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Google Apps: The Missing Manual (Video Tutorials)
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From the same people who brought you Google Apps: The Missing Manual comes this collection of video tutorials to guide you through the key features of Google Apps. Covering topics from how to set up a basic spreadsheet in Google Docs to managing all the users in your domain, each video is designed to be a quick guide to get you up and running in minutes.
Table of Contents
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Ready, Set Write: Working with Documents
7 minutesIt is essential to understand the basic formatting and styling functions of Google Docs if you want your information to be considered interesting and presentable. In this tutorial, you??ll learn everything you need to know to help make your document stand out in the crowd. -
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Inserting Pictures, Links and Comments
6 minutesIn this tutorial you??ll learn how to spice up the content of your document by adding pictures and links from several sources and leaving comments in your doc. -
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Inserting Tables, Bookmarks, Separators, and More
8 minutesYou may want to organize your info by creating a table, book marking a certain spot in your document, adding a separator, inserting a special character, or creating headers and footers. In this tutorial we'll walk you through the steps to accomplish all these things in Google Docs. -
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Working with Tables
4 minutesThis tutorial will help you become comfortable working with and editing tables in Docs. As long as you have the content to fill them, you won??t go wrong with using the table setting. -
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Printing and Deleting Documents
5 minutesAt some point, you're probably going to want to print off a hard copy of your new document for yourself, or a copy to show others; or if the document is no longer useful, you may just want delete it forever. These simple, yet fundamental options are explained in this tutorial. -
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Emailing and Publishing Documents on the Web
6 minutesUsing Google Docs, you can share your document with a limited number of people by emailing it to them, or you can share it with the world by publishing it on your website or blog. Learn how to circulate your info with this helpful tutorial. -
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Collaborating on Documents
8 minutesOne of the greatest reasons to use Google Docs is the ability to collaborate on a project with multiple users. Whether you decide to change the document directly, or comment back and forth between editors, Google constantly updates any changes while you simultaneously edit the same document. In this tutorial, you will discover how to take advantage of this clever option. -
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Getting Started and Creating Spreadsheets
9 minutesSometimes it makes a lot more sense to organize your important data in a spreadsheet rather than a simple word document. In this tutorial, learn how to get started and create a new spreadsheet with the basic functions offered in the spreadsheet editor. -
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Importing and Exporting Spreadsheets
3 minutesIf you've already got a spreadsheet in another program on your computer, or you want to work on your Google Spreadsheet offline, Google Docs makes it easy. This tutorial walks you through both importing and exporting spreadsheets in Google Docs. -
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Formatting a Spreadsheet
5 minutesThis tutorial will go over a few quick formatting tricks to use in the Google Docs spreadsheet editor. You??ll learn how to format text, numbers, and dates and times. You??ll also find out how to create and apply formatting rules so your data will format itself automatically. Not only will your work be more organized, it will be more interesting to read as well. -
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Timesaving Data Entry Tricks
6 minutesEntering data into spreadsheets can get pretty tedious at times. Docs offers a few easy timesaving tricks that will make your work much more efficient. In this tutorial, you??ll learn how to auto-fill, copy and clear your data, and how to add up a bunch of numbers in one simple step. -
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Labeling Cells and Columns with Range Names
4 minutesIn this tutorial, you'll learn about naming ranges of cells and columns in Google Docs. By creating a descriptive, easy-to-remember name, you can make writing formulas a snap and make your data easier to read. -
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Creating, Importing, and Exporting Presentations
7 minutesAfter you watch this tutorial, you may realize just how convenient and painless it is to start creating a slideshow presentation with Google Docs. The versatile presentation editor also allows you to easily import and export projects with your old PC-based presentation program. -
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Sharing and Collaborating on Presentations
4 minutesMost presentations are made to be shared. This tutorial runs through the process of publishing your final presentation and inviting people to view it. Google Apps allows you to customize the exact level of permission you want your users to have for editing, viewing, and further sharing of your work. -
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Viewing a Presentation
4 minutesThis tutorial will cover the available options that Apps gives you for viewing a presentation. Google allows you to give a presentation online--in real time--to anyone from your viewers and collaborators list that wants to watch. You also have the ability to instantly chat with your audience and to pass on the roll of presenter to someone else if you feel like it. -
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Getting Started and Creating a Calendar
9 minutesGoogle has come up with a practical calendar application that can keep up with your hectic lifestyle. In this tutorial, you??ll learn how to create multiple custom calendars, add events and create reminders. You can access your calendars anywhere in the world as long as you have Internet access, making Google Calendar a very useful tool. -
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Events: Editing, Inviting Others, and Deleting
6 minutesGoogle understands the fundamental importance of providing flexible calendars, as our daily schedules are continuously adjusting. This tutorial will help you get familiar with editing, inviting your friends, and even deleting events if your plans fall through. -
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Working with Calendars
5 minutesIf you want to change the way the dates show up in Google Calendar, have the weather shown for a particular day, or even sync your calendar with your cell phone, Google has an answer. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to adjust all those settings and more--like sharing your calendar with a friend. -
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Searching Calendars and Managing Your Calandar
7 minutesIt's one thing to create a calendar, but for your agenda to be effective, you need to be able to manage it. Google calendar allows you to search through details of your own personal events and even allows you to search and add events from the public events listing. With so many things going on in your life, the details of one specific event are often hard to remember. Google helps by making things a little bit easier. -
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Importing and Exporting with Other Calendar Programs
6 minutesSimilar to the document or presentation editors, Google allows you to import and export calendars with your old calendar program. Sometimes it's important to be able to access your calendar offline--for example, if you're working on an airplane. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to always have access to your schedule, even if you aren't online. -
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Syncing Your Google Calendar with Another Calendar
4 minutesBeing able to import your schedule to and from Google Apps is very practical. This convenience is brought to a whole new level with Google Calendar's syncing function. In this tutorial you'll learn how to automatically sync your calendar with another calendar program--or even print it out as a pdf--to make sure you're always up-to-date with the events in your life. -
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Signing Up for Google Apps
7 minutesThis tutorial will guide you through the process of signing up for Google Apps and choosing your personal preferences. Getting an Apps account provides you with access to a whole suite of programs like Docs, Calendar, Gmail and more, all customized for your business or group. -
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Signing In and Learning Your Way Around
11 minutesBeing able to navigate your account successfully is essential if you want to get the most out of Google Apps. This tutorial will walk you through the process of signing in to your domain and give you an overview of the features available in the control panel. -
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Customizing Your Domain's Appearance and Creating Custom Sign-In URLs
5 minutesBy changing your domain's appearance and creating custom URL's, Apps allows you to give your domain a much more personal feel. Whether it's for personal or professional reasons, the ability to customize items like the header logo and sign-in box color certainly adds more credibility to your domain. -
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Customizing Your Domain's Start Page
9 minutesThe first thing your users see is the domain Start Page, so why not give it the look and feel of your company or group, too? Google makes these step-by-step customizations a snap. In this tutorial you'll learn about all the different ways you can personalize your start page--from adding a logo and changing the color to importing a custom RSS feed from outside of Google. -
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Adding Users
7 minutesThis tutorial will help you get your Google Apps account up and running by adding more users. You'll learn the many ways to add more users, and what to do if you run out of Google Apps accounts. -
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Getting Started with Email
4 minutesGoogle Apps includes an email program just like Gmail, except its catered to your domain--perfect for keeping all your users connected. Setting up email may be a little tricky, but this tutorial will walk you through all the steps so that your email won't get stuck with your domain host. -
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Adding Domain Aliases
6 minutesAdding domain aliases to your existing domain can be a great way to manage correspondence for a bunch of different sites. By making all these aliases point to your primary Google Apps domain, you can make sure that all your mail ends up in the same place. -
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Managing Users (Part 1)
7 minutesAs a domain administrator, you have all the power. It's important to be able to manage your user accounts as your domain grows. In this tutorial, you'll learn about some of your options, including changing user info, suspending or deleting unwanted users, and even how to make someone a fellow administrator so you don't have to do all the work. -
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Managing Users (Part 2)
7 minutesIssuing invitations, creating address books and keeping track of your users' e-mail space are yet more of the domain management options that Google offers you. This tutorial will guide you through these and a few other ways to keep your users in line.
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Product Details
- Title:
- Google Apps: The Missing Manual (Video Tutorials)
- By:
- Nancy Conner
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
- Formats:
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- Safari Books Online
- Video
- Video Release:
- March 2009
- Run time:
- 3 hours 20 minutes
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