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Contents
Introduction: Why you need to use Google’s free office suite
Chapter 1: Getting started with Drive and Google’s mobile apps
What’s the difference between Google Drive and Google Docs?
Registration
How to activate a new Google Account on a PC, Mac, or Chromebook
Why you should use Google’s mobile apps
What the different apps do
Installing apps on Android and iOS
Navigating the main screen in Google Drive
New button
My Drive
Incoming, Recent, Starred and Trash
Special options for selected files and folders
Preview mode
Organizing Google Drive
How to use search in Google Drive
How to use folders
Printing
Printing with a wired printer
Google Cloud Print and wireless printers
Google Cloud Print and wired printers
Working with Microsoft Office formats
Direct editing of Microsoft Office formats
Converting Microsoft Office formats to Google formats
Chapter 2: Google Docs
Docs basics
Navigating Google Docs (browser/Chromebook)
Navigating Google Docs (Android/iOS)
How to create a new document in Docs
Android/iOS
How to rename a document
Android/iOS
How to format a document
Inserting images, page numbers, and more
Import and export options
Exporting Word, PDF, and text formats
How to publish to the Web
How to import documents from other programs
Google Drive
Google Docs (browser/Chromebook)
Google Docs (Android/iOS app)
Templates and more
Templates
Translate Document
Research, Collaboration, Offline Editing, and Add-ons
Chapter 3: Google Sheets and Google Forms
How to create and rename spreadsheets
Import options
Export options
Functions and calculations
Spreadsheet terminology
Your first formula
How to create a series of numbers using Auto-fill
SUM and simple math functions
Formatting numbers and cells
Sorting and filtering data
Temperatures example
How to make a manual list
Charts and graphs
How to make a chart or graph
Taking spreadsheets to the next level with Google Forms
How to use Google Forms to gather data
How to create a form
Chapter 4: Google Slides
Creating and launching presentations
How to import and convert PowerPoint files
How to export a presentation
How to add slides to a presentation
Editing features of Google Slides
How to change a theme
How to format elements in Slides
How to add new lines, boxes, and other elements
How to manipulate slide elements
Transitions and animations
How to create transitions
How to create animations
How to set up transitions
Online options
How to publish a presentation on the Web
Chapter 5: Google Drawings and other apps
What can you do with Drawings?
How to create objects in Drawings
How to delete objects in Drawings
How to publish a drawing to the Web
Accessing other apps in Google Drive
How to download other apps
Chapter 6: Collaboration
What to expect when collaborating in Google Drive
Different modes of collaboration
Setting up collaboration
How to invite collaborators
How to enable public editing
How to share a Google Drive folder
How to restrict other editors from sharing a file or folder
How to remove collaborators from a file or folder
Tracking edits in shared files
Contacting collaborators
Chapter 7: Offline access and local file storage
Working offline
Offline setup
Working with offline files and storage in Google Drive
How to install Google Drive on a PC or Mac
Accessing preferences via the Google Drive icon
How to add files to Google Drive using a PC or Mac
Versioning in Google Drive
How to revert to an old version of a Google Docs file
How to view an old version of a non-Google file
Disconnecting the Google Drive application
Removing the Google Drive application from a desktop or laptop
Removing the Google Drive app from mobile devices
A personal message from the author, and a request
About the author
Glossary
Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive
Google Drive home screen
Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings
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