Google Apps Made Easy

Book excerpt: With everything being online these days it only makes sense that we are starting to use online applications more and more. Since everyone is connected to everyone else there is an increasing need to be able to share information easily and reliably. Over the years, Google has become one of the dominant forces in the online world and they keep coming out with more services to help people stay connected. By using their suite of applications commonly referred to as Google Apps you can accomplish all of your online tasks just by having a simple Google account. The goal of this book is to help familiarize you with the most commonly used Google Apps for home and small business users. These apps are free to use and all integrate with each other making it easy to access all of your information without needing multiple accounts. You will be guided step by step through each one of these apps to help you learn how to configure and use them to get you going on your way to cloud computing efficiency. The chapters in the book cover the following topics: Chapter 1 - Introducing Google Apps Chapter 2 - Google Drive Chapter 3 - Google Docs Chapter 4 - Google Sheets Chapter 5 - Google Slides Chapter 6 - Google Forms Chapter 7 - Google Keep Chapter 8 - Google Photos Chapter 9 - Gmail Chapter 10 - Google Calendar Chapter 11 - Contacts About the Author James Bernstein has been working with various companies in the IT field since 2000, managing technologies such as SAN and NAS storage, VMware, backups, Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Networking, Microsoft Office, Exchange, and more. He has obtained certifications from Microsoft, VMware, CompTIA, ShoreTel, and SNIA, and continues to strive to learn new technologies to further his knowledge on a variety of subjects. He is also the founder of the website OnlineComputerTips.com, which offers its readers valuable information on topics such as Windows, networking, hardware, software, and troubleshooting. Jim writes much of the content himself and adds new content on a regular basis. The site was started in 2005 and is still going strong today.