GooDocs is a curated collection of modern Google Docs templates designed for resumes, newsletters, business documents, academic work, and creative projects.
Unlike standard Google Docs templates, GooDocs uses advanced table-based layouts, typography systems, and visual design techniques to create documents that feel polished, structured, and visually distinctive.
All templates are ready to use — just open and click File → Make a copy.
GooDocs templates are built using techniques most people never discover in Google Docs:
- Tables used as layout containers (not spreadsheets)
- Cell padding instead of paragraph spacing
- Borders, color blocks, and negative space for hierarchy
- Structured typography systems for readability
This approach allows documents to look more like designed layouts—not default word processor pages.
GooDocs templates are designed for:
- 📄 Professional resumes and job applications
- 📰 Newsletters and content publishing
- 🏢 Small business documents and onboarding materials
- 📚 Academic writing and structured coursework
- 🍳 Recipe cards and lifestyle content
- 🧾 Legal and formal documentation
- 🎨 Creative layouts and experimental document design
GooDocs is part of a growing ecosystem of document template resources:
GooDocs focuses specifically on visual design, layout creativity, and aesthetic flexibility within Google Docs.
GooDocs is a growing library of Google Docs templates—and contributions are welcome.
- Fork this repo
- Add a preview image to
img/templates/ - Add your template to
templates/templates.json - Open a pull request
Because Google Docs is powerful — but visually plain.
GooDocs offers a way to bypass its limitations with creative table formatting, layout tricks, borders, and style hacks that most people never discover.
GooDocs brings those hacks together into a public collection so anyone can create documents that look:
- professional
- modern
- polished
- and nothing like a default Google Doc
Created and maintained by Ashly Lorenzana