you all the documents, regardless of format, that you have used (opened/uploaded etc) most recently. This should show you most of what you will use every day, so it’s a good place to get started.
- To keep track of important documents you know you will use a lot: beside the file name, you will see a star. Click that to turn it yellow. All of your starred documents will be in the “starred” section of your home screen. As it’s so easy to add and remove stars, get in the habit of using this section to keep track of things you use a lot, and removing stars from things once you’re done with them.
- Think about your future self (or other team members, current or future) when you’re creating new documents. How will you look for it? Where will you expect to find it? What search terms will you use? Are there related documents that will be used with it? Consider this when you are deciding (a) where the new file will be stored, and (b) what the name of it will be.