Book description
Among its many amazing applications, Google now has web-based alternatives to many of the applications in Microsoft Office. This comprehensive and easy-to-follow new book enables you to explore Google's new office applications in detail. Once you do, you'll be in good company -- more than 100,000 small businesses and some corporations are already looking to take advantage of these free Google offerings.
Google Apps: The Missing Manual teaches you how to use three relatively new applications from Google: "Docs and Spreadsheets", which provide many of the same core tools that you find in Word and Excel; and Google Calendar and Gmail, the applications that offer an alternative to Outlook. This book demonstrates how these applications together can ease your ability to collaborate with others, and allow you access to your documents, mail and appointments from any computer at any location.
Of course, as remarkable as these applications are, Google's office suite is definitely a work-in-progress. Navigating what you can and can't do and -- more importantly -- understanding how to do it isn't always easy. And good luck finding enough help online. Google Apps: The Missing Manual is the one book you need to get the most out of this increasingly useful part of the Google empire. This book:
- Explains how to create, save and share each of Google's web-based office applications
- Offers separate sections for Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, and Gmail
- Demonstrates how to use these applications in conjunction with one another
- Gives you crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations that will satisfy users of all technical levels
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- Google Apps: The Missing Manual
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. Docs: Google’s Productivity Suite
- 1. Getting Started with Google Apps
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2. Word Processing with Google Docs
- Before You Start: Browser Requirements
- Welcome to Google Docs: A Quick Tour
- Customize Your Setup with Google Docs Settings
- Getting Your Docs into Google
- Ready, Set, Write: Working with Documents
- Editing Documents Offline
- Sharing and Collaborating on Documents
- Organizing and Finding Documents
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3. Working with Docs Spreadsheets
- Getting Started with Google Docs Spreadsheets
- Creating a Spreadsheet
- Formatting a Spreadsheet
- Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns
- Working with Multiple Sheets
- Adjusting Cell Sizes
- Timesaving Data Entry Tricks
- Checking Your Spelling
- Inserting Images
- Sorting Data
- Formulas and Functions
- Labeling Cells and Columns with Range Names
- Working with Charts
- Displaying Data with Gadgets
- Printing a Spreadsheet
- Deleting a Spreadsheet
- Sharing and Collaborating on Spreadsheets
- Turn Back Time: Your Spreadsheet’s Revision History
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4. Creating Slideshow Presentations
- Getting Started with Google Docs Presentations
- Creating a Presentation
- Editing a Presentation
- Previewing a Presentation
- Printing a Presentation
- Deleting a Presentation
- Sharing and Collaborating on Presentations
- Turn Back Time: Your Presentation’s Revision History
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II. Communicating and Scheduling
- 5. Gmail: Email Google-Style
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6. Keeping in Touch with Google Talk
- Getting Started with Google Talk
- Launching Google Talk Manually
- Working with Your Friends List
- Sending and Receiving Messages
- Transferring Files
- Inviting Web Site Visitors to Chat with You
- Signing Out of Google Talk
- The Google Talk Gadget: Taking Talk with You
- Google Talk and Gmail
- Making Free Voice Calls over the Internet
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7. Tracking Schedules with Google Calendar
- Getting Started with Google Calendar
- Creating a Calendar
- Working with Calendars
- Using Google Calendar with Other Calendar Programs
- Google Calendar on the Go
- Calendar Tricks for Google Apps Users
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III. Creating Web Pages
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8. iGoogle: Google Your Way
- Creating an iGoogle Page
- Customizing iGoogle
- Customizing, Sharing, and Creating Gadgets
- Organizing iGoogle Pages with Tabs
- Making iGoogle Your Home Page
- iGoogle and Google Applications
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9. One-Click Web Design with Page Creator
- Big Changes Brewing at Google
- Creating Your First Web Page
- Site Manager
- Editing and Designing Web Pages
- Publishing a Web Page
- Creating Multiple Web Sites
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8. iGoogle: Google Your Way
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IV. Google Apps for Organizations
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10. Putting Google Apps to Work
- Signing Up for Google Apps
- Signing In and Learning Your Way Around
- Customizing Your Domain
- Adding Users
- Getting Started with Email
- Adding Domain Aliases
- Getting Support
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11. Administering Google Apps
- Managing Users
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Managing Apps
- Google Docs
- Google Apps Email
- Chat
- Google Calendar
- Start Page
- Web Pages
- Google Sites
- Postini (Premier Edition Only)
- Disabling an App
- Managing Your Domain
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12. Bring Your Team Together with Google Sites
- Signing In and Creating a Site
- Adding Content to Your Pages
- Moving a Page Within the Site
- Change Notifications: Finding Out What’s New
- Printing a Page
- Adjusting a Page’s Settings
- Deleting a Page
- Customizing Your Site
- Managing Your Sites
- 13. Beefing Up Google Apps
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10. Putting Google Apps to Work
- V. Appendix
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Google Apps: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2008
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596551766
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