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 organization 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's tool and capability. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Get productive fast with free or inexpensive Web-based apps</li> <li>Design your perfect Start Page layout</li> <li>Choose among the different editions</li> <li>Use Gmail and Google Talk</li> <li>Work with Google Docs and spreadsheet documents</li> <li>Create and collaborate on documents</li> <li>Import events into your calendar</li> <li>Build dazzling presentations</li> <li>Use Dashboard to create and manage user accounts</li> <li>Create a Web page with a unique domain setting</li> </ul>
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. Google Apps For Dummies is your key to making this revolutionary new approach work for you and your organization.

Google Apps For Dummies

Computers & Technology

Barksdale, Karl

Teeter, Ryan

Web Development & Design

For Dummies

Curious about Google Sites and how team collaboration Web sites can help you share documents online from various locations? Curious about Google’s new Chrome browser? Google Sites &amp; Chrome For Dummies has what you want to know! 
Today, Google is so much more than another word for “search.” Google Sites &amp; Chrome For Dummies shows you how to create great collaborative Web sites with Google Sites and surf the Web with the super-fast Google Chrome browser. Find out how they work with other Google Apps, too. You’ll learn to: <ul>
<li>Take advantage of free hosting, free tools, and a simple, straightforward interface with Google Sites</li> <li>Set up a Google account or Google Apps account</li> <li>Create wiki sites that let coworkers collaborate on projects or keep family members up to date</li> <li>Use Google gadgets to keep track of projects, manage calendars and documents, or display photos</li> <li>Integrate documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other Google Apps into your site</li> <li>Work with Contact List, Google Talk, and Google Chat, and handle e-mail with Gmail</li> <li>Download and install the speedy Google Chrome browser</li> <li>Install browser plug-ins, enable offline access to Google Docs, and manage misbehaving tabs</li> </ul>
You’ll even find instructions and examples to help you plan sites for personal and business use, plus a sample college course site. With advice from Google Sites &amp; Chrome For Dummies, you can make collaboration easy and have the high-speed Web at your fingertips.

Google Sites and Chrome For Dummies

DigiTools is a one-semester course that reflects a new direction being taken in high school keyboarding. It not only has the standard teaching methods of learning to type and format documents but also covers software-specific computer applications for Microsoft Office XP, including PowerPoint, Excel and Access. DigiTools also teaches students selected competencies for MOS Core Certification for Office XP. As their final project, students create a PowerPoint presentation that brings together the applications learned.

DigiTools: Digital Communication Tools

South-Western Educational Pub

CENTURY 21 PLUS, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS WITH DOCUMENT FORMATTING Formatting is an alternative starting point for any keyboarding or computer applications course where students have already had new-key instruction. This new text is targeted for students who have had keyboarding and some basic computer applications instruction in another course.

Century 21 Plus: Computer Applications with Document Formatting (Available Titles CengageNOW)

Hoggatt, Jack P.

Shank, Jon A.

Networking & Cloud Computing

Cengage Learning'

DIGITOOLS is a one-semester course that reflects a new direction being taken in keyboarding. It not only includes the standard teaching methods for learning to type and format documents, but also covers computer applications such as word processing, presentations, speech recognition, database and spreadsheet, and the Internet.

Digitools: Technology Application Tools, Copyright Update (Keyboarding Digitools)

Children's Books

CENTURY 21 INPUT TECHNOLOGIES is a new text by Hoggatt, Shank, and Barksdale for grades 6-8. This text is targeted for an introductory course in middle school that teaches computer basics, the Internet, keyboarding, handwriting recognition, speech recognition, Tablet PCs, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Microsoft OneNote, and some word processing. This text is a spin-off from CENTURY 21 JR. INPUT TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (ISBN 0-538-44265-4). The Instructional Design provides step-by-step guidance for student learning, with activities labeled as Learn, Practice, and Apply. Content is organized into units, chapters, and then daily lessons. The projects are generic and can be completed in Microsoft Office for Windows (XP and 2003). Screen illustrations will be shown from Office 2003. Special end-of-chapter activities cover Career, Business, and Academic topics. For example, the About Business feature covers activities about entrepreneurship, economics, ethics, and workplace trends and issues. The feature called Career and Life Skills Success Builder covers activities about careers, leadership, and teamwork. The feature called Academic Success Builder covers a math review, communication and reading review, and youth organizations.

Century 21™ Jr., Input Technologies

Shank, Jon

Hoggatt, Jack

Software

CENTURY 21 JR. INPUT TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS is a new text by Hoggatt, Shank, and Barksdale for grades 6-8. This text is targeted for an introductory course in middle school that teaches computer basics, the Internet, keyboarding, handwriting recognition, speech recognition, Tablet PCs, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Microsoft OneNote, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database, programming, and Web pages. The Instructional Design provides step-by-step guidance for student learning, with activities labeled as Learn, Practice, and Apply. Units are divided into chapters which are then divided into daily lessons. The projects within the text are generic for different versions of Microsoft Office for Windows (XP and 2003). Screen illustrations will be shown from Office 2003, thus providing maximum flexibility. Special end-of-chapter activities cover Career, Business, and Academic topics. For example, the About Business feature covers activities about entrepreneurship, economics, ethics, and workplace trends and issues. The Career and Life Skills Success Builder feature covers activities about careers, leadership, and teamwork. The Academic Success Builder covers a math review, communication and reading review, and youth organizations.

Century 21™ Jr., Input Technologies and Computer Applications (Available Titles CengageNOW)

The PDA is an emerging input technology that is becoming standard in both the office and the classroom. It is becoming essential to teach students the proper use of PDAs. PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY WITH PDAs is designed as a short unit of instruction that is easy to incorporate in existing courses.

Personal Productivity With Pdas

South-Western Pub.

No other book better prepares studentsfor the innovations in Microsoft Office 2007 like the second edition of DIGITOOLS! Part of Thomson South-Western's BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY series, DIGITOOLS also teaches the proper way to key and format documents using proven instructional methods, while also emphasizing computer applications, such as word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, and database. Students learn to effectively use the Internet and input technologies, including speech and handwriting recognition.

The Business of Technology: Digitools - Technology Application Tools (Keyboarding Digitools)

Looking for a solution to get your students started in the computer world? This introductory text, CENTURY 21, JR. INPUT TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, 2e is the perfect companion for navigation of computer basics, file management, the Internet, keyboarding, handwriting recognition, speech recognition, tablet PCs, word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, HTML programming, and Web pages. CENTURY 21, JR. provides step-by-step guidance, with engaging activities labeled as Learn, Practice, and Apply. Units are divided into easy-to-manage chapters and projects will help students learn the features of Microsoft Office 2007.

Century 21™ Jr., Input Technologies and Computer Applications (WinningEdge Titles)

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