Amazon.com Review
A free alternative to Microsoft Office? Google Apps gives you that plus plenty of bonus reasons to switch: collaborate on documents with others at the same time; whip up a Web page stocked with downloadable files; and work on it all from any Web-connected computer. About the only thing Google doesn’t offer is a guide like Google Apps: The Missing Manual – the authoritative and reader-friendly way to break free of Office. Top 14 Google Docs Tricks 1. If you install Google Gears (http://gears.google.com/), you can edit Docs word-processing documents offline, and Docs automatically syncs them with the online version the next time you sign in online. 2. If you make other folks collaborators on Docs documents and spreadsheets, everyone can work on the files simultaneously. To invite collaborators, head to the upper-right Share button (for documents) or Share tab (for spreadsheets). 3. Its a snap to publish documents created in Docs as blog postsjus (more…)
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Good guide to complete feature set
This is a good overview of a number of useful free web-based applications put out by Google. It is especially helpful for alerting you to some non-obvious features of the apps…
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Another Gem from Missing Manuals….
Of course, Google Apps are not packaged in shrink-wrap, but this title is another one of David Pogue’s Missing Manuals.
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Google Apps users must have book!
If you use any Google Applications this is the book for you. I liked it so much that I had to get another one and give it away as a gift.
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Learn how to create a Wiki website with this outstanding guide
Nancy Conner’s GOOGLE APPS: THE MISSING MANUAL offers a free alternative to Microsoft Office, covering all of Google Apps’ downloadable files, step-by-step coverage of Gmail,…