Then, Google Docs emerged – easy to use, free of charge and crucially, accessible to anyone with a Gmail account, it’s made pretty much anything that involves word processing much easier.

Select File > Download > PDF Document (.pdf). Save the PDF to your computer. You can name it whatever makes sense to you, and save it to whatever folder is most appropriate.

If you're a Google Docs power user, you should start using the Version history feature to help save you from when something goes disastrously wrong with a document.