Google Apps: The Missing Manual
Author: Nancy Conner
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 Many of you already use Gmail, but do you knowits full potential? Do youknow how you can increase its power by using Gmail with Doc and Spreadsheets and Google Calendar? You'll find out with Google Apps: The Missing Manual. You'll also come to understand why large corporations such as General Electric and Proctor & Gamble are taking a long, hard look at these applications.
Table of Contents:
The Missing Credits
Introduction
Part I Docs: Google's Productivity Suite
1 Getting Started with Google Apps 3
Signing Up for a Google Account 3
You're All Signed Up-Now What? 9
Managing Your Google Account 12
The Google Toolbar 20
2 Word Processing with Google Docs 41
Before You Start: Browser Requirements 41
Welcome to Google Docs: A Quick Tour 42
Customize Your Setup with Google Docs Settings 47
Getting Your Docs into Google 51
Ready, Set, Write: Working with Documents 56
Editing Documents Offline 79
Sharing and Collaborating on Documents 86
Organizing and Finding Documents 105
3 Working with Docs Spreadsheets 115
Getting Started with Google Docs Spreadsheets 115
Creating a Spreadsheet 116
Formatting a Spreadsheet 126
Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns 129
Working with Multiple Sheets 131
Adjusting Cell Sizes 134
Timesaving Data Entry Tricks 135
Checking Your Spelling 139
Inserting Images 139
Sorting Data 141
Formulas and Functions 145
Labeling Cells and Columns with Range Names 152
Working with Charts 154
Displaying Data with Gadgets 161
Printing a Spreadsheet 163
Deleting a Spreadsheet 166
Sharing and Collaborating on Spreadsheets 166
Turn Back Time: Your Spreadsheet's Revision History 182
4 Creating Slideshow Presentations 185
Getting Started with Google Docs Presentations 185
Creating a Presentation 186
Editing a Presentation 192
Previewing a Presentation 213
Printing a Presentation 213
Deleting a Presentation 215
Sharing and Collaborating on Presentations 216
Turn Back Time: Your Presentation's Revision History 224
Part II Communicating and Scheduling
5 Gmail:Email Google-Style 229
Welcome to Gmail: A Quick Tour 229
Reading and Filtering Email 234
Writing and Sending Email 249
Organizing and Searching Your Email 262
Dealing with Spam 272
Contacts: Your Gmail Address Book 273
Customizing Gmail: Your Settings Options 284
6 Keeping in Touch with Google Talk 295
Getting Started with Google Talk 296
Launching Google Talk Manually 315
Working with Your Friends List 316
Sending and Receiving Messages 321
Transferring Files 326
Inviting Web Site Visitors to Chat with You 329
Signing Out of Google Talk 330
The Google Talk Gadget: Taking Talk with You 331
Google Talk and Gmail 338
Making Free Voice Calls over the Internet 342
7 Tracking Schedules with Google Calendar 349
Getting Started with Google Calendar 349
Creating a Calendar 353
Working with Calendars 375
Using Google Calendar with Other Calendar Programs 394
Google Calendar on the Go 400
Calendar Tricks for Google Apps Users 403
Part III Creating Web Pages
8 iGoogle: Google Your Way 411
Creating an iGoogle Page 411
Customizing iGoogle 414
Customizing, Sharing, and Creating Gadgets 429
Organizing iGoogle Pages with Tabs 437
Making iGoogle Your Home Page 442
iGoogle and Google Applications 445
9 One-Click Web Design with Page Creator 447
Getting Started with Page Creator 447
Creating Your First Web Page 450
Site Manager 452
Editing and Designing Web Pages 456
Publishing a Web Page 473
Creating Multiple Web Sites 477
Part IV Google Apps for Organizations
10 Putting Google Apps to Work 481
Signing Up for Google Apps 482
Signing In and Learning Your Way Around 498
Customizing Your Domain 507
Adding Users 526
Getting Started with Email 533
Adding Domain Aliases 539
Getting Support 540
11 Administering Google Apps 545
Managing Users 545
Managing Apps 555
Managing Your Domain 588
12 Bring Your Team Together with Google Sites 593
Signing In and Creating a Site 593
Adding Content to Your Pages 599
Moving a Page Within the Site 633
Change Notifications: Finding Out What's New 634
Printing a Page 635
Adjusting a Page's Settings 635
Deleting a Page 636
Customizing Your Site 636
Managing Your Sites 644
13 Beefing Up Google Apps 657
The Google Solutions Marketplace 657
Google Apps APIs 663
Part V Appendix
Appendix Keyboard Shortcuts 673
Index 681
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Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates (CSS and XHTML)
Author: Clint Eccher
Whether you are an intermediate Web designer looking to take your sites to the next level or a more experienced designer looking to improve your professional skills, you will find the tools to meet your needs in Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Second Edition. This completely updated version of the best-selling book features the 50 professional-quality, license-free Web design templates from the original, as well as 15 new templates, all of which can be easily customized and extended. Each ready-to-use design includes a homepage, and one second-level page, and the framework to build subsequent pages. All of the specific techniques that are required for building these and other highly usable sites have been updated to cover the latest technologies, including HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop CS, and PHP. Also included are five new HTML e-mail templates, an increasingly important marketing tool. Detailed tutorials and hands-on projects teach both basic and sophisticated design concepts, including how to create designs for low, medium, or high content sites and the strengths and weaknesses of each. The new edition also includes four new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, using client-side scripting, creating dynamic sites, and an overview of the new Web designs. It covers important topics such as client- and server-side scripting, security, and using databases to update a site's content.
KEY FEATURES
* Covers the entire design process, from gathering requirements and creating a comp, to enhancing usability, designing for scalability, developing architecture, and simplifying navigation
* Explains technical and aesthetic graphics issues, from when to use GIF or JPEG images to which design will best suit your content
* Teaches you how to upload your site to a server and test for compatibility with Web browsers
On The CD-ROM
* EXAMPLES - Includes all of the samples from the book
* SOFTWARE - Includes an Open Source Web server package (containing Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl), trial versions of Adobe Photoshop CS and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, and JavaScript CD Cookbook 3rd Edition and The HTML/CSS Developer's Resource Guide software
* WEB SITE TEMPLATES - Provides the 50 license-free, ready-to-use templates from the original edition, 15 new templates, and 5 HTML e-mail templates
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
PC: 600 MHz Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent; Windows 98 SE (4.10.2222 A), Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003; 192MB RAM (256 MB recommended); 280MB available disk space; Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card; 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution; CD-ROM drive; MAC: Mac OS X 10.2.6 and later, 10.3; 500 MHz Power PC G3 processor; 192MB computer RAM (256MB recommended); 320MB available disk space; Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card; 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution; CD-ROM drive
Booknews
This book/CD-ROM package presents 50 ready-to-use, license-free Web design templates; the source files are on the CD-ROM along with two free software packages and demo versions of third party software. Coverage includes the entire design process and the technical issues. Numerous projects and case studies help readers—beginners to intermediate level—develop and enhance their skills. Eccher is an experienced Web designer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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