Google Docs 4 Everyone

by Steven Holzner, Nancy Holzner

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. Productivity Suites Google Docs USER Beginning-Intermediate

264 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 30, 2009

Reviews

[Riku Sayuj]

Killing Time


Once upon a midnight dreary,

I ambled upon those sands dreamy,

An hour behind the fleeting breath,

I rushed to catch Her fading truth ...

The last slender strands of Time slips,

Through my fingers, through this hourglass slim …



Time, such a shadowy being is She,

To be glimpsed only when least desired:

Passion’s startling antipode is She --

By whom when led She droops,

When leading, ascends …



A good writer possesses not just his,

But also the spirit of all men’s thoughts --

Time is his commerce, Time his grave,

Time is what he will for always crave.

The slips and the streams, they drain, and they drain,

He is left alone, possessing not even his own;

With it the stream of words cease to flow,

With it all voices of melody turns mute …

... I do not wish to make me a laughing-stock,

Before these throngs of idle listeners.



... Let not sloth dim my horrors new-begot,

Let me discover anew silence wherever I turn.

Help me find that silent thief,

Who steals from me my most precious treasure --

Procrastination, that thief of Time,

Let me collar him and hammer the stake!



I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat,

And sneak in with my silent words …

"And form your noose around that neck,"

Said She, in the same hurried passionate whisper,

"And hang him till the fleeting breath flits no more".





Composed on : Google Docs Demo: Masters Edition, in collaboration with  Edgar Alan Poe , William Wordsworth , Emily Dickinson , Friedrich Nietzsche , Fyodor Dostoevsky , Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare . So a few quotes from these writers make up some lines here and there, all the better parts actually.

PS. Do share your own collaborations below if you find them interesting...

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Google Docs provides online access to word documents, spreadsheets, and presentation software. By accessing this system, anyone can use the programs and create documents completely free of charge. In this way, there’s no need to buy updated software.

As I read through Google Docs for Everyone, I noted a variety of very useful features. The most obvious advantage is that I could give another person in another city access to my work to edit or proofread with minimal trouble. There is even a chat option so I could talk while working together.

There are also a variety of other little features that could make my life a little easier. I liked that I could organize files into coloured folders for easy access and that I could even place a single file in more than one folder then when updated the file saved in all locations. Using this system, I can also create and use templates not just for word processing documents but also for spreadsheets.

[Martha · Rating 2 out of 5]

most of book is dedicated to "Microsoft Office"-type capabilities [features not identical to MO]; little time spent on creating account & understanding sharing capabilities & some of that has changed since publication

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would love to see an updated book that includes Chrome Browser, Chrome Books, offline use of apps.