Course duration
- 1 day
Course Benefits
- Learn to get your free Google account and set up for instant access to your documents.
- Learn to upload and use the documents you've already created with Microsoft Office.
- Learn to use Google Spreadsheet to create charts to display spreadsheet data.
- Learn to master Google Docs' easy, powerful document-editing and formatting tools.
- Learn to insert images into your documents and presentations.
- Learn to share documents securely with your colleagues.
- Learn to back up your documents offline and edit them when you don't have an internet connection.
Public expert-led online training from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere with an internet connection. Guaranteed to run .
Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
Course Outline
- Getting Started with Google Drive
- Starting Word Processing
- Creating Your First Document
- Naming the Document
- Entering Text
- Saving the Document
- Introducing Formatting
- Using the Formatting Toolbar
- Using Keyboard Shortcuts
- Printing a Document
- Inserting Headers and Footers
- Inserting Page Breaks
- Checking Your Spelling
- Choosing Your Print Settings
- Exporting and Printing the Document
- Deleting a Document
- Creating Your First Document
- Formatting Documents
- Formatting a Document
- Working with Templates
- Creating a New Document from a Template
- Saving a Document as a Template
- Importing and Exporting Documents
- Importing Documents
- Exporting a Document
- Doing Research
- Using a Dictionary, Thesaurus, or Encyclopedia
- Searching the Web from Your Document
- Working Offline
- Downloading and Installing Gears
- Activating Gears
- Using Gears to Work Offline
- Tweaking Your Offline Settings
- Taking Your Docs to the Next Level: Lists, Tables, and Insertions
- Working with Lists
- Creating a List
- Editing a List
- Adding Tables to a Document
- Creating a Table
- Editing a Table
- Inserting and Editing Images
- Getting an Image into Your Document
- Editing Images
- Deleting an Image
- Working with Hyperlinks and Bookmarks
- Inserting a Hyperlink
- Editing a Hyperlink
- Inserting a Bookmark
- Creating a Table of Contents
- Editing a Table of Contents
- Working with Lists
- Sharing and Collaborating on Documents
- Sharing a Document
- Step 1: Choose Sharers and Set Permissions
- Step 2: Send an Optional Email Invitation
- Receiving a Document-Sharing Notification
- Changing a Document's Ownership
- Emailing All Viewers/Collaborators
- Removing Sharing
- Other Ways to Share a Document
- Emailing a Document
- Publishing a Document on the Web
- Collaborating on a Document
- Collaboration and Offline Editing
- Using Color-Coded Comments
- Working with a Document's Revision History
- Viewing Revisions
- Comparing Versions
- Sharing a Document
- Introducing Spreadsheets
- Spreadsheet Basics
- What Is a Spreadsheet?
- What Can a Cell Contain?
- What Makes a Good Spreadsheet Design?
- Creating Your First Google Docs Spreadsheet
- Selecting Cells and Entering Data
- Saving a Spreadsheet
- Creating a New Spreadsheet from a Template
- Formatting a Spreadsheet
- Formatting Numbers
- Formatting Dates and Times
- Formatting Appearance
- Creating Formatting Rules
- Working with Multiple Sheets
- Working with Data
- Importing Data into Google Docs
- Exporting Data from Google Docs
- Exporting as an XLS or ODS File
- Entering Data
- Clearing Data
- Working with Rows and Columns
- Sorting Data
- Printing and Deleting Spreadsheets
- Printing a Spreadsheet
- Deleting a Spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet Basics
- Spreadsheets: Formulas and Charts
- Working with Spreadsheet Formulas
- What Is a Formula?
- Creating Formulas: The Basics
- Supercharging Your Formulas with Functions
- Getting the Big Picture with Charts, Graphics, and Gadgets
- Kinds of Charts
- Creating a Chart
- Editing a Chart
- Putting an Image into Your Spreadsheet
- Editing an Image
- Google Docs Spreadsheets and Google Gadgets
- Editing a Gadget
- Working with Spreadsheet Formulas
- Sharing and Collaborating on Spreadsheets
- Sharing Spreadsheets
- Publishing a Spreadsheet on the Web
- Embedding a Spreadsheet in Your Web Site or Blog
- Inviting Others to Share a Spreadsheet
- Collaborating on Spreadsheets
- Working Simultaneously
- Chatting as You Work
- Commenting on a Spreadsheet
- Receiving Notifications
- Creating a Form to Gather Data
- Creating a New Spreadsheet by Designing a Form
- Creating a Form for an Existing Spreadsheet
- Emailing a Form
- Embedding a Form in a Web Page or Blog
- Editing a Form
- Editing a Form's Confirmation Message
- Analyzing Form Data
- Disabling or Deleting a Form
- Working with a Spreadsheet's Revision History
- Sharing Spreadsheets
- Introducing Presentations
- What's a Presentation?
- Why Use Google Docs for Presentations?
- Some Pointers for Designing a Presentation
- Your First Presentation
- Starting from Scratch
- Naming Your Presentation
- Getting an Existing Presentation into Google Docs
- Adding a New Slide
- Selecting a Slide and Inserting Text
- Saving a Presentation
- Giving Your Slides Pizzazz
- Adding Some Style with a Theme
- Giving Your Slides a Custom Background
- Formatting Text
- Adding Images, Shapes, and Videos
- Moving and Resizing Elements
- Arranging Elements on a Slide
- Revealing Elements One by One
- Deleting an Element
- Working with Slides
- Importing Slides
- Copying a Slide
- Moving a Slide
- Adding Speaker Notes
- Deleting a Slide
- Working with Presentations
- Previewing a Presentation
- Exporting a Presentation
- Printing a Presentation
- Deleting a Presentation
- What's a Presentation?
- The Main Event: Sharing and Viewing Presentations
- Sharing a Presentation
- Collaborating on a Presentation
- Giving a Live Presentation
- Starting the Show
- During the Presentation
- Ending a Presentation
- Publishing a Presentation on the Web
- Making a Presentation Public
- Embedding a Presentation in Your Web Page or Blog
- Working with Revisions
Class Materials
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.