Google Apps For Dummies

Description

Google Apps are Web-based, low-cost (or free!) office productivity tools that do everything those expensive applications do — and you can access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Google Apps For Dummies boosts your "app-titude" by giving you the low-down on choosing, setting up, and using these nifty and powerful gadgets for work or play.

  
Whether you're an individual who wants to take advantage of iGoogle or an organization looking for an enterprise-wide training solution for users at all levels, this comprehensive, practical guide brings you up to speed with all of the basic information and advanced tips and tricks you need to make good use of every Google Apps's tool and capability. Discover how to:
* Get productive fast with free or inexpensive Web-based apps
* Design your perfect Start Page layout
* Choose among the different editions
* Use Gmail and Google Talk
* Work with Google Docs and spreadsheet documents
* Create and collaborate on documents
* Import events into your calendar
* Build dazzling presentations
* Use Dashboard to create and manage user accounts
* Create a Web page with a unique domain setting

  
Google Apps are poised to shatter the primacy of the current way of working with PCs, saving businesses, schools, government agencies, and individuals big bucks on software, network infrastructure, and administration. Google Apps For Dummies is your key to making this revolutionary new approach work for you and your organization.

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

  Part I: Up and Going with Google Apps.

  
Chapter 1: Introducing Google Apps.

  
Chapter 2: Signing Up for Google Apps.

  
Chapter 3: The Start Page.

  Part II: Keeping in Touch and on Time: Gmail, Talk, and Calendar.

  
Chapter 4: Connecting with Gmail.

  
Chapter 5: Discovering Advanced Gmail Tools.

  
Chapter 6: Keeping in Touch with the Contacts List.

  
Chapter 7: Chatting with Gmail Chat and Google Talk.

  
Chapter 8: Filling Your Calendar.

  
Chapter 9: Sharing Your Calendar with Others.

  Part III: Getting to Work: Documents, spreadsheets, and Presentations.

  
Chapter 10: Finding Your Way around the Google Docs Home.

  
Chapter 11: Word Processing with Google Docs.

  
Chapter 12: Crunching Numbers with Google Spreadsheets.

  
Chapter 13: Creating Amazing Google Presentations.

  Part IV: Popping the Hood: Google Apps Administration.

  
Chapter 14; The Dashboard.

  
Chapter 15: Start Page Configuration and Administration.

  
Chapter 16: Creating a Web Site for Your Organization.

  
Chapter 17: Tweaking Your Apps.

  Part V: The Part of Tens.

  
Chapter 18: Ten Solutions to Common Problems.

  
Chapter 19: Ten More Google Apps for Your Business, Group, or Organization.

  Index.