Google Sites & Chrome For Dummies
Google Sites & Chrome 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 & Chrome For Dummies has what you want to know!
Today, Google is so much more than another word for -search.- Google Sites & 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:
- Take advantage of free hosting, free tools, and a simple, straightforward interface with Google Sites
- Set up a Google account or Google Apps account
- Create wiki sites that let coworkers collaborate on projects or keep family members up to date
- Use Google gadgets to keep track of projects, manage calendars and documents, or display photos
- Integrate documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other Google Apps into your site
- Work with Contact List, Google Talk, and Google Chat, and handle e-mail with Gmail
- Download and install the speedy Google Chrome browser
- Install browser plug-ins, enable offline access to Google Docs, and manage misbehaving tabs
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 & Chrome For Dummies, you can make collaboration easy and have the high-speed Web at your fingertips.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great book.
I used this book to help me with a class I was taking on Google Apps and developing a website. The book was more helpful than some other recommended books.
5 Stars Google Sites & Chrome for Dummies
an excellent book that opens up the mysterious world of setting up your own web site on sites that are “easy” to program and set up your site (so dummies buy …)
5 Stars Good, all-around instruction manual for several Google products and services
This book should be evaluated on two levels. First, the majority of computer literate users will not need it. All the information presented here is either easily intuited or available in Google’s somewhat convoluted help system. In other words, nothing covered here is rocket science.
On the other hand, for those who fear the computer, don’t like hunting for sometimes elusive information on sites like Google or just prefer a well organized and comprehensive approach to product training, this book is excellent.
The products and services covered are Google Sites, Chrome browser, Google Apps (including Google Docs (Word Processing, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Calendar, Gmail, Contacts, Video Chat and Talk).
That’s a lot of territory - and the authors do a fine job of covering it.
On the whole, the book is a well designed, well written overview, rather than a detailed instruction manual. It is sort of a middling reference manual. But it has to be remembered that none of the Google apps and services are very complex in terms of user interface.
Overall, for those who need a book like this, it is excellent. For those with substantial computer use experience, you’re just as well off with the Google help pages.
Jerry
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