May 2008
Beginner to intermediate
752 pages
23h 35m
English
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Chapter 1. Getting Started with Google Apps
A Google Account is your passport to the Google apps universe. It gives you a way to sign in just once and access all of Google’s goodies. It’s also where you add new programs, change your name or password, and do other across-the-board management. And here’s the best part: A Google Account is free. As in totally, completely, won’t-cost-you-a-dime free.
If you’ve created an account for any Google offering—like Gmail, Google Docs, or Google Calendar—you’ve already got a Google Account. So you can skip the section on signing up and turn to You’re All Signed Up—Now What? to learn more about what you can do with your account.
On the other hand, maybe you’ve made it well into the 21st Century without a Google Account, thank you very much. If that’s the case, your time has come: You need an account to use Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and many other Google tools. In addition, when you’re signed into your Google Account, you can customize your apps, check out recommendations made just for you, and get even better search results. This chapter shows you how to get started.
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The bulk of this chapter addresses the boring but necessary sign-up procedures required to uncork the Google apps magic. If you’ve already got a Google Account, or consider account sign-up guidance a crutch needed only by lesser mortals, feel free to skip ahead to Chapter 2, where the heart of the Google apps coverage begins.
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