Getting Started with Google Apps
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Darbyshire, Paul / Darbyshire, Adam, PUBLISHER: Friends of ED, How would you like to share your calendar, access your e-mail, or create ong>andong> share documents, all onlong>inong>e from your smartphone/mobile device, netbook, or desktop? If you answered yes, then you should know that the best of all these onlong>inong>e applications ong>andong> services are beong>inong>g offered for free, from one of the ong>Inong>ternet's biggest names, Google. These apps are ong>inong> an onlong>inong>e suite of productivity ong>andong> fun applications called Google Apps. ong>Getong>tong>inong>g StartED with Google Apps with Chrome ong>getong>s you started collaboratong>inong>g ong>andong> creatong>inong>g with Google's onlong>inong>e suite of applications on the Chrome operatong>inong>g system--analogous to usong>inong>g Microsoft Office on Wong>inong>dows. The differences are that Google Apps ong>andong> Chrome are mostly free ong>andong> run entirely on the Web. With this book, you ong>getong> clear ong>andong> easy-to-use ong>inong>structions for ong>getong>tong>inong>g up ong>andong> runnong>inong>g with basic Google Apps like Gmail, Google Voice, ong>andong> ong>moreong>. ong>Moreong>over, you ong>getong> detailed visuals ong>andong> step-by-step explanations on the ong>moreong> sophisticated Google apps like Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, SketchUp, ong>andong> ong>moreong>. So ong>getong> goong>inong>g ong>andong> have some fun while you're at it. What you'll learn How to use Google's suite of onlong>inong>e applications, Google Apps How to set up your home office or company on Google Apps How to create a collaborative Google Apps environment ong>andong> onlong>inong>e network How to create, edit ong>andong> share your Google Docs onlong>inong>e How to communicate ong>andong> educate with onlong>inong>e video How to create websites for yourself, your organization or the world How to organize ong>andong> share your onlong>inong>e calendar How to set up ong>andong> manage organizational e-mail with custom domaong>inong>s Who is this book for? This book is for any user of the Web, especially a user who accesses ong>andong> uses the Web mostly from a smartphone, mobile device, or netbook--devices that offer little or no hard drive. Of course, desktop users also apply. Secondly, this book is for busong>inong>ess users ong>andong> IT managers considerong>inong>g Google Apps for cuttong>inong>g costs ong>andong> other reasons.