Google Docs 4 Everyone, Rough Cuts

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This is a working draft of a pre-release book. It is available before the published date as part of the Rough Cuts service.

Who needs expensive, old-fashioned office software? Now, you can do everything online, free, with Google Docs! Experts Steve and Nancy Holzner offer simple, step-by-step instructions and great insider tips for making the most of Google’s powerful online word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools. You’ll get started fast... learn how to create and format professional-quality documents of all kinds... collaborate with colleagues to build better proposals and presentations... use advanced tools like revision history, templates, and charts... discover Google Docs’ latest features and shortcuts... and a whole lot more! No matter what kind of documents you create, this book can help you do the job better, faster, and more efficiently... and you’ll never pay for office software again!

You’ll Learn How To

            •           Get your free Google account and set up iGoogle for instant access to your documents

            •           Upload and use the documents you’ve already created with Microsoft Office

            •           Use Google Spreadsheet to create charts to display spreadsheet data

            •           Master Google Docs’ easy, powerful document-editing and formatting tools

            •           Insert images into your documents and presentations

            •           Share documents securely with your colleagues

            •           Back up your documents offline and edit them when you don’t have an Internet connection

Steven Holzner, former contributing editor at PC Magazine, is author of 108 computer books
that have sold more than 2.5 million copies. His most recent Pearson book is Facebook Marketing.

Nancy Holzner writes and edits technology books from her home in central New York state.
Her recent publications include books on Intuit QuickBase and Zoho. Nancy has also worked as
a medievalist, a high school teacher, and a corporate trainer.

CATEGORY:  Productivity Suites

COVERS: Google Docs

USER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate

Sample Content

Table of Contents

        Introduction............................................................................................ 1

        A Quick Overview of This Book................................................. 2

        A Word About Security............................................................ 3

        Technical Requirements for Using Google Docs......................... 4

  1    Getting Started with Google Docs............................................................. 7

        A Google Account: Your Passport to All Things Google.............. 8

            Signing up and Signing in................................................ 8

            What Can I Do with a Google Account?........................... 10

        Managing Your Google Account............................................. 11

            Changing Your Account Information................................ 11

            Adding and Launching Google Applications..................... 12

        Getting Familiar with the Google Docs Home Page.................. 12

            Organizing Your Documents........................................... 13

            Finding a Document...................................................... 16

        iGoogle, You Google, Everybody Googles............................... 18

            What’s an iGoogle Page?.............................................. 19

            Setting up iGoogle......................................................... 19

            Customizing Your Page................................................. 20

            iGoogle and Google Docs.............................................. 24

  2    Starting Word Processing...................................................................... 29

        Creating Your First Document................................................ 29

            Naming the Document................................................... 30

            Entering Text................................................................ 31

            Saving the Document..................................................... 34

        Introducing Formatting........................................................... 3

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