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Google Apps For Dummies

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Google Apps For Dummies by Karl Barksdale and Ryan Teeter provides a comprehensive guide to using Google's suite of cloud-based applications. The book explores how to leverage apps like Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Gmail to enhance productivity for personal, educational, and business purposes. It's designed for users new to Google Apps, offering step-by-step instructions and practical tips to maximise efficiency in everyday tasks.
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This book may appeal to you if you're looking to master a range of Google Apps for more efficient personal and professional use. It provides practical guidance and tips for utilising tools like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, enhancing your productivity with easy-to-follow instructions. Perfect for beginners or those looking to improve their skills, this guide simplifies complex features for any level of experience in computing.

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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.

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Your key to making this revolutionary new approach work for you and your organisation

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 organisation 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 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470189580

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2008

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 522g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Ryan Teeter is an accomplished writer and technology trainer. He has worked closely with business teachers throughout the country and consulted with the National Business Education Association, businesses, and school districts on Google Apps implementation. Ryan spent time working at Google in Mountain View, California, as an External Training Specialist, developing curriculum used for training Fortune 500 companies. When he’s not conducting training workshops or writing, Ryan’s pursuing his passion for teaching as a doctoral student at Rutgers University, where he’s completing a PhD in accounting information systems. (www.ryanteeter.com,www.technonerd.info)

Karl Barksdale was a former Development Manager for the Training and Certification team at WordPerfect Corporation and a Marketing Manager in the Consumer Products division. He was also the External Training Manager for Google’s Online Sales and Operations division. He’s best known for authoring and co-authoring 59 business and computer education textbooks. Albeit, the job he enjoys most is teaching at the Utah County Academy of Sciences, an early college high school on the Utah Valley University campus. (www.karlbarksdale.com)

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