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Contents
The Complete Google Guidebook
6 Google Guides 40 Gmail and Google Calendar
6 Google Account Set Up 42 Get Started with Gmail
10 Keep Safe Using Google Apps 44 Customise Gmail
46 Dealing with Gmail Spam
48 Instant Chat on Gmail
50 Gmail Conversations
Google Search
14 and Chrome 52 Using Inbox by Gmail
56 Create Tasks from Gmail
16 Searching with Google 58 Schedule Gmail Messages
20 Specialised Google Search 60 Gmail Tips and Tricks
22 Create Google Alerts 62 Google Calendar
24 Get Started with Chrome
26 Google Privacy Check-up
Google Maps, Earth
28 Customising Chrome 66 and Translate
30 Save and Sync Chrome
32 Using the Chrome Webstore 68 Get Started with Google Maps
34 Chrome Plug-ins 70 Planning a Route with Maps
36 Using Chrome Autofill 72 Using Google Street View
38 Chrome Tips and Tricks 74 Share and Embed Maps
76 Explore Deeper with Maps
78 Explore with Google Earth
80 Using Google Translate
82 Google Maps Tips and Tricks
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84 and YouTube 118
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86 Get Started with Photos 120 Get Started with Google Drive
88 Collages & Animations 122 Google Documents
90 Editing Images in Photos 124 Restore Deleted Drive Files
92 Using Photo Albums 126 Plan with Google Sheets
94 Photos Tips and Tricks 128 Google Drawing
95 Additional Photo Apps 130 Using Google Slides
96 Get Started with YouTube 132 Use Templates and Forms
98 Uploading Videos to YouTube 134 Google Cloud Print
136 Using Google Wallet
Google+ and Social 138 Google Keep
100 Networking 140 Blogging with Blogger
144 Google Play Store
102 Google+ Account and Profile
104 Understanding Circles
106 The Google+ Stream
108 Google+ Communities
112 Managing Google+ Events
114 Google+ Security, Privacy &
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Google Guides
Google Account Set Up

At one time, using several different Google products would have meant having several
different usernames and passwords; normally a new one for each product sign-in.
Thankfully, Google took steps to merge all of these accounts into a main Google
Account. This not only means that you only have to remember one username and
password to use almost any Google product but it also means that it is much easier
to share information, images and other data between your computer, tablet
and mobile phone.
If you don’t already use one of the Google products such as Gmail, Picasa or YouTube (if
you use any of these, you already have a Google account) or if you want to create a new
account, you can do so easily at any time. Creating an account for any Google product
is the same as creating a main Google account, so you can complete this process via the
sign-up page of any product; or you can go to accounts.google.com to get started.
Step 2
Creating a Google ❱ Enter your name into the boxes provided and choose your
Account
preferred gmail.com email address. If the name you want is already
taken, you will be shown some alternatives; or you can try another
of your own.
Step 1
❱ Using any Internet browser, navigate to www.accounts.google.
com and click on the Sign Up button in the top right corner of
the screen. Alternatively, search for “Google Account” in any
search engine.
Step 3
❱ Complete the remainder
of the information,
including a phone number
and alternative email
address; useful if you need
to recover your login
info. You will also need to
complete the entire form
and agree to Google Terms
of Service to progress.

Step 4 Step 7
❱ After completed the initial sign up process, you are taken to the ❱ This page shows any message or email requests sent and any
core My Account page. From this page you can customise your devices that have accessed your account. If these details don’t
your entire Google user experience as follows. match your records you can change your password via the link.
Step 5 Step 8
❱ Starting with the Sign- ❱ The second option, Personal info & privacy enables you to view
in & security option. and edit all of your inputted data and details used during this
Here you can check the initial setup process.
activity of your account,
confirming that only
you are using it, change
your password, update
your password and
various other options.
Step 6
❱ There are two key areas of the security options available, that can
quickly give you an insight into the uses of your account. First, the
device activity and notifications options.
Step 9
❱ The Your personal
info link opens a
page that holds a
complete record of the
information you have
shared with Google.
Check to ensure it is
correct. Any issues are
shown as a triangle
symbol containing a
“!” icon, click or tap to
correct them.

Google Guides
Step 10 Step 13
❱ For now we are going to move past the Privacy Check-up and My ❱ You can download or transfer your Google account content such
Activity options as they are both complex and very important and as Internet bookmarks, contents, stored files on Google Drive, etc.,
are covered in greater depth in this guide. should you wish to close your Google account.
Step 11 Step 14
❱ Select the Google ❱ Although better suited to a long term user, even as a new user it
Dashboard option to is advisable to keep an updated archive of your Google data and
view a quick access files should the worst happen to your hardware.
listing of all your current
and historic Google
uses. Each section acts
as a shortcut link to the
app itself, such as Gmail.
Step 12
❱ Ad Settings can’t completely block any adverts from your Google
experience but you can edit the type of adverts you are exposed
to, by selecting the topics you like or dislike from the listings.
Step 15
❱ Finally we have the
Account preferences
option. Here you
can customise how
you use your Google
account, from setting up
purchases from Google
Play to ultimately
deleting your Google
account entirely.

Step 16
❱ You can change the language of your account using the
Language & Input Tools and change the way Google is displayed
via the Accessibility tools, from increased contrast to a text reading.
Multiple Google
Accounts
It is possible to have more than one Google account
and then sync those accounts on your Android phone
or tablet. Adding and syncing a second account will not
merge those two accounts anywhere but on your phone
Step 17 (and even here, only in certain apps). Nothing is ever
❱ If you wish to give up on Google, we would advise you not to, synced between your Google accounts, allowing you
you can delete your apps and account itself by ticking the two Yes to keep things nicely separate for personal and work
accounts, for example.
boxes at the bottom of this page.
To add another account via your phone or tablet, go
to Settings > Accounts and then tap the Add Account
button. This screen shows all accounts associated with
the device. Choose what sort of account you wish to add
from the options on the screen; as you can see, it is not
just multiple Google accounts that you can add.
Step 18
❱ Finally, return to the
main Google accounts
page. By tapping the
shield icon, you can add a
profile picture if you wish.
Your Google Account
Having a profile picture of
A Google account lets you access all your stuff, including
yourself will help friends Gmail, photos and more, from any mobile device or
and family find you on computer. Search by taking pictures or by voice. Get
their own Google apps. free turn-by-turn navigation, upload your pictures
automatically and even buy things with your phone
using Google Wallet.

Google Guides
Keep Safe Using

Google Apps
Keeping yourself and your family safe whilst using your Google apps doesn’t need to be difficult.
While using the Internet and social networks can have its problems, you can reduce them to a
minimal level by following a few simple pieces of advice.
Online Passwords stringent security, you risk it being compromised on one and used
to gain access to the other. It is not unusual for criminals to harvest
If you are anything like us, the number of passwords that you passwords from a weak website and then randomly try them on
need to remember grows on an almost daily basis and because more secure sites.
of this, it can be tempting to use the same or similar passwords
for several different websites. This is a bad idea, particularly if 2. Keep Them Random
your chosen password is something easy to guess such as your ❱ Try to avoid using anything that is easy to guess, including
name or date of birth. Here are a few tips to consider when personal information like your name, date of birth or address.
creating passwords. These things are all very easy to discover and often the first things
someone will try to get into your accounts. Also avoid, if possible,
1. Keep Them Unique using real words or sequential strings of numbers, e.g. 123456789.
❱ Having a unique password for each website you are required to
log in to is a very good idea, particularly for things like email and 3. The Longer, the Better
online banking. Although security on a banking website is likely to ❱ Short passwords are much easier to crack than long ones, so be
be very good, if you use the same password on a website with less sure to avoid anything less than eight characters and, if possible,
go for something ten characters long at least. There are 4000
times more possible combinations of ten letters and numbers,
than there are for eight letters and numbers. Most good websites
require at least eight character passwords nowadays.

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4. Mix it Up
❱ Once you start adding in symbols and mixed case letters, along
with numbers, into your passwords, the possible variations rise
to over six quadrillion (for an eight character password). The
password A1z7yDbP is many thousands of times more secure
than a1z7ydbp.
5. Use a Password Manager

❱ For most people, keeping a written list of their passwords is
perfectly okay as long as you make sure that it is not left in plain
sight on your desk, etc. Even keeping a text document on your
computer with your passwords listed is not usually a risk. Just don’t
call the file ‘Passwords’ and leave in on the desktop. A much safer
way, however, is to use a good Password Manager. These simple
bits of software let you store your passwords in a locked file on
What are Cookies?
your computer. Just as long as you have a very good password to Cookies (or HTML Cookies) are small files used by
get into the manager, your other passwords will be safe. You then websites to recognise individual users (or rather,
only need to remember one password, instead of 10 or 20. recognise their computer). When you visit a website, a
cookie is stored in a temporary folder on your computer.
When you next visit that site, the cookie will be checked
for. Different sites use cookies to store different
information but a good example is information in a form
being automatically filled when visiting a site you have
used recently to order something.
Almost all modern browsers, including Internet Explorer,

Chrome and Safari, allow you to block cookies from
being downloaded. However, it is worth remembering
that many websites now need cookies to work properly,
and so blocking them could mean your browsing
experience is a frustrating one. Cookies are nothing to
be afraid of, they are simply used to make the Internet
work better.
Enable/Disable Cookies
Step 2
in Chrome ❱ Select Allow local data to be set to allow both first-party
and third-party cookies. If you only want to accept first-party
Step 1 cookies, check the box next to “Block all third-party cookies
❱ To enable cookies without exception.”
in Chrome, click the
three dots icon or
Menu button in the
top right corner of the
browser window. Select
Settings, scroll to the
bottom and click Show
advanced settings. Now
click Content settings in
the Privacy section.

Google Guides
Social Networks – Advice

for Parents
Being parents ourselves, we understand the pressure that many
people feel to let their children use the Internet and social
networks in particular. Many social networking sites, including
Facebook, don’t allow children under 13 years of age to have
accounts. Unfortunately there is little they can do to stop a child
Cyber Bullying below that age entering false details. Rather than a blanket ban on
using the Internet and social networks, and potentially have your
Sadly, bullying isn’t confined to the playground or child visit them behind your back, perhaps a better way to keep
classroom any more. Cyber bullying is when a child, or your child safe online is to understand the dangers yourself and
even an adult, is bullied via text message, email, social make sure your children understand them as well.
networks or other online means.
The best way to deal with a cyber bully on a social

Do Some Research
❱ Hopefully, if you are reading this, you already want to learn
network is to simply block that person, or not accept the
more about social networking and networks. This guide is a
friend request of someone who bullies you in real life.
Although it may be tempting to reply to rude or abusive great place to start increasing your understanding of what you
comments, etc. it is usually better to just ignore the can do (and therefore what your child can do) on sites such as
person. In some cases, bullies have created fake accounts Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Read as much as you can about
on social networks, pretending to be their victim. If you the networks your children use and remember that one of the best
discover someone has created an account pretending sources of information is often the children themselves.
to be you, report it immediately to the network’s
administrators. There is usually a Report button on the
user profile page.
What is Phishing?
Phishing is the process of trying to find private information such
as PIN numbers, passwords and usernames by trickery. Sometimes
spammers create fake websites that look like the Facebook login
page. When you enter your email and password on one of these Get Involved
pages, the spammer records your information and keeps it. ❱ Take the next step and create an account for yourself on
the social networks your child uses. This not only helps you
When someone has been phished, their account will often start to understand how things work and what features could be a
automatically sending messages or links to a large number of their potential problem but it also allows you to more easily see what
friends. These messages or links are often advertisements telling your child is doing on there. You will be far better informed when
friends to check out videos or products. If you think your friend’s asking questions about the site, than if you simply read about it.
account was phished, tell them to change their password and run
anti-virus software on their computer.

Keeping Safe Using Google Apps
Privacy Settings
❱ Nearly all the well-known
social networking sites offer
Blocking People on
several levels of privacy
settings. Ensure your child Facebook
selects the strongest privacy
setting available when they There may be a time when you want to block another
create their account. This will Facebook user. There are several reasons why you might
help to make sure that their want to do this, from unwanted messages and rude
status updates, to phishing attempts or spam.
personal information is only
seen by people they want
to share it with. Be aware,
however, that some sites are
totally open to the public.
Step 1
Internet Safety Tips

Click on the account menu at the top of your profile and
select Privacy Settings. Scroll down to Blocked People
and Apps and click Manage Blocking.
- Make sure that your child doesn’t publish personal
information like their location, email address, phone Step 2
number or date of birth. Enter the name
or email address
- Make sure they are very careful about what images of the person you
and messages they post, even among trusted friends: want to block
once they are online they can be shared widely and are and click Block.
extremely difficult to get removed. People will not be
notified when you
- Encourage your child to talk to you if they come across block them.
anything they find offensive or upsetting. Keep a record
of anything abusive or offensive they’ve received and Step 3
report any trouble to the site management: most sites If you can’t find
have a simple reporting procedure, normally activated someone using
by clicking on a link on the page. this method,
try going to the
- If your child makes an online friend and wants to meet person’s profile
up with them in real life, you should go along with them (timeline) and
to check the person is who they say they are. selecting Report/
Block This Person
- Tell them to be aware of online scams. Offers which from the drop-
seem too good to be true usually are. Make them aware down menu at the
also that clicking links they are unsure about can top of the page.
be unwise.

Google Search and Chrome
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Google
Search and
Chrome
Google Chrome is currently the most used web browser
in the world. This is largely thanks to its simplicity, security
options and speed. Chrome can be completely personalised
by each user with the addition of plug-ins, extensions, web
apps and themes, all designed to help make the things you
need to do quicker, easier or more fun.
16 SEARCHING WITH 24 GET STARTED

GOOGLE WITH CHROME
16 UNDERSTANDING GOOGLE 25 INSTALLING CHROME
SEARCH RESULTS
26 GOOGLE PRIVACY
17 THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH CHECK-UP
17 ADVANCED SEARCH 28 CUSTOMISING CHROME
18 SAFE SEARCH 30 SAVE AND SYNC CHROME
18 SEARCH BY IMAGE 32 USING THE CHROME
20 SPECIALISED GOOGLE WEBSTORE
SEARCH 34 CHROME PLUG-INS
21 SCHOLAR SEARCH 36 USING CHROME
22 CREATE GOOGLE ALERTS AUTOFILL
22 CHANGING THE THEME 38 CHROME TIPS AND TRICKS

Searching with Google

Google, the world’s leading search engine, is the most visited website on the Internet.
It is your gateway to the rest of the web and your first stop when you have a question
that needs to be answered. Google has the ability to search through billions of pages to
supply you with the most relevant results for any search you desire.
Google has different versions for different countries and, while they all work in basically
the same way, by using the version for your home country you can be sure of both local
and international results.
Google Search
Searching with Google is easy! You simply enter your
search term, e.g. “cupcake recipes”, on the Google page for
your country and click the Search button. Google will then
display the results of the search in order of relevance. There
are, however, several ways to refine and target your search
for even better results.
Understanding Google Search Results

When you perform a search on Google the results are split into two categories: Paid and Organic results. Paid results can be thought of
more like adverts, with their position on the results page determined by how much the advertiser has paid. The organic results are those
which are most relevant, respected or popular for your search term.
1 Organic Results 2 Search Options 3 Paid Results
Search Categories
1 3

Searching Images
and Videos
As well as being able to search for text in web pages, you can also
search for images and videos amongst other things.
Step 1
❱ Open the Google search page for your country in your Internet
browser. To perform a standard search, type your search term in
the box and click Google Search.
The Knowledge Graph

Certain search terms (people, places or animals, for
example) will activate the Google Knowledge Graph.
This boxout, shown on the left of the standard search
results, highlights facts, photos and other snippets of
information about your search. Use this section to find
quick information and facts about the subject or to start
exploring related subjects. Knowledge Graph results are
gathered from a variety of sources, including Wikipedia,
World Bank, Freebase and Weather Underground, to
name but a few.
Advanced Search
After searching, while on the results page, notice the
Setting link under the search bar. Clicking this allows you
to select Advanced Search from the dropdown menu. On
the advanced search screen you can refine your search
even further so that the results only show pages which
feature all the words in your search term, or by country
and language. Once you have selected your advanced
search options, scroll to the bottom of the page and click
the blue Advanced Search button.

Step 2 Step 5
❱ To perform a Voice ❱ Alongside the
search, using dictation, search links (Web,
click the Microphone Images, etc.) you will
icon on the right side of see a link for Search
the Search bar and then Tools. Clicking this
simply say the subject will allow you to
you wish to search for on further refine your
this screen, your speech search by image size,
will appear on screen date it was uploaded
and the search will start. and image type.
Step 3 Step 6
❱ The results will now be displayed on screen. At the top of the ❱ Clicking on the image will open it at a larger size and also display
results page there are several links including Maps, News and a link that will allow you to open the web page where the image
Images. Click on the Images link. was found. Click the image again to close the preview.
Step 4 Step 7
❱ Image results for the original search term will now be displayed. ❱ To search for videos instead of images, click the More link and
Move the mouse over any of the images to see a short description, then select Videos from the menu that drops down. Videos have
image dimensions and other image details. their own search tools, including duration and quality.

SafeSearch
Google features a safe search option which allows you to select the
age rating of the search results. This applies to web search results,
as well as images, videos and books and can help to remove
sexually explicit content. No filter is 100 per cent accurate, but
SafeSearch should help you avoid most of this type of material.
Step 1
❱ Perform a search and check the results. If there are websites listed Step 4
that you think are inappropriate, click the Setting link in the top ❱ Your browser should
right beneath the search bar and select Search Settings. remember the setting when you
next use Google search. If you
want to make sure that the safe
search setting is not changed,
you will have to sign in to a
Google account.
Step 2
❱ At the top of the search settings screen you should see a
SafeSearch on/off link. Click the turn on SafeSearch link to activate
it. You can lock SafeSearch on by selecting this option too.
Search By Image
You can also search for an image via Google by using
Step 3 the image itself. Before you can access this feature, you
❱ If you want the page to display all results, regardless of content, will need to have a copy of the image you wish to search
DO NOT activate SafeSearch. If you have changed your mind you for available on the same device. In the main search bar
notice the small camera icon next to the microphone.
can deactivate via the Settings link at the top of the page.
Click this and then drag and drop the image into the
new search bar that has opened. Alternatively you can
choose to search your machine for the image by clicking
Choose file and locating it in the correct folder. Once the
image has uploaded click search and the process starts.
The results are displayed as with a normal Google search
albeit having used an image instead of text.

Specialised Google Search

Alongside the standard Google search there are several specialised search tools, letting
you cut through all the unwanted information and just see results from, for example,
blogs, shopping sites or scholarly papers. You can access these search pages at any time
from the Chrome browser or Google homepage.
Shopping Search Step 3

❱ Clicking on one of the product sections will display a list of
This feature allows you to search only shopping results for any term results for that type of product. Alternatively, you can type a
you enter into the search box on Google. search term into the search field at the top as you would normally
in Google.
Step 1
❱ You can open the Shopping search screen by typing www.
google.co.uk/shopping into your browser address field. Your
browser should automatically detect your location and filter any
results to your own currency.
Step 4
❱ Once the results are shown, you will see that there are several
Step 2 filters down the left-hand side of the screen. These allow you to
❱ You will see that the shopping search screen is very different filter results by specific manufacturer, price, size (depending on the
from a standard Google search screen, with products shown in product type) and several others.
sections such as electronics, clothing and even as specific as Nexus
6. What is shown depends on your search history in Google.

Specialised Google Search
Step 5
❱ Click the title of a product you are interested in and a box will
expand to show more information, including a range of prices.
You can then add the item to a shortlist by clicking the Shortlist
button. This allows you to refer back to it easily later.
Google Scholar Search

Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.com) provides a
simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
From one place, you can search across many disciplines
and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court
opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies,
online repositories, universities and other websites. Google
Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of
scholarly research.
Features:
• Search all scholarly literature from one
convenient place
Step 6 • Explore related works, citations, authors
❱ If you click the product title a second time when the box is open, and publications
it will expand into a full screen page. This page lists all available • Locate the complete document through your library
prices and sellers, along with reviews of the product if they are or on the web
available online. • Keep up with recent developments in any area
of research
• Create a public author profile

Create Google Alerts

Google Alerts are emails sent to you when Google finds new results, such as web pages,
newspaper articles or blogs, which match your search term. You can use Google Alerts to
monitor anything on the web and then have links to any matching content sent directly
to your email address each day, or when new content is available.
Changing the Theme Step 3

❱ The next step is to choose a delivery rate. The default is once
Step 1 a day: Google Alerts checks for new results once per day and
❱ To get started setting up an alert, navigate to www.google.co.uk/ emails you if it finds new results. Depending on the subject,
alerts. Enter your query just as if you were doing a normal Google Google may not be able to deliver alerts daily.
search. You can use the various Google search options, including
quotes, minus sign, to exclude words and the site prefix to find
specific types of website.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ Using the Show options menu, you can choose to tell Google ❱ To help you avoid an alert email full of low quality results, you
to only provide content of a specific type (videos, for example) or can change the volume of the alerts to “Only the best results”. This
you can request that every type of result is sent to you. Everything allows Google to filter results to those most relevant to your query
alerts include results from Google Web Search, Google Blog Search and those of high quality. If you prefer, you can change this setting
and Google News. to “All results”.

Create Google Alerts
Step 5
❱ Enter the email address to which you want your alerts delivered.
Google will protect your email address and will not use it to spam
you with offers for any other product or service. If you aren’t
signed in to a Google Account when you create an alert, Google
will send you a verification email.
Manage Google Alerts

Users with Google Accounts can view, create, edit and
delete their alerts using the Manage your Alerts page.
Click on the Edit button and you will be able to alter
Step 6 any of the original settings using the simple drop-down
❱ If you prefer, and if you are signed in to a Google account when menus. You can manage alerts for more than one email
creating the alert, you can choose to have the results sent via address by adding your other email address to your
an RSS feed. Simply sign in and choose the Feed option in the existing Google Account. To add an email address to your
Deliver to field. You can read your feed in any RSS feed reader. Google Account, visit your Google account page and use
the Email addresses section.
Delete Google Alerts

Should you find the info you are looking for or simply tire
of the subject matter of your alerts, you can delete your
alerts subjects, one by one. To do this open the main
Google Alerts pages via this link: www.google.com/alerts
At the top of the page notice your alert subjects. You can
edit these by tapping the pencil icon or delete them by
tapping the Bin icon. Please note you are not given any
confirmation window, the alerts are deleted instantly.

Get Started with Chrome

Google Chrome is much more than an alternative web browser. If you are looking to use
the Google App suite to any degree we strongly advise you to download Chrome now!
1
2 3 4 6
7 5
1 Tabs 3 Omni Box/Address Box

❱ Just like almost all other browsers, Chrome lets you open ❱ This is where the URL of the current website is shown. You can
multiple web pages at once and display them in tabs. Simply click use the Omni Box to either type a full URL or type a search term.
on any tab to display the page. To add a new tab, click on the small Type a URL and press Return and that web page will open. If you
tab to the right of the last one. To remove a tab, click the small X type a search term, Google search results will be shown instead.
on the right of the tab you want to close. You can also manage You can change the default search engine that is used in
tabs from the Chrome options menu. Settings > Search.
2 Navigation Controls 4 Bookmark Button

❱ From left to right, the main buttons you use when navigating ❱ Clicking on the star while viewing any web page will open a
web pages using Chrome are: Back, Forward, Refresh and Home. small bookmark option window. This allows you to choose a name
Click and hold on both the Back and Forward buttons to see your for the bookmark, as well as selecting where to save it. If the star is
recent navigation history. The Home button may not be displayed golden, that means you have already bookmarked the page you
here on a brand new install of Chrome but you can turn it on in are viewing.
the settings (Appearance > Show Home Button).

Get Started with Chrome
5 Extensions
❱ Many different pieces of software will add extensions to the
Installing Chrome
browser, allowing you to perform specific tasks while viewing
You may find that Chrome is preinstalled on many new
websites. The extension shown here is the AVG toolbar, installed computers but if not, here is how to install it yourself.
as part of the AVG antivirus software. You can disable or remove
Chrome browser extensions simply by right-clicking on the icon
and choosing from the Action menu.
6 Chrome Options
❱ This is where you will find all of the controls and settings for
Chrome, from basic display settings to advanced developer tools.
You can also manage your bookmarks, extensions and search
history from here. We will look at the Chrome Options in more
detail later.
7 Bookmarks Bar
❱ This bar is turned off by default, so must be activated in the
Settings if you want to use it. When saving bookmarks, you have
the option to Save to Bookmarks Bar. Any pages saved to this will
be shown as quick links in the bar. This is very useful for saving
those websites you use most often. Depending on the length of Step 1
the title you give the bookmarks, only about five or six links will be Visit www.google.co.uk/chrome/browser/desktop/index.
visible here; the remainder are displayed in a drop-down menu. html and click on the Download Now button to get the
Chrome installer. You can choose to make Chrome your
default browser at this point or you can change that
Chrome Requirements
setting later.
Chrome is fairly lightweight, so it should run happily

even on an old computer. Here are the bare minimum
requirements for PC users.
Operating System – Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8

Processor – Intel Pentium 4/Athlon 64 or later
Free Disk Space – 100MB
RAM – 128MB
Step 2
Once the download is complete, Chrome will install
automatically. When the installation is complete, a
Chrome browser window will open, giving you the
opportunity to take a tour of Chrome’s main features;
and that’s it, simple eh?

Google Privacy Check-up

Online privacy is an extremely important issue and one you will need to address when
it comes to using your Google Apps, in particular the Google search engine. Google
share this opinion too as they have included a very comprehensive privacy tool to help
you take control of how you use Google and how your information is used by them. This
guide will show you how to establish your rules when it comes to your activity online.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Open your main Google account page and click on the Personal ❱ Having clicked on Next you will move on to the Google Photo
info & privacy link in the left hand column. From this new page sharing option. Note: Geolocation information contains details
click on the Get Started link which is located below the Privacy of the exact location an image or video was captured. You can
Check-up icon and you can begin this process. choose to remove geo location using the slider on the right.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ Click Start Now and your first option is managing the information ❱ Once again click Next to move on. This option is a little different
complied by using YouTube. You can choose to share or keep the as it allows your telephone number to be used to a way to share
following info private: likes and subscriptions and activity feed; and your details with your contacts, albeit only those who already have
choose to make your uploaded videos public, private or unlisted. your number. Your number is always confidential to new contacts.

Google Privacy Check-up
Step 5 Step 8
❱ Click Next. These options are a little more in-depth than the ❱ Starting with Web & Activity, use the slider on the right side to
previous ones, as your Google+ profile is viewable to all. First you allow or deny Google access to the following: your search activity
can choose to show or hide the tabs that viewers will see. Untick the via browsers and apps including your Chrome browsing history. If
following: Photos, YouTube/Videos, +1 and Reviews as you wish. you choose to deny you will need to click Pause twice in the pop-
up window. You will not be tracked from this point onward.
Step 6 Step 9
❱ Scrolling down, you can go a little deeper and choose to show ❱ By clicking the Manage Activity link you access current stored
community posts and your photos and videos on your Google+ data from your web and app uses. This information can be tracked
profile. You can also hide any endorsements you have made to back to your first use of the app or search. It can also be erased
products and services you have purchased; if you choose not to do by clicking the Delete activity by link on the left side panel. Now
this your details maybe linked to that item’s search results. select All Time option under Date and All products then Delete.
Step 7 Step 10
❱ Click Next. The following is the most in-depth and arguably ❱ You can allow or deny Google to continue storing your YouTube
the most important section of the Privacy Check-up process, search and watch history, Location History, Device Information and
Personalise your Google experience. Here you can control what Voice & Audio Activity by repeating the process laid out above.
information Google saves about your online experience.

Customising Chrome
There are many different ways you can customise your Chrome experience, from
adding extensions to setting the default home page. If you really want to make Chrome
personal to you, there is no better way than adding a theme. There are thousands of
themes to choose from in the Chrome Web Store, in dozens of different categories, and
all of them completely free.
Changing the Theme Step 3

❱ To select and activate a theme, simply roll over the thumbnail
Step 1 and click the Add to Chrome button. Your chosen theme is
❱ Open Chrome on your computer and click on the Chrome Menu automatically downloaded, installed and activated in a few
button in the top right corner. Look for the Chrome options link, seconds (depending on your broadband connection speed). If
click this and select Settings and this window will open. you want to read more about a theme, roll over the thumbnail
and then click on the text.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ From the Settings screen click on Themes from the Appearance ❱ Themes you download aren’t saved on your computer, so
options. This will take you to the Chrome Web Store, which shows applying a new theme will overwrite the previous one. You can
web apps and extensions. To view the available themes, scroll remove a custom theme at any time by clicking the Chrome
down to the left-hand menu and click the Themes link. A selection options button, then selecting Settings. Under the Appearance
of themes will now be displayed on screen. heading you will see the option to Reset to Default Theme.

Customising Chrome
Change the Default 3. Open a Specific Page or Set of Pages

Home Page
❱ You can use this option to set a single web page to open
whenever you start Chrome. This could be the Google home
page for your country, the Facebook login or any other web page
Chrome gives you several choices for what you see when you you choose. You can also choose a set of pages to open. Click Set
start it up. You may decide that you want to always open with Pages and enter the URLs of the sites you want to open. They will
the Google home page or you may want to show a selection of each open in a separate tab when you start Chrome.
your most visited sites. All of these options are accessed through
Options > Settings > On Startup.
1. Open the New Tab Page

❱ This option will display a grid of eight website thumbnails. Each
thumbnail relates to one of your eight most visited web pages.
Click on any of the thumbnails to go to the page. You can remove
any of the thumbnails by hovering the mouse pointer over it and
then clicking the X that appears in the top right corner.
2. Continue Where I Left Off

❱ If this option is enabled, Chrome will always start-up showing
the website and tabs you were viewing when you last closed the
browser. If you close all of the open tabs individually, rather than
clicking the X at the top right to close the entire browser window,
when you open Chrome again it will display the New Tab page.
Show the Home Button
When you first install and use Chrome, you will probably
notice that there is no Home button in the toolbar. We
don’t really understand why Google chose to hide the
Home button but you can activate it easily, so it’s not
too much of a problem. To activate the Home button,
click the Options button and select Settings. Under
the Appearance heading, check the box next to Show
Home Button. You can choose which page is displayed
when the Home button is clicked (the New Tabs page or
another of your choice).

Save and Sync Chrome

If you use Google Chrome on any device other than just your computer, the ability
to sync the browser is a great feature. Chrome lets you save bookmarks, preferences,
themes and even extensions and then share those changes with all your mobile devices
quickly and easily. Keeping track of your favourite web pages wherever you are has
never been so easy.
Step 2
Signing in to Chrome ❱ You will now need to sign in
using the Google account that
Before you can sync your Chrome settings, you will need to sign in you use on your other devices
using a common Google account. (smartphones, tablets, etc.). You
probably only have one account
Step 1 but if you have more than one,
❱ Open Chrome on your computer and click on the Chrome make sure you check this.
User button in the top right corner. Now follow the onscreen
instructions and sign into your account. Click this and a new
window will open.. Step 3
❱ A Sync Settings windows should now open but if not, go to
Chrome Menu > Settings > Advanced Sync Settings. Here you can
select what is synced between devices. Click on Sync Everything
and choose what to sync.
Step 4
❱ You can also choose to
encrypt your synced data.
By default, your Google
Account password is
used to encrypt saved
passwords. If you want,
change this to encrypt
all your synced data and
then create a custom
passphrase for encryption.

Save and Sync Chrome
Step 3
❱ On Chrome for Android, tap the
Menu button > Settings > Sign in
to Chrome. Once signed in, tap
Sync and make sure the Open tabs
checkbox is selected. You should
now be ready to go.
Signing Out of Chrome Step 4

You can disconnect your Google Account from Chrome ❱ Open a new tab on your computer by clicking the New Tab
and stop syncing with your other devices at any time.
button or Ctrl+T. In the lower right corner of the screen, click Other
Disconnecting your Google Account won’t wipe the data
devices and click the tab you want to open on the current device.
stored on your computer or in your Google Account.
However, any future changes you make on your
computer will not be reflected on other computers or
devices that you have signed in to Chrome on.
Syncing Open Tabs

Step 1
❱ Before you can sync
open tabs between
devices, you will need
to make sure that the
setting is enabled on Step 5
both devices. Sign in ❱ Open tabs are grouped together by devices. You can hide a
to Chrome using the specific one by disabling tab syncing on that particular device. To
same Google Account temporarily hide a device, right-click its name and select Hide.
on the devices you
want to sync.
Step 2
❱ Check your sync
settings on each
device. Open the
Chrome Menu >
Settings, click the
icon to the right of
the Sync opinion
and then check
Open Tabs.

Using the Chrome

Webstore
The Chrome Web Store gives you the option of adding thousands of different
themes and extensions to your browser. These can range from browser games
and To Do lists to web developer and screen capture tools. Here’s how to get started
with apps and extensions on Chrome.
Step 2
❱ Click on the lower right side of the Chrome Web Store icon to
open it. The web store Home screen shows a selection of popular
and trending themes. Roll over any of the images to read a short
description. To see more details, click anywhere on the description
or theme title.
Chrome Themes
Chrome Extensions are web-based programmes that are designed
to be used entirely within the browser. Using apps, you can do
things like create documents, edit photos and listen to music,
without having to install complicated third-party software on
your computer. Themes on the other hand are purely aesthetic as
they change the look of the Chrome browser and do not add any
further functionality. Think of Themes as a way of injecting a little
extra bit of your personality into your web browser. Step 3
❱ To install a theme, click on the Add to Chrome button. Your new
Step 1 theme will instantly install and be present within your current
❱ You can access the Web Store easily by clicking on the Apps Icon Chrome Browser window. You can also share themes with others
in the top left area of the page when you start Chrome. The Apps by clicking on the Share button next to the Add to Chrome
page will slide into view, displaying any apps you currently have button; or Launch Theme button if already installed. Choose the
installed (Gmail and YouTube for example). Share method from the list.

Using the Chrome Webstore
Chrome Extensions Step 3

❱ Roll over any of the
Extensions are extra features and tools that you can add to Google extension images to read
Chrome. Using extensions, you can customise Chrome with the a short description. To see
features you want or need, while keeping your browser free of more details, click anywhere
things that you don’t. Some extensions add buttons next to the on the description or
address bar to let you know about certain events. For instance, you extension title. You can
can use the Google Mail Checker to get alerts about new emails. then read an overview,
Some extensions act like shortcuts. For example, if you use a feed details, reviews and see
reader, the RSS Subscription Extension lets you know if there’s a related software. To install an
feed for the site you’re on. Click the small icon that appears in the extension, click on the Add
address bar to quickly subscribe to the feed. Here’s how to find and to Chrome button.
install extensions to Google Chrome.
Step 4
Step 1 ❱ When you have
❱ You need to return to the Web Store, following the same process confirmed you wish
as previously covered. Once again the Apps page will be the first to save it, your new
thing you view, displaying any apps you currently have installed. extension will be
Unlike apps, extensions will not be displayed here. downloaded and
appears as a small
icon at the top right
of the screen. To open
this simply click on
the icon.
Step 2
❱ Click on the Chrome Web Store icon to open it. The web
store Home screen shows a selection of popular and trending
extensions and themes. To view available extensions, click the
Extensions link at top left. An extended menu will then allow you
to choose a category.
Manage the Toolbar
You can rearrange and customise how the extensions are
displayed in the toolbar. To rearrange the icons, simply
drag extension icons next to the address bar to rearrange
them on the browser toolbar. If you want to see more
extension icons on the browser toolbar, you can expand
the extension icon area. Click the right border of the
address bar and drag it to the left. Similarly, to hide extra
extensions, extend the address bar by dragging its right
border to the right. You can click the arrow button next
to the Chrome menu to see your extra extensions (if they
display icons).

Chrome Plug-ins
Unless they are missing for some reason, many Chrome users will never have to think
about the plug-ins the browser uses. Plug-ins are essential pieces of software that help
the browser to read and display certain types of content, such as Flash or Windows
Media files. Unlike extensions, which add extra features to Chrome, plug-ins are essential
to the smooth running of the browser. Here’s how to check, install, block and disable
plug-ins for Chrome.
Installing Plug-ins Step 3

❱ Once the download has finished, restart Google Chrome by
Step 1 closing all open windows to complete the installation process.
❱ Assuming that you allow websites to use plug-ins, if Google This is an important step as Chrome needs to be restarted or it will
Chrome detects that you’re missing a particular plug-in for a page continue to look for the plug-in you just downloaded.
you are trying to view, you will see a prompt to install the plug-in
at the top of the web page.
Step 2
❱ Click Install plug-in in the message dialog. Some plug-ins begin
the installation process by downloading a setup file to your
computer. For those plug-ins, make sure that you confirm the
download by clicking Save in the downloads bar that appears.

Chrome Plug-ins
Step 3
Blocking Chrome’s ❱ To block the website(s) that are causing you an issue with the
Plug-ins
a specific plug, such as Flash Player for example, click the Add
button and enter the URL of the site that has issues and then Click
Add again to complete the process.
Step 1
❱ Plug-ins are allowed by default. However, since they can
occasionally be a security risk, Google Chrome blocks plug-ins
that are outdated or not widely used. Examples include Java,
RealPlayer, QuickTime and Shockwave. You can also block
all plug-ins on a one by one basis.
Step 4
❱ If you have used previous versions of the Chrome browser you
may notice that you are unable to completely disable a plug-in
in the current Chrome build. You are able to block plug-ins as
detailed here and there is no limit on the number of sites you can
add to the blocked list.
Step 2
❱ To block plug-ins, click the Chrome menu and select Settings.
Click Show advanced settings and in the Privacy section click the
Content settings button. Click the arrow to the right of the plug-in
and select which sites you wish to block from its use.
Chrome Plug-ins
Whether using Windows, Linux or Mac, Chrome supports
many of the most popular and widely used plug-ins.
These include:
Adobe Flash Player Adobe Reader
Java Windows Media Player
Real Player QuickTime
Microsoft Silverlight

Using Chrome Autofill

Some of the most useful features of Chrome, Gmail, Maps and the many other Google
tools are actually quite well hidden away. Some, like Chrome Autofill, are easy to set up
and can make browsing the Internet a much quicker experience, particularly if you find
yourself forever filling out online forms.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ The first time you fill out a form, Google Chrome automatically ❱ If your Chrome Autofill information is correct, you don’t need to
saves the contact information that you enter, like your name, do anything more. If you have changed address recently, or some
address, phone number or email address, as an Autofill entry. You of the other information has changed, it can be frustrating for
can store multiple addresses as separate entries. Chrome to keep suggesting the wrong info.
Step 4
❱ To manage your Autofill entries, open Chrome and click on
Step 2 the Menu button in the top right corner (icon with the three
❱ Chrome can also save your credit card information, with your dots in a column). Select Settings and then click Advanced at the
permission. When you do this on a form, Chrome asks you at the bottom of the page. Find the Passwords and forms section and
top of the page whether you’d like to save the information. click Autofill settings.

Using Chrome Autofill
Step 5 Step 6
❱ If you have more than one Autofill entry, click the one you want ❱ To remove an entry, click on it in the Autofill settings and then
to edit and then click the Edit button that appears to the right of it. click the X that appears to the right of the entry. If you want to
Complete or edit the information form and then click OK to finish. disable Chrome Autofill altogether, you can do so by unchecking
You can also Add a completely new address using the button here. the box next to the option in the Chrome settings.
Step 7
❱ Now, when you start filling out a form, the Autofill entries that
match what you’re typing appear in a menu. Select an entry to
automatically complete the form with information from it. This
allows you to have multiple entries in Autofill.
Trusted Sites
It’s important that you use Autofill only on websites
you trust, as certain websites might try to capture
your information in hidden or hard to see fields. Some
websites prevent browsers from saving text that you’ve
entered, so Google Chrome won’t be able to complete
forms on those sites.

Chrome Tips and Tricks

One of the great things about Google Chrome is that it can be as simple or complex as
you like. You can be up and running with the basic uncustomised format in seconds or
you can spend ages tweaking it and getting it set up in dozens of different ways. Even
if you have been using Chrome for a while, there are probably dozens of tricks that you
never even knew were possible. Here are a few tips and tricks to get you started.
2. Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

❱ There are several useful
keyboard shortcuts for
Chrome. Remember that
the browser window must
be currently selected for
these to work.
Ctrl+Shift+N – New
Incognito Window
Alt+Home – Load your Home Page
Ctrl+T – Open a new tab
Ctrl+Shift+T – Open most recently closed tab
Ctrl+Tab – Scroll through open tabs
Ctrl+J – Opens your downloads screen
3. Chrome Task Manager

❱ The Task Manager is a useful tool to see how much memory your
currently open tabs and browser plug-ins are using. To open the
task manager, right-click the top of the browser window and select
1. Incognito Window Task Manager from the menu. Highlight one and click End Process
❱ There are several ways to open a new incognito window for to stop it running. You can also press Shift + Esc as a quicker way to
Chrome. If you have a Chrome shortcut pinned to the task bar, bring up the Google Chrome Task Manager.
you can right-click it and select New Incognito Window. You can
also click the Settings menu button at the top right of the browser
window and select the same. The quickest way to do it however, is
to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + N. Content displayed in
an incognito window will not show up in your browser history, nor
will cookies be saved.

Chrome Tips and Tricks
4. Spring Cleaning 7. Pinning Tabs

❱ To delete cookies, click on the Menu button and go to Settings. ❱ Another useful thing you can do with tabs is pin them. Pinning
Scroll down to the Privacy section, and click Content Settings. tabs means that whatever is shown on the tab when it is pinned
Now you can click Remove All or Remove Individual Cookies. To will automatically be loaded when you next open a new Chrome
clear more data such as the Google Chrome browsing history browser window. To pin a tab, right-click on it and select Pin
and cache, click the Tools icon and select Clear Browsing Data. Tab from the menu. Pinned tabs appear smaller in the row than
To clear the most visited websites that appear on your Google unpinned tabs. To unpin a tab, simply repeat the process and
Chrome Start page, you must clear your browsing history using select Unpin Tab from the menu.
the method already described. Clearing your Google Chrome
browser history will also stop matches from previously browsed
sites appearing as suggestions in your address bar.
8. Start-up Preferences
❱ By default, when launching a new window in Chrome, the
browser displays the New Tab page, which is a blank tab with
links to your most visited websites. It is possible to customise this.
5. Adjust Text Size Click the Settings icon and select Settings. Under the On start-up
❱ Having trouble reading small text on a page in Chrome? No section, choose the ‘Open a specific page or set of pages’ radio
problem! Chrome lets you easily zoom both in and out, increasing button and click the Set pages link next to it. Then, either click ‘Use
or decreasing the size of both text and images. You can do this a current pages’ or type an address to set an alternative home page.
couple of ways. The first is to click the Settings menu button and
use the Zoom controls you find there. An easier way to do it is to
hold Ctrl and use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and
out; as you do this, a small window will pop out of the address bar
to show you the level of zoom.
9. Syncing Chrome
❱ With Chrome’s sign in feature, you no longer need to fret
about your bookmarks or apps being stuck on one computer.
6. Rearrange Tabs When you sign in to the Chrome browser or a Chrome device,
❱ If you have several tabs open in Chrome, you can rearrange them your bookmarks, extensions, apps, theme and other browser
easily by simply clicking on a tab and dragging it along the row preferences are saved and synced to your Google Account. You
to the position you want. If you want to open one of the tabs as a can then load these
separate window, click on it and drag it to the desktop. Release the settings any time you
mouse button and a new window will open. Right-click on any tab use Chrome on other
to see the tab options menu. Here you can reload tabs, close all computers and devices.
tabs to the right of the selected one and even reopen closed tabs Signing into Chrome
(Chrome remembers the last ten closed tabs). also makes using Google
services, like Gmail,
YouTube and Maps easier
since you generally only
need to sign in once from
your browser.

Gmail and Google Calendar
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Calendar
Gmail and Google Calendar are two of the most essential
Google tools available. You can video chat with a friend, Ping
a colleague or add an event to Google Calendar, all without
leaving your inbox. Creating an account only takes minutes
and it’s easy to transfer contacts and emails from an existing
email account.
42 GET STARTED WITH GMAIL 47 PROTECT YOUR

EMAIL ADDRESS
42 CREATING A GMAIL
ACCOUNT 47 WHAT IS PHISHING?
43 GOOGLE+ POSTS IN GMAIL 48 INSTANT CHAT ON GMAIL
43 HOW TO COMPOSE A
NEW MAIL 50 GMAIL CONVERSATIONS
44 CUSTOMISE GMAIL 52 USING INBOX BY GMAIL
44 APPLY A THEME 56 CREATE TASKS FROM
45 SHOW OR HIDE LABELS GMAIL
45 IMPORTANCE MARKERS 58 SCHEDULE GMAIL

MESSAGES
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GMAIL SPAM 60 GMAIL TIPS AND TRICKS
46 REPORT AND REMOVE SPAM 62 GOOGLE CALENDAR

Get Started with Gmail

Gmail is an integral element of the Google App suite, an email platform that works seamlessly
whichever your OS, quickly becoming a key part of your daily routine.
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5
2 6
1 Mailboxes
Creating a Gmail ❱ These links let you display the messages in those mailboxes.
A number next to any mailbox shows the amount of unread
Account messages, rather than the total amount in the mailbox.
You can either connect a Gmail account to your main 2 Labels

Google account or you can create a completely new
❱ Labels allow you to categorise your messages into various pre-
account from scratch. If you connect an account, you will
be able to use your new Gmail address or your original set or custom folders. You can save messages under more than
Google account email to sign in. one label for better cross-referencing.
3 Chat Controls
❱ This section shows a list of your available Chat contacts, as well as
containing the various chat controls: Add Contact, Status Update,
etc. You can read more about Gmail Chat later in this section.

Get Started with Gmail
4 Search Box
❱ Search for any message or contact in your Gmail inbox. Clicking
on the small arrow at the end of the search box allows you to
refine your search in several different ways.
5 Message Controls
❱ This set of buttons only appears when viewing a message. They
allow you to archive, delete or report the message as spam, as well
as letting you move the message to a particular mailbox or apply a
label. The More button reveals even more controls.
6 Conversation
❱ Gmail displays multiple messages from a contact in a
conversation format. If someone replies to your message, both the
reply and the original message are shown stacked in the window.
You can expand the conversation to make it easier to read.
7 Quick Reply
❱ Click anywhere in this box to start a quick reply to the last
message in the conversation. To Forward a message, click the
Forward tab in the quick reply window that opens. Quick reply
offers the same formatting options as creating a new
message does.
How to Compose A
New Message
Google has incorporated a unique way to compose a
message in Gmail which allows you to retain on screen
whatever you were looking at, inbox, a message, etc.
while composing a new message in a separate window.
At the time of writing, this was still an optional feature
but could be made standard at any time.
Google+ Posts To activate this compose window, click the Compose

button and a new window will open at the bottom right
in Gmail of the Gmail window. Whatever you were viewing before

you clicked Compose will remain on screen but you can
click through into a different mailbox or open a message
If you have Google+ email notifications enabled for your without the compose window disappearing.
Gmail address, you can receive fully interactive Google+
posts directly in your Gmail inbox. The Google+ posts will The new compose window contains many of the options.
display inline in Gmail, letting you comment, +1, edit and Click in the To field and start to type a name or email
start a Hangout directly within Gmail. People on Google+ address to see a list of known contacts. The icons at the
will see your comments and changes in real time and bottom let you control formatting and attachments. If
their comments will update the Google+ post in Gmail. you want to switch back to the old compose method,
click the Send icon at the bottom of the window.

Customise Gmail
Gmail works brilliantly straight out of the box, with an interface that has been tweaked
and improved over the years to be easy to use and to navigate around. There are,
however, several things you can do to Gmail to make it suit your personal preferences
more closely, from adding a theme to customising the layout of the inbox.
Step 3
Apply a Theme ❱ Click on any theme to activate it. You will see the background
change, allowing you to preview the theme without leaving the
OK, so this isn’t going to make Gmail work any better, run any faster themes page. If you find one you like, simply select it and then
or deliver emails in a different way but it does brighten things up a click back to the inbox.
bit and makes Gmail more personal to you.
Step 1
❱ Sign in to Gmail on your computer and open the main inbox.
In the top right corner of the page you will see the Settings
icon (the gear icon). Click this and select Themes from the listings
displayed on this page.
Step 4
❱ Custom themes let you get a bit more creative. Click on either
Light or Dark custom and then choose an image. You can use a
preselected image or use one of your own by clicking My Photos.
Step 2
❱ The available themes are split up into categories, with basic
colour themes at the top of the page, then HD themes that use
background images, custom themes and classic Gmail themes.

Customise Gmail
Step 5
❱ Once you have chosen the Theme you wish to show on your
Google Mail page, you can also add a customisable level of blur
to the image which may make some text easier to read. To do this
click the third icon to the right of the Cancel button.
Importance Markers
How exactly does Gmail decide if an email is important
to you or not? The answer, is very cleverly and sometimes
with a bit of help from you. Gmail displays different
Customise the Inbox coloured markers next to emails to indicate different
types of messages. A yellow marker means that a
message is important. An empty (white) marker means
You can easily customise the main inbox to show important or that the message is not seen as important.
starred emails in a separate section at the top of the page.
If you want to know why a message was classified
Step 1 as important, you can hover your mouse over the
❱ Log in to Gmail and click on the main inbox to select it. With the importance marker in order to see the main reason why.
main inbox displayed, hover the mouse pointer over the inbox To teach Gmail that messages from a certain contact are
label and you should see a small, downward-pointing arrow. important, all you need to do is find an email from that
person and click on the unfilled importance marker.
Step 2
❱ Click on the arrow to
see a small menu. Here
you can choose the way
emails are displayed in
the inbox. Roll over each
of the settings to read a
short description of how
Show or Hide Labels
they work. On the left-hand side of the Gmail interface is a list of
your different mailboxes and labels. Preset mailboxes (or
Step 3 System Labels) include Important, Starred, Sent Mail and
❱ Choose a display option and Drafts. It is useful to have links to your labels displayed
you will see the inbox split into here, but you can hide them if you wish. Click on Settings
and then click on the Labels tab at the top of the page.
sections. At the right-hand side
You will see a full list of all your labels, with a show and
of each section heading, another
hide link next to each. You can simply go down the list
drop-down menu lets you further hiding those labels you don’t wish to see in the sidebar.
customise the section: number of
emails to display, etc.

Dealing with Gmail Spam

Gmail is fairly good at catching spam as it arrives in your inbox and will generally move
it to a dedicated spam folder automatically. If you find that spam emails are still getting
through the built-in filters and being displayed with your other emails, you can do
several things to improve detection and removal of these unwanted messages.
Step 2
❱ If you want to remove the spam that is collecting in the spam
mailbox, the spam mailbox will only appear in your labels when
spam has been detected and moved into it, click the mailbox and
then click “Delete all spam messages now”.
Step 3
❱ If you see a message
in the spam mailbox
which has been moved
there incorrectly (i.e. it
Report and
is not spam), you can
correct the mistake by
Remove Spam
selecting it and clicking
Not Spam from the
options above it.
Step 1
❱ Removing spam from your inbox is easy. Click on the message
Creating Filters
you want to remove and look for the ! button above the message
box. Clicking this will remove the spam message and report it
to Google.
Another way to deal with unwanted emails, particularly if you are
getting lots of emails from one particular address, is to set up
a filter.
Step 1
❱ Open the inbox and find a
message from the contact
you want to filter. Click on the
message to open it. Click on the
More button to the right of the
buttons above the message, and
select Filter Messages Like These
from the menu.

Dealing with Gmail Spam
Step 2
❱ In the box that appears, the
email address of the sender
will be automatically entered.
You can add extra triggers to
the filter such as certain words
or recipient addresses.
Next, click Create filter with
this search.
Step 3
❱ You can now decide what to
do with messages that trigger
this filter. There are numerous
options, and not just options
for spam messages. For
the purpose of this guide,
choose Delete it. Click Create
Filter to finish.
What is Phishing?
Phishing is the process of trying to find private
information such as PIN numbers, passwords and user
names by trickery. Sometimes spammers create fake
websites that look for example, like a well-known bank’s
login page. You will then get an email pretending to
be from that bank, asking you to confirm your login
Protect Your Email or change some settings by clicking a link to the fake
website. When you enter your email and password
on one of these pages, the spammer records your
Address information and keeps it.
Remember that banks or credit card companies will

One of the very best ways of ensuring that spam does never ask you to email them your password or click
not become the bane of your life is to protect your email on links in emails. If you are in any doubt as to the
at all times. Entering your email address onto websites legitimacy of an email and the links within, the first
that you don’t fully trust or posting the address on blogs thing to check is the link. Without clicking it, roll your
and forums, will almost certainly lead to a whole heap of mouse pointer over the link and look at the information
spam heading your way. Automated software (bots) scan that appears at the bottom of the browser window. This
through millions of web pages to find email addresses, will show you the actual link address, letting you check
which are then used by spammers to flood your inbox whether it looks OK. If you really want to check your
with unwanted emails. online bank, open a new browser window and navigate
to your bank’s page normally.
If you do need to write your email on a blog or forum (in
the signature for example), write it in a way that a non- If the message seems like an attempt to get your
human reader would not understand. For example, you personal information, click Report Phishing from
could write it as john dot doe at gmail dot com (instead the message options menu (arrow to the right of the
of john.doe@gmail.com). A human should understand Reply button) to help Gmail and Google learn from
how to write that email address properly. such attempts.

Instant Chat on Gmail

Google’s Chat network lets you send and receive instant messages with friends, family,
and colleagues, on your computer and on a mobile device. You can add and chat to
anyone on the Google network as long as they are using Gmail, iGoogle, Google Talk,
Google+ or another compatible third-party client. You can find the Google Chat controls
on the left side of the Gmail window.
Step 3
Using Chat in Gmail ❱ Once someone has accepted your invitation (and if they are
online) you will see a status button to the left of their name in your
Step 1 chat list, which indicates whether they’re available (green); their
❱ Before you can chat with someone, you need to invite them and name will show in bold if they have sent you a message.
they will need to accept the invitation. The people you invite will
see the invitation above their chat list asking if they’d like to be
able to chat with you.
Step 4
❱ To chat with someone
who is available in your
list, click on their name
and a small chat window
will open in the bottom
right corner of the
Gmail window. Click the
arrow to the right of the
contact’s name to undock
Step 2 the chat window.
❱ Press the + icon, then in the search box at the top of this menu,
type your friend’s username. If they’re already in your Contacts,
Gmail will prepopulate their username. If they are not in your
contacts, type their email address and click Invite to Chat.

Instant Chat on Gmail
Step 5 Step 7
❱ Click in the text box at the bottom of the chat window to start ❱ Just as we said previously,
typing. You can type as much as you like, the window will just you can chat using a variety
expand. To add emoticons, either type a recognised emoticon of Google products. If,
symbol or click the smiley face in the chat box. for example, you have an
Android phone, you will
probably also have Google
Talk. As long as they use the
same Google account, they
will share contacts.
Step 6
❱ By default, Gmail will store a copy of your chats in the chat
history label. These are searchable in exactly the same way as
Chat Status
emails. If you prefer not to keep a record of your chats, go to Your chat status controls your availability to chat with
Settings > Chat and turn off the option. your friends. You can manually enter your status which
can be viewed by all of your Chat contacts.
To change your status, click the down arrow next to your

picture in the Chat list. Select the status you’d like to
appear next to your name in your friends’ chat lists. By
creating a new status message, which appears beneath
your name in your contacts chat list, select Custom
messages from the status menu.
Your status message can be anything you want, from

your favourite quote to a simple note to say you’re hard
at work or away from the computer. To clear your custom
message, click the text under your name in Chat and
delete it or select another message from the status drop-
down menu.

Gmail Conversations
Gmail groups all replies with their original message, creating a single conversation or
thread. In other email systems, responses appear as separate messages in your inbox,
forcing you to wade through all your email to follow the conversation. In Gmail, replies
to emails (and replies to those replies) are displayed in one place. Here’s how to use
Gmail conversations to their best advantage.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ When you open one message in a conversation, all of your ❱ If you like, you can change this setting so that replies aren’t
related messages are stacked neatly on top of each other, called threaded into conversations but appear as individual messages in
Conversation View. In Conversation View, each new message your inbox. To do so, go to the General tab of your Gmail Settings
is stacked on top of the ones that arrived before it, so that the and check the box next to Conversation view off.
newest message is always the one you see first.
Step 4
Step 2 ❱ If you’re part of a long message conversation that isn’t relevant,
❱ To see all the messages in a conversation, just click the Expand you can mute the conversation to keep all future additions out of
all button. A conversation will break off into a new thread if the your inbox. Open or select the conversation and click the More
subject line of the conversation is changed, or if the conversation button above your messages. Select Mute from the options.
reaches over 100 messages.

Gmail Conversations
Step 5
❱ If you need to find a muted conversation or if you accidentally
muted a thread, don’t worry. Muted messages are not marked as
read and are still searchable. You can type is:muted into your Gmail
search box to find all muted conversations.
Step 6
❱ Conversation View in Gmail can be confusing at times.
To make things clearer and focus on a single reply, you can open
a single email from a conversation string. To do this, open the
Conversation and click on the top right options Arrow (next to
the Reply button).
Step 7
❱ From the menu choose Print. This will open a single email in Gmail Usability Tip –
a new tab or window. Close the print dialog window or press
escape. The tab stays open so you can refer to the email and keep
it open. To open a whole email conversation in a new tab, press
Text Buttons
Ctrl when you click on the email. If you are not a fan of the icons within the grey buttons
that appear at the top of Gmail when you select an email,
you can now set them to more descriptive text. To do so,
click the top right cog and select Mail Settings; then in
the General tab, scroll down to Button Labels and check
the Text option. Save your settings and the icons on
the buttons will be replaced by text or have text added
alongside the icon (as on the Reply button).

Using Inbox by Gmail

Inbox is the new email client from Google, possibly set to eventually replace Gmail
completely in the near future, but currently available to run alongside the old email
system. Inbox works differently to Gmail in several key ways but the most important
change is the way which it identifies and groups your messages. Here’s how to make the
switch from Gmail to Inbox.
How to Get Inbox Step 3

❱ Once you have Inbox on your Android or iOS phone, you can
At this point, Inbox is an optional addition to your Google account, access Inbox on your computer at www.inbox.google.com. If you
so you will need to request access to it or be invited. want to send your friends an invitation, click the + button and
choose Invite to Inbox.
Step 1
❱ If you know anyone already using Inbox on their Android phone,
you can ask them to send you an invitation. Each user of the
service has invitations they can send out via email. You can then
download Inbox for Android.
Step 2
❱ You can also request an invitation directly from Google. Send an
email to inbox@google.com and wait for a reply. You might not
receive an invitation straight away but you should do within a
few days.

Step 3
Inbox Labels ❱ You can see if there are any new emails in your labels without
even opening them. After the label heading, if there are new
Upon opening Inbox for the first time, you will notice that it looks messages inside, you will see “1 New” or “2 New”. When you open
very different to Gmail, with messages sorted by label. the label, new emails are shown separately at the top.
Step 1
❱ Labels are like individual inboxes, used to quickly sort different
types of emails into sections. Labels include Promos, Social, Finances,
Purchases and Travel. Marketing emails from online stores will go
into Promos, while invoices go into Finance, for example.
Step 4
❱ You can move emails in and out of labels easily and you can also
pin emails to make them easier to find later. To move emails out
of a label, open the message and click the three dots to see the
“Move to” menu. Click a label name or click “Remove from...”
Step 2
❱ You can move emails in and out of labels, create your own
customised labels and choose when you want to see them in your
inbox. If you don’t want your emails grouped together, you can turn
off bundling so that messages show up individually instead.

Step 5
❱ To pin a message in a label, open the message and click the
pin icon in the top bar of the message window. You can also pin
Setting Inbox Reminders
multiple emails by rolling over the icon in the message list, then Inbox not only lets you keep track of emails more easily but it also
checking the box next to each one you want to pin. The pin icon lets you create and view reminders from the same interface (the
appears at the top. inbox). Here’s how to create reminders and use the snooze option.
Step 1
❱ To create a new reminder, open Inbox and tap the red Create
New button floating at the bottom of the screen. Select Reminder
from the icons which appear. You will also see frequent contacts
listed here.
Gmail and Inbox

Interaction Step 2
❱ Type in your reminder or choose a suggestion that comes up as
Your emails are synced between Gmail and Inbox, so in you type. If you want to be reminded at a certain time or place,
general, what you do in Inbox also happens in Gmail.
click Snooze. Click Save to finish. Your new reminder will be pinned
Here are a few important examples:
in your inbox.
- Moving an email to Trash in Inbox deletes it in Gmail.
- If you create or delete a label in Inbox, it will be created
or deleted in Gmail.
- When you automatically add emails to a label, or choose
the “Always do this” option when moving emails, a filter
will be created in Gmail.
Features that are only in Inbox won’t carry over. Here are
a couple of examples:
- Reminders won’t show up in Gmail.
- Pinning an email has no effect in Gmail.

Step 3 Step 2
❱ If you clicked Snooze, there are some additional options to ❱ If the email is something you might want to check out later,
choose from. There are default quick options such as Later Today, choose Someday from the Snooze options. You can then go back
Tomorrow and Next Week, or you can tap Pick Time & Date and through your Someday list later and decide what to do with them.
choose a specific time to be reminded.
Step 3
❱ You can add a reminder note before you snooze an email. Open
the email and click Pin. Type where it says “Remember to...” at the
top of the email and then click Save. Now click Snooze and choose
an option.
Snoozing Emails
Snoozing allows you to quickly postpone dealing with an email
until later in the day, helping you keep track of important messages
that you can’t deal with straight away.
Step 1
❱ Open an email or reminder. At the top of the email, select Snooze
and choose a snooze option such as Later Today or set a time and
date. You can also snooze right from your inbox by swiping left on
the message.
Step 4
❱ To view all of your snoozed emails, go to the main menu in the
top left and choose Snoozed. When it’s time for your email or
reminder to come back, it will show up at the top of your inbox.

Create Tasks from Gmail

Gmail is a very clever and powerful tool, if only you know how to make it work for you.
It is closely integrated with all other relevant Google software tools, including Calendar
and Google+. One of the most useful planning tools Gmail includes is the ability to
create tasks from any message you receive. This tutorial will show you how to use this
little know feature of the Gmail application to its full potential.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Open Gmail on your computer and find the email you want to ❱ The latest task will be shown at the top, labelled using the
create the task from. Open the email or select it by checking the subject of the email. Click on the arrow next to the task title and
box next to it in the main inbox list. Both actions will bring up you can change details such as the due date, add notes and move
several new options along the top of the email pane. it to a different task list if you have one.
Step 2 Step 4
Click the More button at the top and then click Add to Tasks. You ❱ To show a task as
can also use Shift-T. When you do this a tasks list panel will appear completed in the list,
in the bottom right corner of Gmail. Any tasks you have added, check the box next to
from any source, will be listed here. it. The task will stay in
the list as a reminder.
If you want to remove
a task from the list,
select it and click
the trash icon at the
bottom of the Tasks
pane. Once a task is
removed, it cannot
be restored.

Create Tasks from Gmail
Step 5 Step 8
❱ Once you add a due date to a created task, it will appear in your ❱ Select the new task and type a title. Like any other task, you can
Google Calendar on that date. If you go into Calendar and can’t use the arrow to go in and set a due date and notes. Go back to
see the task, make sure that the Tasks option is highlighted in the the list and highlight the sub-task. Click Actions and then select
left-hand sidebar. You can change the colour of shown tasks using Indent. The title will indent, showing that it is part of the task
the drop down menu. above it.
Step 6 Step 9
❱ When the Tasks option is selected in Calendar, a new sidebar will ❱ To remove an email association from a to-do item in Gmail Tasks,
open on the right to show all tasks. You can manage tasks from highlight the desired task (click anywhere in its title, for example).
here or from in the main Calendar panel. If you don’t want the Press Shift-Enter and then click the X next to Related email option.
sidebar to be displayed, click the X to close it. Once the related email is removed, it can’t be added again.
Step 7
❱ Once you have created a task from an email, go back to the Tasks
panel in Gmail where you can add additional tasks as part of that
main task. To show that the task is a sub-task, you can indent it.
Click anywhere in the tasks panel and hit Enter to add a task.

Schedule Gmail Messages

It isn’t always convenient to send an email when you decide to, late at night for example.
However, if you are anything like us, remembering to send the email in the morning
doesn’t always happen. With an additional bit of software, Gmail can be set up to send
specific emails at scheduled times. This is particularly useful if you are sending emails to
recipients in different time zones, to reach them when they aren’t fast asleep.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ The first thing you need to do is download and install the ❱ From the popup menu, schedule the sending time with either
Boomerang software for Gmail. Open your Chrome browser and the handy calendar picker or text box. The smart menus display
search for “Boomerang for Gmail” or point your browser to www. your most frequently used scheduling times for easy access.
boomeranggmail.com. In addition to letting you schedule emails, Boomerang will then automatically send your message at the
Boomerang offers several other features that we will look at here. chosen time, without you having to worry about it.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ With Boomerang installed you will see a new Send Later button ❱ You can also set up email reminders. This means taking messages
with a Boomerang icon. You can now write an email when it’s out of your inbox until you actually need them. At the scheduled
convenient, then schedule it to send automatically. Just write the time you chose, the software will bring it back to your inbox,
message as you normally would, then click the Send Later button. marked unread, starred or even at the top of your message list.

Schedule Gmail Messages
Step 5 Step 2
❱ This function is useful to remind yourself about stuff that is weeks ❱ You can schedule your follow-up message as you’re writing
or months away but you may forget why you wanted to keep it the original email. If the person replies to your original email,
in the first place. You can attach a note to the message as you Boomerang will detect the response, and will not send the second
schedule it. When the message returns to your inbox, your note email. If they don’t reply, the software will send the follow-up
will be added to the email thread. message automatically, without you having to think about it.
Step 3
❱ You can also send recurring emails. All you have to do is write a
message as you normally would, then click Schedule Recurring
Message from the bottom of the Send Later menu. From the
menu, you can then choose the start date, frequency, day of the
week to send and end date..
Boomerang Extras
Boomerang is a useful and rather powerful tool that can play an
increasingly important part in how you use your Gmail account.
Here we will be looking at some of the extra functionality it offers.
Step 1
❱ One of Boomerang’s other useful features is tracking responses.
When writing an email, you can set Boomerang to give you a
reminder if you don’t get a reply after a certain amount of days. If
the message comes back to your inbox without a response, you
can then react by sending another email to follow up.
Step 4
❱ To remove Boomerang from your computer, first uninstall the
plug-in from your browser. Now revoke Boomerang’s access to
Gmail data. Right click the Boomerang icon in your browser and
click Manage Extensions. Now disable Boomerang and then click
the Bin icon to delete it.

Gmail Tips and Tricks

The great thing about Gmail is that it can be as simple or as complex as you like. You can
be up and running with the basic format in seconds, or you can spend ages customising
it and getting it set up in several different ways. Even if you have been using Gmail for a
while, there are probably dozens of tricks that you never even knew were possible.
1. Add Stars to Messages 2. Customise Display Density

❱ You can mark a conversation or message that appears next to ❱ Gmail automatically adjusts
the item in your inbox with a star. Stars can be an eye catching the amount or “density” of
way to mark a special message or even a great visual reminder to information on a page when
follow up on an item later. Stars will only appear to you and not you adjust your browser
to anyone else, so you won’t offend your friends by starring their window or when you use
messages rather than reading them. To star a message from your different sized screens. If you
inbox, just click the star icon next to the sender’s name. You can prefer a denser view whatever
also add a star when reading a message by clicking the icon on size your monitor, you can set
the top right of the message. a limit on your Default Density.
This setting reflects the lowest
density (the most space)
permitted for your account.
Choose how many messages
are on your screen at a time
by clicking on the gear icon
and then selecting from
Comfortable, Cosy
or Compact.
3. Voice and Video Chat

❱ With Gmail, you can now use voice and video chat services such
as Google+. From within these services, you can have an actual
conversation with someone or even chat face-to-face over video.
To get started, download the voice and video chat plug-in from
www.google.com/chat/video, quit all open browser windows and
install the plug-in. Sign in to Gmail, Google+ or Chrome OS device.

Gmail Tips and Tricks
4. Labelling Your Emails 6. Search Your Mail

❱ Labels help you organise your messages into categories such ❱ It can be a pain to scroll through hundreds of old emails just
as work, family, to-do, read later, jokes, recipes, etc. Labels do all to find the one you need, which is why you might want to
the work that folders do but with the added bonus that you can try searching for it instead. For example, if you’re looking for a
add more than one to a message. Only you can see your labels, so message that contains the word “shopping”, simply type “shopping”
whether you mark a message with “Best friend” or “Read later”, the in the search field and click the Search button. Your results will
sender will never know. You can create a new label for a message be displayed with your search results and within the message
in your inbox by selecting the box next to the message, clicking highlighted in yellow. If you’re having trouble finding the result
the Label button above your message list and then clicking you want, you can refine your query by clicking the small arrow in
Create New. the search box and entering your criteria in the appropriate fields.
5. Clean Up Your Inbox

❱ You can use the Move To button at the top of your inbox to easily
move a message out of your inbox and add a label at the same
time. If you have lots of labels, you can pick the one you want by
typing the first couple of characters and letting auto-complete
find the right one, or alternatively create a new one.

Google Calendar
Google’s free online calendar app is perfect for keeping track of all the important events
in your life, in one place via www.google.com/calendar. And if you use other Google
products such as Android or Gmail, you can set things up so that everything integrates
and syncs perfectly and with barely any effort.
Creating Events Using Quick Add

❱ To use Quick Add simply type “Q” while you’re in Calendar. Quick
There are three ways to create a new event on the desktop version Add can almost read your mind. If you type in something like
of Google Calendar. Which method you use depends entirely on “Lunch with Dad at The Ivy 1pm Friday”, Quick Add can figure out
which you find easiest or most convenient. what you mean and pop the new event right onto your calendar.
Just remember that for Quick Add to work at its best, you need to
include: what, event title, e.g. lunch; when, time and date or day;
who, if there is anyone else to include in the event; and where,
location of the event.
Click on the Date

❱ Open the Google Calendar screen and scroll to the date and time
where you want to mark an event. If you need to look far ahead,
click on the month view button at the top of the screen. You can
then scroll through whole months by clicking the forward and
back arrows, also at the top. If in Week view, you can click and drag
on the event location if you want it to spread over more than a
single hour. If in Month view, you only have the option to click,
although you can change the length of the event afterwards. Type
the title and event time for your new event in the box. Finally, click
Create event to publish the event to your calendar immediately or
click Edit event details to add additional information.

Google Calendar
Click the Create Button

❱ Just click on the Plus sign in the bottom right of your Calendar
window, this will bring you to a page where you can enter as
Create a New Calendar
much information as you’d like about your event. On this page, With Google Calendar you are not restricted to having
you can also add guests, change a reminder setting and publish one calendar crammed with all your birthdays, events,
your event to other users. Once you’ve entered the appropriate appointments and holidays. To make things less messy, it
information and selected the desired settings, click Save. is possible to create several calendars if, for example,
you want to keep personal and business entries
completely separate.
Step 1
❱ At the left-hand side of the Google Calendars screen,
look for the section labelled My Calendars. Click on the
small arrow button and select Create New Calendar.
Step 2
❱ Give your new calendar a title and write a description
if you wish. The location box is useful if the calendar is to
be public, as it makes it easier for your friends or family to
find events on it.
Step 3
❱ All of the calendars you create will be listed under My
Calendars on the left side of your page. Just click on the
name to select it. For each of the calendars, you can add,
delete and edit events any time you like.

Step 2
Sharing Your Calendar ❱ Enter the email address of the person with whom you want to
share your calendar. From the drop-down menu on the right side,
It is possible to share your different calendars with individuals or select a level of permission (view only or view and make changes),
groups. An email invitation is sent and the contact will be able to then click Add Person. Click Save to finish.
view your calendar alongside theirs.
Step 1
❱ Log in to your Google Calendar and look for the calendar list on
the left-hand side of the screen. Roll the mouse over the calendar
you want to share and click the small arrow button. Select Share
this Calendar from the drop-down menu.
Step 3
❱ Once you click Save, the person with whom you selected to
share the calendar will receive an email invitation to view your
calendar. The person will need to click on the link contained in the
email to add the calendar to his/her Other calendars list.
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Step 3
SMS Reminders ❱ If your carrier is supported, click the Send Verification Code
button and you receive a text message on your phone. Once
If you have Google Calendar on your Android smartphone, your you receive this message, enter the code you received in the
events and reminders can be automatically synced between Verification code field and click the Finish setup button. Click Save.
desktop and mobile. If you don’t have Google Calendar on your
phone, it is still possible to receive reminders on your mobile.
Step 1
❱ The first thing you need to do is obtain a verification code. This
will show you that your phone and carrier is capable of receiving
SMS reminders from Google Calendar. Click on the gear icon at the
top of the page and select Settings from the menu.
Step 2
❱ Click on the Mobile Setup tab at the top of the settings page.
Select your country from the drop-down list and then enter your
full mobile phone number. You may also need to select your
carrier from the menu that appears.
Notifications
Google Calendar offers a variety of notification options
for both email and SMS. When selected, you receive
notifications when somebody sends you invitations,
updates, replies, or cancellation messages to events.
Event organisers however may still choose not to send
these notifications when they create or change events.
If you deselect the notification options in these settings,
you won’t receive the respective notifications, even when
event creators explicitly click to send invitations
or updates.

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Using incredible satellite imagery, combined with Google’s
huge database of places and businesses, Google Maps lets
you search the world for the places you want to know more
about. You can find the easiest way from A to B on foot, get
public transport directions and maps for cities around the
world, or just explore the planet in Google Earth.
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GOOGLE EARTH
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SPHERES?
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Get Started with

Google Maps
Google Maps is a map service that you view in your web browser at www.maps.google.
com/ Depending on your location, you can view basic or custom maps and local
business information, including business locations, contact information, and driving
directions. You can click and drag maps to view adjacent sections immediately and even
view satellite images of your desired location that you can zoom and pan. Here’s how to
get started using Google Maps.
2
6
5 4
3
1 Search Maps 2 Pan Controls

❱ You can search for places (towns, cities, addresses) and ❱ You can use this control to move the view up, down, left and
businesses using the search box at the top of the page. Search for right. You can also scroll around the map by clicking anywhere on
a location and the view will switch to show that location. Search it (you will see the mouse pointer change to a hand) and dragging
for businesses and the view will remain the same but red dots will the map in the direction you want to move.
appear to show individual businesses. If you search for “railway This is a very quick and easy way, not only to show off the very
stations Devon” the map will zoom to the location (Devon) and impressive visuals this app contains but also make navigating far
show all known railway stations in that area. easier too.
You can also search for individual businesses by name. If there
is more than one business with that name, a list will appear to
the left of the map, showing the addresses of each of the
businesses. Click on the business in the list to be taken there.

Get Started with Google Maps
3 Street View
❱ Click on the little man and drag him onto the map. Any road or
street that is overlaid in blue can be viewed in Street View. You
Your Places
simply drop the man at the location you want to view. Once in Your Places makes it easy for you to organise content
Street View, you can split the map screen so that half shows the relevant to you on Maps, including maps you have
map view and half shows the Street View. To do this, click on the created with My Maps, businesses you have rated in
box in the bottom right corner of Street View. Google+ Local and locations and directions you have
previously searched for.
4 Zoom Controls
Step 1
❱ Click the + and – buttons to zoom in and out of the map. You To access your
can also click on the slider and drag it up and down to zoom more content, open
quickly. If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel on it, you can use Google Maps
this to zoom in and out of the map much more easily. and click on the
Your Places link. If
you’re not logged
5 Information Box in to your Google
❱ Many businesses are shown on the map with an icon next to the account, you’ll be
prompted to sign in
name, particularly restaurants, hotels and pubs. Click on the icon to
before continuing.
pop-up the information box. This will show you the address details,
Your content will
links to reviews and to a website if applicable. You can also click appear in the
the Directions link to quickly open the Route Planner menu. left panel.
6 Map Layers/Map View Step 2

❱ These controls let you switch to a flat map view, as well as add Click the tabs at
layers of information that can be overlaid on the map. These the top to see
layers include traffic, weather, webcams, photos, public transport specific types of
information. Your
information and many others.
ratings, check-ins,
and directions will
appear under the
MapsGL More menu. To add

a Home and Work
location, click on
You now also have the the relevant button.
option to use MapsGL.
MapsGL uses new
technology called
WebGL (Web-based Step 3
Graphics Library) to enhance the Google Maps experience. To delete content,
WebGL brings 3D graphics to your browser without the click on the “X”
need to install additional software. This allows Google icon to the right
to provide seamless transitions between various levels of any item. Note
of imagery and different map views. You can view some that deleting
buildings in 3D and parts of the map using 45 degree information
aerial images. This is still a beta test of the feature, so it from the Your
doesn’t work everywhere you want to look. Places tab will
also permanently
MapsGL requires a certain level of specification in your remove it from any
computer to work. You can check out the recommended related activities.
specifications at www.maps.google.com.

Planning a Route with Maps

Google Maps features a very powerful, and normally very accurate, route planner. You
can plan a route by car, on foot or even using public transport. You can then save, share
and print out your route information to take with you on paper. If you save your route to
My Maps, you can easily access it again on your mobile Android device.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Click on the Apps icon at the top right of the Google Search ❱ In the start box, type the starting point for your journey. If you
home page and select Maps. The map, normally zoomed out on have added a home address to My Places, and if your journey
the country you live in, will be shown on the page and a search starts at home, you can simply type Home in the first box. If not,
box, which will act as your navigation hub. Note: If you aren’t type your preferred starting locations. This can be an address or
signed in to your Google account, do so now. even just a town or city.
Step 2
❱ Click on the blue arrow on the search box. Two boxes will appear Step 4
in the blue bar, these are start and destination input points, along ❱ Type your destination in the second box. Again, this can be an
with buttons to choose your mode of transport. These include exact address or a town or city. Suggestions will appear as you
travelling by car, on foot, by public transport or by bicycle. Click on type, so make sure you select the correct address; there will almost
the mode of transport you will be using. certainly be more than one instance of your street name to
be found.

Planning a Route with Maps
Step 5 Step 7
❱ With both starting point and destination completed, Google ❱ The route is shown as a list of directions in the left-hand column
Maps will automatically generate your route. If you want to which is accessed by clicking the Details icon. At the top of the
include additional stopping points to your journey, click on Add list the distance and the estimated journey time is displayed. Roll
Destination and a third box will appear. Remove this box by your mouse over the list and you will see a marker displayed on
clicking the X next to it. the map at different junctions, roundabouts, etc.
Step 8
❱ Scroll to the top of the directions list and you will see three icons,
a link to save the route to My Maps. Share the details and you can
also print directions directly by clicking the printer button. You can
choose to show the map or just the directions on your printout.
Step 6
❱ Having generated your route, the map screen will zoom in to
show the complete journey highlighted in blue. You can zoom in
and out as normal if you want to get a closer look at the route. You
can also alter the route by clicking on any part of it and dragging
the blue line.

Using Google Street View

Street View is a feature of Google Maps that allows you to quickly and easily view and
navigate high-resolution, 360-degree street level images of various cities around the
world. With this guide you can learn the new ways to enter Street View, look at the full
screen mode, learn to navigate through driving directions and much more.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ To start using Street View, open the Google Maps page by ❱ Drop the yellow man icon onto any of these blue lines to see that
clicking on the Maps link on the Google Search home page. Type road in Street View. As you hold the man over a marked location,
the name of the street, town or city you want to start viewing in Street View image will remain static, but if you slowly move it you
the search box at the top of the screen. will get additional Street View previews.
Step 4
❱ With Street View now showing, you can move around by moving
Step 2 the mouse pointer onto the road so that it becomes a circle
❱ When the map has zoomed in to show the area you searched for, and then clicking. The camera will pan forward to that position.
click and drag the little yellow man from the bottom of the map Repeating this action lets you follow roads and streets along
zoom controls, onto the map. Blue lines will appear to show which their length.
streets and roads have been captured for Street View.

Using Google Street View
Step 5 Step 7
❱ Move the mouse pointer up onto the side of a building and it ❱ You can also use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out of the
turns into a rectangle. Click the mouse and the camera will rotate image in Street View. If you want to view the image in full screen,
to show the building centred on the screen. If, when you move the click in the button with four arrows in the top corner of the
pointer onto a building, it shows a magnifying glass, you can zoom window. Click the X next to that to close Street View and return to
in to the image. the normal map view.
Step 6
❱ In the corner of the Street View window is a small box showing
your position on the map. You can expand or minimise it by
clicking the icon to the bottom left. When you expand the map
box, it will split the screen with Street View. You can also quick
navigate your location by double tapping on the desired location.
Route Plan with

Street View
When using the route planner feature of Google Maps,
it is possible to have the route displayed with a Street
View image for each junction, roundabout or major
change of direction. To activate this option, plan your
route using the steps shown previously, click to print the
route and then click the Street View link at the top of the
Print screen.

Share and Embed Maps

Google Maps is a great tool for navigating when used on a phone or tablet: planning
a route in advance, checking the address of a local business or even just taking a peek
at the street view of somewhere you plan to visit. Not only can you use this great tool
yourself, you can also share maps with others and even embed them on a website to
give your customers directions.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Before you share a map, you need to zoom and scroll until the ❱ Directions can be marked on the map, and will be shared when
area you want to share is centred on the window. Only the visible you send it. Right-click on two points on the map to set your
portion is shared. You can also choose to share the map in Map direction to and from those locations. Check that the correct route
view or Earth view. is selected, if alternatives are available.
Step 4
Step 2 ❱ In the top left corner of the screen, click the Menu icon. Select
❱ If you have saved favourites on a map, only you will see them. Share and embed map. Check the box next to Short URL to create
Equally, if you embed the map and view it on your site, you see a shorter link. Double-click the link to highlight it, then copy it by
your saved places on the map. Your site’s visitors won’t see those pressing Ctrl+c (or Cmd+c on Mac). Paste the link wherever you
saved places, they see a map built for them. want to share the map, like an email or Google+ post.

Share and Embed Maps
Step 5 Step 8
❱ By using a short URL, you can squeeze a long Google Maps ❱ Ensure that the map you’d like to embed appears in the current
link into fewer characters to leave more room for other text. For map display. Click the settings gear icon in the bottom right. Click
example, the URL http://goo.gl/l6MS is easier to share than the Share and embed map. In the box that appears, make sure the
long URL http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-urls- Embed map tab is selected.
shorter-for-google-toolbar.html.
Step 6
❱ When the recipient opens the email, they can paste the link into
their browser and see the map, with directions marked and listed
in a step-by-step format. They will be able to interact with the map
(choose an alternative route, etc.) just as if they created it.
Step 9
❱ Choose the embed size you want, then copy the HTML and
paste the code into the source code of your website or blog. Keep
in mind that traffic information and some other Maps features may
not be available in the embedded map.
Step 7
❱ You can embed a basic map, driving directions or a local search
into your website or blog from the new Google Maps. When your
viewers are signed in to Google, they can also see their home and
work, saved locations and more in your embedded map.

Explore Deeper with Maps

Google Maps, on your computer and Android, has seen several updates and
improvements over the past few years. From adding more detail to maps to making it
more intuitive to find local businesses, these changes may not be immediately noticeable.
However, if you know where to look, a host of new features are there to be used. Here we
take a look at using these extra options which are available in numerous locations.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Open Google Maps on your desktop. The map should be centred ❱ Photos, See inside and street views can also be displayed along
on the country you live in, even if you have not shared location the bottom of the map, by clicking the Yellow man icon. Photo
information with Google. Photo tours can be found using the Spheres are marked with a small blue circle, See Inside with an
satellite imagery (Earth view). orange icon and street views with a circular arrow.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ Having entered your search criteria, if photo tours of a location ❱ Not all areas will feature photo points. They are made available
are available, they will be displayed as a series of photo thumbnail when there are several different views of a particular area. Click on
images on the pop-up left side menu. These photos will show a your choice of view and Google Maps will automatically swap to
side facing circular arrow icon in the bottom left. that location and view, here we have selected Photo Sphere.

Explore Deeper with Maps
Step 5
❱ Photo Sphere and See Inside are interactive still photographs
that have been uploaded to Google Maps. The latter allows you
to do exactly as one would expect and give you a view inside the
location, by simply clicking the small orange icon on the map. To
exit to Maps click the back arrow top left.
Step 7
❱ Another fantastic feature
of Maps is the 3D rendered
view point you can access
in key locations by clicking
the 3D button on the
main navigation controls,
Step 6 bottom right. By pressing
❱ If you choose instead to open a photo sphere, you can use and holding the Control
your mouse to grab and drag the image around to see a 360 key you can explore this 3D
degree image of a location. Photo spheres are created using a environment at your will.
smartphone app which, as mentioned, blends multiple photos
together as one.
Step 8
❱ While in 3D mode, zoom into the screen and your viewpoint
will change from the 3D rendered background to Street View
automatically. This offers a perfect showcase of viewpoints with a
single gesture.

Explore with Google Earth

Available on desktop, browser and mobile devices, Google Earth lets you explore the
world from the comfort of your own home. Featuring high quality satellite imagery, as
well as incredible 3D rendered models, Google Earth lets you take a trip to a faraway
place, stroll through a 3D forest and even travel back in time. Whether on your computer
or on the go, see the world the same way you’re used to seeing it, in 3D.
Step 1 Step 2
❱ If you have not already installed the Google Earth plug-in on ❱ Click on the link to install the plug-in. When installation is
your computer, you will need to do this before you can begin. complete, you will need to refresh the page to load the Earth view.
From the Google Maps page, click your mouse on the Apps icon You should notice that the view changes to show a much more
in the top right corner of the screen and click on the Earth icon. realistic detail. You can now zoom right out to show the
whole globe.
Step 3
❱ You can search for locations in Google Earth by clicking the
Search icon in the side bar to the left of the screen. Type the name
of a street, town or country in the search box and the view will
zoom in to show it. Search also for landmarks and businesses.

Explore with Google Earth
Step 4 Step 6
❱ The view of many locations in Google Earth will be in 3D. To tilt ❱ You can access news, photos, videos and Wikipedia information
the camera, use the controls at the top left of the window: the via Google Earth. Click on the ship’s wheel icon on the left side bar
control with the eye tilts the camera, the control with the hand to switch to the Voyager screen. You can then click on individual
pans the camera. You can pan, zoom and tilt by right-clicking on a piece to read it in full. This information is updated regularly so
point and moving the mouse. remember to check back.
Step 5
❱ Switch to view while using Google Earth by clicking the Menu
options, top right, and then selecting Map Style. Now you can pick
how the Map details are shown. From limited information to in-
depth detail or an option between the two.
Google Earth Desktop

In addition to the browser plug-in described above, you
can also download and install the standalone desktop
version of the app. The desktop version lets you view
satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, galaxies far
away in space and the deepest depths of the ocean. You
can learn about the moon and follow Apollo missions;
take narrated tours about the effects of climate change
and even travel back in time with Historical Imagery.
There is also a Google Earth app available for your
Android or Apple smartphone.

Using Google Translate

With the Earth in the palm of your hand or at the end of your keyboard, there are no
limits to how far you can explore without barriers. Yet if you have been inspired to open
up your world on the other side of your screen, there is one barrier that could limit your
travels, that of language. Thankfully Google have an app for that too! Google Translate
could become as essential to a world traveller as their tooth brush.
Step 3
Setting Up Translate ❱ Just like a standard Google search you can choose to input your
text via the keyboard or using voice input. To use the latter, click
Google Translate is far more than just a basic translate tool. You can on the Microphone icon to the left or if you prefer the former, tap
use this in several different ways. the keyboard icon to the right. Your text will now appear in the
box to the left. By clicking the double arrow icon between these
Step 1 boxes, you can swap the text.
❱ Unlike Google Earth or Maps, the Translate app is far less
graphically intense but its lack of visual gloss is replaced with a
very powerful tool that can prove as essential, so let’s take a look.
Open the Apps menu on the tool bar and select Translate from the
choice of applications.
Step 4
❱ NOTE: You are limited 5000 characters per translation so ensure
you enter your text in small chunks to avoid missing text. For
this first example we have entered an expression in English and
selected Norwegian, from the drop down menu, as the translated
Step 2 language. The translation happens in real time.
❱ This is the main
control window of
Google Translate, from
here you can decipher
any communication
break downs. Notice
the two boxes on
screen. The left (input)
is where you enter the
original text and the
right (output) is where
it is translated.

Using Google Translate
Step 5 Step 8
❱ If you wish to translate the same piece of text into another ❱ By clicking the Pencil icon in the input box, you enter your text
language, click on the downward arrow icon and select your by writing it, using your mouse, touchscreen on a pointer tool.
language for the list of options. You can also hear both the original Once you have entered your word(s) you can either select from
and the translated expression by clicking the speaker icon in the the options running along the bottom of the input box or press
bottom left of the input or output windows. the blue return icon to enter it.
Step 6
❱ By clicking the Pencil icon in the input box, you enter your text
by writing it, using your mouse, touchscreen on a pointer tool.
Once you have entered your word(s) you can either select from
the options running along the bottom of the input box or press
the blue return icon to enter it.
Translate Documents
To translate a piece of text that is larger than 5000
characters you can upload a full document which will
Step 7 be read and translated by the Translate app. Once
❱ Translated text can be the process is complete you are free to download the
Copied, Shared or Saved translated document. This process is far from complex as
to Phrasebook, the results we will detail below.
using the icon links in the From the “translate a document” link below the text
output box. By clicking input box, click on blue text to bring up a small grey
the Star icon to the top box with a Choose file link on the left side. Click this link
and locate the file you wish to translate and select as is
right you can open your
usual with your OS. You can upload files from a number
Phrasebook and quickly
of formats from Word to HTML files, there is a 1MB file
view all your saved size limit so ensure you doc is compatible. Once your
translations. You can also file is uploaded tap the blue Translate icon to load your
save the file by clicking translated document, leaving you to copy and paste the
Export to Google Sheets. results as you wish.

Google Maps Tips and Tricks

Google Maps and Google Earth are two of the most powerful and useful tools that
Google has ever produced, letting you easily find locations, plan journeys, locate
businesses and find places to eat and drink; you can even explore the moon and under
the sea. If you have never done more than check out your house on Maps, here are a few
tips and tricks that will help you to see the real possibilities of these tools.
1. Turn-by-turn Navigation 2. Offline Maps

❱ If you own an Android ❱ Get access to a map, with
smartphone, you won’t or without a network signal.
need an extra GPS device Download a map of your
for your cross country destination to use offline and
excursions. Map your maintain GPS functionality even
road trip and get hands- when you lose mobile service. You
free, turn-by-turn GPS can save and use certain maps
navigation, complete with when you’re not connected to
voice guidance. You can the Internet. If your mobile device
even get live traffic reports, has GPS, the blue dot shows your
letting you see current location so you know where you
traffic conditions before are. You can even get maps of
you set off and while you’re indoor spaces. The next time you’re
on the go. Get estimated running through the airport or in
travel times and even find a shopping centre, use Google
alternative routes if things Maps on your mobile phone to get
look busy. indoor walking directions and find
your way around.
3. Biking Maps
❱ If you are more of a fan of pedal power than horsepower, you
can use the Google Maps Biking Directions beta. Find dedicated
bike trails, routes without motor vehicles and the best streets for
cycling. Dark green lines indicate bike trails, light green shows
dedicated bike lanes and dotted green lines are bicycle-friendly
roads. Navigate it all with biking directions in Google Maps
Navigation Beta.

Google Maps Tips and Tricks
4. Your Places 7. Google Arts & Culture

❱ Want to map out your travel ❱ Google Arts & Culture is a platform which brings world heritage
plans or share hiking spots sites of the modern and ancient world online. Using Street View,
with friends? Try making your 3D modelling and other Google technologies, these amazing sites
own map of what matters to are now accessible to everyone across the globe. With videos,
you most with Your Places. photos and in-depth information, you can now explore the
Mark locations, add details like wonders of the world from your armchair just as if you were there.
photos and links and invite A fantastic feature that makes Street View even more unmissable.
others to collaborate with you
on your map; and access it on
your Android device. Sign in to your Google account to access
your map across all your devices. You can take your map on the go
to find your favourite spots easily and even access your desktop
location search history on your phone, and vice versa.
5. Sharing Maps
❱ You can share maps via a short URL, an HTML embed, email,
text message and even send maps to certain GPS units and cars.
To generate a customisable embed code or URL, click on the link
icon to the top left of your display. Check the Short URL box (or
whatever you require) or click the link for Customise and Preview 8. Send to Phone
Embedded Map. If you want to send the link out, rather than copy/ ❱ Google Send to Phone enables you to send text messages of
paste the text that’s been generated, click Send for Google Maps content to your mobile phone. For example, you
further options. might text yourself an address or location you’ve found.
To send something you’ve found on Google Maps to your phone,
click the link icon in the left panel. Click Send and choose Phone
from the left side. Enter the required information and hit Send.
You’ll receive a text message with your selection. You can also send
a local search result to your phone, by clicking More > Send from
the place marker’s location information window.
6. MapsGL
❱ MapsGL uses technology
called WebGL (Web-based
Graphics Library) to enhance
the Google Maps experience. 9. My Places
WebGL brings 3D graphics to ❱ Using My Places, you can
your browser without the need create custom, annotated
to install additional software. Google Maps that include
This allows you to provide place marks, lines and
seamless transitions between various levels of imagery and shapes. You can even add
different map views. Some of the MapsGL improvements include descriptive text and embed
3D buildings in Map view mode and 45° aerial imagery, smooth photos and videos in your
transitions between zoom levels and seamless 45° aerial view map; then share your maps
rotations and the ability to Swoop quickly from the Map View to with others. This can be
Street View imagery. With MapsGL, you can experience all of this in handy for mapping out your favourite restaurants, planning an
your browser without a plug-in. upcoming holiday or saving biking routes for future reference.

Google Photos and YouTube
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Photos makes it easy to share the right photos with the right
people with just a few clicks. For organising photos, Photos
has file importing and tracking features, as well as tags and
facial recognition for further sorting. And once you have
your photos organised, discover how to find, play and even
upload your own videos on YouTube.
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86 UPLOADING TO PHOTOS
92 USING PHOTO ALBUMS
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94 PHOTOS TIPS AND TRICKS
88 CREATING COLLAGES
AND ANIMATIONS 94 ARCHIVING YOUR FILES
89 LINK TO PINTEREST 95 ADDITIONAL PHOTO
APPS
90 EDITING IMAGES
IN PHOTOS 96 GET STARTED WITH
YOUTUBE
90 UNDOING EDITS
98 UPLOADING VIDEOS TO
90 ADDING PHOTOS TO YOUTUBE
WEB ALBUMS

Get Started with Photos

If you have never used Photos before, you may be surprised to discover just
how useful this free tool is. It not only lets you create slideshows of your
favourite images and share images with your friends and family, it also allows
you to edit your images. With increasingly powerful cameras finding their
way on to our smartphones, more and more photos are being taken and alas
without a place to store them are often forgotten about. By making Photos
the central hub for your photography those memories will be safe.
Step 3
Uploading to Photos ❱ When you files have uploaded to Photos, they will be displayed
based upon the date the images or videos were captured, newest
Step 1 to oldest being the default setting. Notice the link to the Desktop
❱ Open the Photos app via the App icon and the drop down menu Uploader, ignore that for now as we will cover it later.
accessed from it. The first thing you will need to do with Photos
is upload your images and videos into it. Unlike its predecessor
Google’s Picasa, Photos doesn’t search your computer for
compatible files thus you will need to organise yours first.
Using Photos
We break down the key features and controls of the Google
Photos application to enhance your ease of use.
Step 2
❱ Having placed the
files you wish to 1 Menu
upload to Photos in ❱ By clicking the three lines icon, top left, you can open the
a folder, the quickest main Photos menu panel. Here you can quickly access the key
way to transfer them functionality of the application, from sharing your images and
is to simply drag and videos to clearing out unwanted files.
drop the files on the
Photos window as a
group. Each file will 2 Settings
then upload to the ❱ The Settings link gives you access to Photos customisable
app, the speed of features. From this link you can decide upon your storage options,
which is based on compressed but high quality storage is free, while keeping your
your connection. files at the original size is limited to 15G without a paid upgrade.

Get Started with Photos
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3 Search 6 Timeline
❱ By entering the title of your file you can search your image and ❱ Here you can control the images and videos that are displayed
video database for it. If you have a large amount of files stored in in the main Preview window based upon the date they were
Photos, you can narrow the criteria of your search to specific files originally captured. Do to this simply scroll up or down through
from Videos to 360 photos by double clicking the search bar. the Timeline bar, stopping at the date you wish to view.
4 Create 7 Preview Window

❱ Tap this link to open a pop-up menu which contains four ❱ By default, all images, animations, collages and videos will be
additional links, Album, Shared album, Animation and Collage. displayed in this main window. You can scroll through your entire
By click on your choice from these four options you will be taken collection and by clicking on a file you can view it full screen and
directly to its specific window. even add it to your Pinterest account by tapping the icon top left.
5 Upload 8 Add Partner

❱ By tapping this link you will open an upload window, where you ❱ This option is a far more in-depth way of sharing your entire
can search your computer for any additional photographers or library of files with another user, for example a family member or
videos that you wish to add to your Photos file collection. Once friend. We will be covering this important feature at great depth
you have located the files, select them and click Open to upload. further on in this section of the publication.

Collages & Animations

One of the great features included with Photos is the ability to make collages and
animations of your files, either for yourself or to be shared with your friends and family.
Photo collages let you be as creative or as quick as you like, giving you time to do one
collage or to create simple but effective collages and animations with a few clicks.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Starting with a collage, the first task is to select your photos. You ❱ You can edit your image collage by tapping the edit icon located
can select a single folder by clicking on it in the folder panel or you to the top right of this screen. You have a series of options and
can select numerous images by clicking on the tick icon on the filters that you can apply to your new image. To use a filter click the
top left corner of each of the images you want. middle icon and then click on the style you wish to apply.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ Once all the images you want are selected, click the + icon ❱ You can also adjust the level of filter use using the slider bar in
located in the top right of the preview window. A new menu will the middle of the filters listings. The crop and rotate tool enables
open; from the options you are given, select Collage. Photos will you to cut out sections of the collage or rotate the image at either
now auto generate a collage based on your images. 90 degree angles or manually, using the user control.

Collages & Animations
Step 5 Step 8
❱ When you are happy with the edits to your collage, tap the Done ❱ When you are happy with your collage and or your animated
icon. You have a couple of options for saving it. Click the more slide-show you can send them to your contacts by tapping the
options link on the far right corner of the window. Now choose Share icon. When you see this window, choose how you wish to
how you wish to store your new collage from this list. share the file and click the required icon to make your selection.
Step 6
❱ Moving on to the Animation option, once again select the
images you wish to add and click the + icon and select Animation
for your list of options. Now all you have to do is leave the Photos
application to do the work for you.
Step 7
❱ Photos will now auto Link to Pinterest
generate an Animation
Pinterest is a very popular social networking tool, based
based on your images.
around sharing images, which is closely linked to the
This animation is simply Photos application.
a slideshow, moving If you are already a Pinterest user or simply wish to sign
between a series of still up and share your photos with the world, it couldn’t be
images. This animation easier to get started. Visit www.pinterest.com and sign in
is automatically saved to using your Google account. Once you are signed in you
your collection of files can upload directly by clicking the icon on any of your
within Photos. images, when you are viewing them full screen.

Editing Images in Photos

Google Photos not only provides you with storage for your photos and videos in one
place, it can also be used to edit your pictures. Need to crop out some unwanted photo
bomber? No problem, Photos can help. Want to get creative with custom styles and
filters? Photos can help there as well. Photos editor is not a fully-featured image editing
program but it includes enough to make the best of your photos. It’s also free!
Light and
Colour Fixes
❱ These controls let you
change the lighting
or colour levels of
your image. You can
either use the sliders to
change Light, Colour
temperature and Pop.
The latter being a
fantastic tool that adds
greater depth to your
images with a simple
Quick Fixes adjustment to the slider.
❱ As stated Google Photo editing isn’t a full optimised and
functional Photoshop alternative but with that said, there are more
than enough options for you to clean up or enhance your digital
photography, with only the most basic understanding of photo-
editing. Photos offers simple tools, designed to help fix common
problems with a few clicks as follows.
Undo Edits
You can easily remove any edits you have made to your
photographs while you are still editing. All you need to
do to remove your edits is click on the Undo Edits button
located at the top of the editing window. By doing this
you will instantly remove any changes you have made to
the image, from applying filters to cropping and rotating,
so make sure you are happy to do so before clicking. You
can copy your edits via the edit menu (three dots) and
paste them on any image in your library.

Editing Images in Photos
Image Processing (Filters) Rotate and Crop

❱ These controls let you quickly add a range of different filters to ❱ The crop and rotate tool enables you to cut out sections of the
your images. These range from sepia and black and white, to soft collage or rotate the image at either 90 degree angles or manually
focus and graduated tint. Click on each filter and you can then using the user controls down the right hand side. NOTE: If you are
control the intensity of the effect using sliders. You can easily undo using the crop tool to zoom this could effect image quality.
any effect using the buttons below the filter list. You can also crop the image to a number of specific aspect ratios,
Free (user defined as detailed above), Original, Square, 16:9, 4:3 and
3:2 by clicking the aspect ratio icon in the top bar. Having selected
any of these ratio options, Photos will place an adjustable frame on
the image, click Done when you are ready to crop.
Adding Information
Each photo or movie file in your Photos library contains
unique information. This includes file size, resolution,
Click and hold to compare date and time it was captured all as default. This data can
❱ When editing or applying filters to your images, it is very be viewed by clicking on the “i” icon on the control bar at
important that you don’t lose sight of the original image; this the top of the window. You can add a custom description
ensures that your edits aren’t actually detrimental. At any time to your files, which will be stored as part of the image’s
during the editing process, you can revert to your original image information. To save this new info tap the X Icon in the
by pressing and holding on the mouse button or screen. Your top right corner of the screen.
altered image can be saved as a copy so you can keep both.

Using Photos Albums

Google Photos Albums is an easy way to store your photos online and then share them
as and when you choose. Google provides free storage that makes sharing your photos
quick and easy. Albums will be visible on your Google Photos home page and the new
Photos and Videos tabs on your Google profile.
Adding Photos to Step 2
Web Albums
❱ To create a new album folder, click on the tick icon on the files
you want to add to the folder. Now click the + icon in the top right
of the main tool bar and select Album from the drop down list in
The Stream, like the Facebook News Feed, shows you real time the top right corner, as shown here.
updates from your friends, family and other Circles.
Step 1
❱ Open the Photos app and search through your photo folders to
find the images you want. Each file acts as an individual but you
can create new albums containing a mix of files if you wish.
Step 3
❱ You can choose to save to an existing Album to create a new
one. Access to these albums is achieved in the same way, by
clicking the link of your choice.

Using Photos Albums
Step 4
❱ Having chosen to create a new Album, you can now customise
its name by entering your title into the text input box at the top of
the collection of files; click the tick icon to finish . You can also add
files to this folder by dragging and dropping directly.
Album Access
The people you share with are added to the Shared with list
Sharing Web Albums in Google Photos. These people can do the following:
• If your album visibility is limited, they can view it by
signing in to Photos.
There are a couple of different ways to share your files and albums,
depending on whether the recipients have signed up for Google. • They can see the shared album on your Photos Web
gallery, your Google profile and in Google+ (if you’ve
signed up).
Step 1
❱ To share a single file, click • Google+ users: The people you share with have
permission to re-share your album. Within Google+,
on the image to enter full
they can also see who else you’ve shared it with.
screen view and then tap the
Share icon on the right of the
screen. From this menu screen
you can share with a Google Step 4
contact by clicking them. ❱ Alternatively you can
also share via your social
Step 2 networks by tapping the
❱ Alternatively you can share via your social networks by tapping link(s). To share to a non-
the link to Facebook or Twitter. To share to a non-Google contact, Google contact, click Get
click Get Link and then copy and paste it into a message or email. Link and then copy and
paste it into a message
or email and send the
link as per usual.
Step 5
❱ Add a comment if you’d like to add context to your photos. This
text will be posted with your photos in Google+. Add Google+
circles, individual people or email addresses and then click Share.
Step 3
❱ To share an album, click on the
icon in the top right corner of the
album and then click on Share.
Once again you can quickly share
with Google contacts by clicking
on their name.

Photos Tips and Tricks

Photos can seem very simple to use (and it is) but dig a little deeper and you can find all
sorts of clever and useful tools, to help you make the most of the software. Whether you
want to auto-organise your videos and photos, quickly access the core features of the
application or organise your old files, you will find help here.
1. Organising By Places and Things 2. Using the Photos Assistant

❱ When you add to and build your Google Photos library, you ❱ Google Photos has its very own built-in tool that helps you
will naturally capture photographs and videos that feature quickly access the app’s key features and also offers you something
similar people and places. Photos will recognise these trends and a little different. By clicking the Assistant link on the main control
catalogue your files accordingly in your Places and Things albums. bar, you will be taken to this screen. From here you can access
These two folders are located side-by-side in your main Albums Album, Shared Album, Collage and Animation options. You can
screen, starting in the top left corner. The Places folder will contain also link to a Partner account to instantly share your files and even
grouped files based on the location of the image. Things will focus see custom versions of your photos, edited automatically in-app.
on files which feature similar images, from dogs to people
3. Archiving Your Files

❱ Due to the quality of the app you are going to want to use the
Photos app to store your photography and video clips, you may
find things get a little too
cluttered and it’s difficult
to find your files. This is
where the Archive tool
comes in. Select any file
you wish to archive and
click the More Options
link. From here select
Archive or press Shift+A
to add the file to your
Archive folder.

Photos Tips and Tricks
Additional Photo Apps

To get the very most from Google Photos, you will need to download two independently
running Google apps, Backup and Sync and Google Photos mobile. With these apps you
can back up all of your image files from your hard drive into your Photos account and
even make Movies. Combine these apps with Photos to cross all your platforms.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ Open the Photos app and click on the Albums link. From here ❱ On your mobile device head to the App Store or Google Play and
click on the Movies icon found at the top right corner of the download the Google Photos app. Once complete, open the app
screen. You will need to download this software to progress, and enable access to your photo library. From the Home screen,
namely the Backup and Sync and Photos software from Google. tap Movie and then select the files (photos or videos) to use.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ Download and install the Backup and Sync. Once the software is ❱ You can now set the files to music by tapping the note icon. You
running it will automatically search your computer for the correct can select your music or a default theme. Once you are happy with
photo and video files and place them in your main photo library the video clip, tap add to album to save it to Google Photos. Head
listings in the Photos app. It does all the hard work for you. back to your desktop and the file will be in your Movie folder.

Get Started with YouTube

Founded in February 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and
share originally created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform
and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original
content creators. More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each month and around
72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
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2
3
4
5
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1 Search 3 Account Controls

❱ You can search YouTube just as you would search on Google and ❱ Here you can see your viewing history, channel subscriptions,
as you type your search term, suggestions will appear below the playlists you have created and social connections. You can also
search box. Previously searched terms that are similar will show control or delete channel subscriptions. Social connections allows
at the top of the suggestions box. Search results are displayed in you to share your content with your Facebook or Twitter accounts.
order of relevance.
4 Recommended Content
2 Upload Controls ❱ If you are signed in to your account, and have viewed any videos
❱ This drop-down menu contains a direct link to the upload screen previously, content that is recommended for you will be displayed
as well as links to your uploads dashboard; here you can see all of at the top of the home page. You can view more recommended
the content you have uploaded and your analytics, which shows content by clicking the word “recommended”. If you have
how many times your videos have been viewed and, if you have a subscribed to any channels, relevant content from those channels
channel, how many subscribers you have. will also be included here.

Get Started with YouTube
Step 2
5 Recommended Channels ❱ You can make changes
❱ The listing here is based on the videos you have watched and to your playlists by
which channels you have previously subscribed to. Roll your visiting your Library.
mouse over the Subscribe button to see how many subscribers This link is found on the
any channel has and click the button to instantly subscribe. A tick left side of the main
next to the name of the channel shows that it is verified as an YouTube user window.
official channel.
Step 3
6 Subscribed Channels ❱ Open the playlist you want to change and click the Edit button
❱ A list of your subscribed channels is shown here. You can click next to the playlist you want to edit. Click Done to save any
the arrow button just above the list to change how it is displayed: changes you make.
new content, A-Z or most relevant. Just below the channel
subscriptions list is a button which takes you to the complete
listing of available channels. You will also find the controls for
managing channels there as well.
7 Latest Content
❱ The most recent content from your subscribed channels is
displayed as a list at the bottom of the screen. If you have not
subscribed to any channels, this list will be populated from the
most viewed content on YouTube, content that is currently
trending and that which is relevant to your geographic location.
Manage Playlists Step 4

❱ Reorder videos in your
With playlists, you can put a series of videos all in one handy place. playlist by hovering your
For example, you could create a playlist of all of your favourite mouse over the video
music videos or sports clips. until you see a grey
vertical bar to the left of
Step 1 the video. Click the grey
❱ To add videos to playlist, click the Add to link underneath a video. bar, then drag and drop
You can add it to a playlist that already exists or you can create a the video to rearrange it.
new one.
Step 5
❱ To delete an entire playlist, click the More icon at the top right
corner of this window, then click Delete Playlist at the top of the
list. Once a playlist has been removed, you cannot undo.

Uploading Videos
to YouTube
It may sometimes seem like the whole world is uploading videos to YouTube, from the
random ramblings of retro gamers to budding musicians and comedians who like to
pretend to ride horses. We are not saying that this is a bad thing, variety being the spice of
life after all but you do have to wonder sometimes if a video confession to a love of the 50
Shades movies could have been kept to themselves. If you want to add your own voice to
the varied world of YouTube, here’s how to get started.
Step 1 Step 2
❱ Sign in to your YouTube account if you haven’t already done so. ❱ Click anywhere in the upload window on the next screen to start
At the top right of the screen, wherever you are in YouTube, you browsing for your videos. Alternatively, you can drag videos onto
will see an Upload arrow button. Click this to get started. the browser window from any open folder on your computer.
Step 3
❱ Once you have added a video to the upload window, using
either method, a new page will automatically open. If the video
file has a title, it will automatically be entered in the title box.
Video Formats
Not sure which format to save your video? If you receive
an “invalid file format” error message when you’re
uploading, make sure that you’re using one of the
following formats:
.MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP or WebM

Uploading Videos to YouTube
Step 4 Step 7
❱ Fill out the rest of the information, including the description and ❱ To check your video has been added to your account, navigate
the tags, as these help make it easier for the video to be found by back to the main YouTube page and click on your name in the left
searchers. If you wish, you can alter the privacy settings so only hand column. All of your uploaded videos will be displayed there.
certain people can find it.
Step 8
❱ Click the Video Manager button to quickly see and manage all of
Step 5 your uploaded videos. Here you can check the number of views,
❱ When the video has finished processing, several thumbnails will likes and dislikes, as well as being able to share or delete videos.
automatically be grabbed from it and displayed. Click on the one
you want to use as the display thumbnail on YouTube: select the
one that you feel sums up your video clip the best.
Step 6
❱ If the uploader detects that the video is shaky, as it is being
processed, you can choose to stabilise it. A progress bar will
show when the video is uploaded to the site.

Google+ and Social Networking

The Complete
Media Series
Google
• Volume
Guidebook
Nine
Google+
and Social
Networking
Google+ lets you show the world who you are and what
you’re into. Choose a profile photo, throw in some fun facts
and even add some bragging rights. Add friends and family
to see what they’re sharing, and share a few things back.
Learn how to get started with Google+ and then how to take
things further.
102 GOOGLE+ ACCOUNT 106 COMMENTING ON POSTS

AND PROFILE
107 GOOGLE+ INSIGHTS
102 CREATING A GOOGLE
ACCOUNT 108 GOOGLE+ COMMUNITIES
103 CREATE A PROFILE 111 SHARING COMMUNITIES
103 PROFILE VERIFICATION 112 MANAGING
GOOGLE+ EVENTS
104 UNDERSTANDING CIRCLES
112 ADD OR REMOVE GUESTS
104 ADD PEOPLE TO CIRCLES
114 GOOGLE+ SECURITY
105 MANAGING CIRCLES AND PRIVACY TIPS
106 THE GOOGLE+ STREAM 117 GOOGLE NOTIFICATIONS

Google+ Account
and Profile
If you have ever used any Google product or service such as Gmail, YouTube or Google
Docs, you probably already have access to a Google+ account. Google allows you to use
a single login for all of its products, making getting started on Google+ fairly simple.
If this is the case, you will need to set up a profile but you won’t need to
complete a sign up form.
Step 3
Creating a Google ❱ Now create and
Account
confirm a password;
as with any password,
make sure it is not
If you don’t already have one, you can create a Google account by personal information
signing up to any Google product, including Gmail. We will look at that is easy to guess
signing up via www.accounts.google.com. Let’s recap. (such as your name or
date of birth) but does
Step 1 include numbers
❱ Using any Internet and letters.
browser, navigate to www.
accounts.google.com and Step 4
click on the Sign Up button ❱ Complete the
in the top right corner of remainder of the
the screen. Alternatively, information, including
search for “Google Account” a phone number
in any search engine. and alternative email
address (useful if you
need to recover your
Step 2 login info). You will also
❱ Enter your name into the boxes provided and choose your need to complete a
preferred gmail.com email address. If the name you want is already Captcha form and agree
taken, you will be shown some alternatives or you can try another to Google Terms of
of your own. Service.
Step 5
❱ Add a profile picture
if you wish or you can
do so later in Google+.
Having a profile picture
of yourself will help
friends and family find
you on Google+.

Google+ Account and Profile
Step 6 Step 2
❱ The final screen will
confirm that the account Follow People and Pages
is set up, as well as ❱ The next part of your profile setup allows you to quickly follow
reminding you of the people or pages that interest you. The most popular pages and
Gmail address you people, in numerous categories, are shown and you can choose to
chose. You will receive a follow either the category or individual people. You can click View
verification email to the All to see all people in each category.
alternative email address
you entered in the form.
Create a Profile
Once you have set up or logged in to your account, you can start to
customise your Google+ profile. This will make it easier to find and
be found by people you know and will give your account some
personality. These setup pages should only appear the first time
you log in to Google+.
Step 1
Step 3
Add People
❱ There are a couple of different ways to start adding people to
Profile Picture
your profile. Google+ will suggest people to add if you have a ❱ The final step of the profile setup process is to add a profile
Gmail account set up: assuming any of your contacts in Gmail are picture (or avatar) and complete a few more details about yourself.
on Google+. These will be shown, along with any profile pictures, Adding information about your employer, school and city of
when you first start to customise your profile. You can add none, residence helps Google+ to suggest possible friends or colleagues
some or all of them. you might like to add to your Circles. The information also appears
beneath your profile picture when others view your profile,
You can also search for friends, colleagues and family members making it easier for people to add you. Click Finish when ready and
by name or email address, using the search box on the Add you will be taken to the main page of your Google+ account.
People screen. Search results will display as a list along with profile
pictures so you can check to see if you are adding the right person.
Finally, you have the option to find friends or contacts from

another email client such as Yahoo! or Hotmail. Select the email
client you use and sign in when prompted. Google+ will check
through your contacts to see if any have accounts.
Profile Verification
Verification badges help users to confirm the authenticity
of a profile or page. This way when you find a profile or
page about a celebrity or popular business, you can be
sure that the profile or page actually belongs to them. If
you see a tick next to a person, business or brand’s name,
you know they’ve been verified.

Understanding Circles
Google+ Circles helps you to organise everyone you add to your list of friends into
groups, according to your real life social connections. You could create a circle for
your family, a circle for Uni friends and a circle for your football buddies. In addition to
helping you organise your connections, Circles allows you to control who sees what
more easily. Share an engagement announcement with just your friends and family
circles or find a post from a friend from your book club circle about a great new author.
Step 3
Creating Circles ❱ Give your new circle
a name (Book Group,
You can create as many circles as you wish, for any group of University Friends, etc.)
people you wish to categorise. You can also delete or edit circles and click save when you
as you wish. have finished any edits
you have made. This new
Step 1 circle will be added to
❱ Log in to your Google+ account and, from the home page, click your list of circles, at the
on People in the slide out menu on the left-hand side. Click the bottom of the listings.
Your circles tab. This page will be blank if you have yet to add
anybody to your circles.
Step 2
❱ You will have three default circles available on your Google+
account, Friends, Family and Acquaintances. If you want to add
more circles, click on the NEW CIRCLE link.
Add People to Circles

You can add people to your Circles based upon their
shared interests or their relationship to you. To add
someone to your Circles click on their Google+ profile
page and then click on the Following link to bring up the
above screen. From here you can select which of your
Circles they will fit into. Click Done when you are finished.

Understanding Circles
Step 4 Step 3
❱ As stated there are already circles for family, friends, ❱ You can change the
acquaintances and people you are following. You can delete any of number of posts from
these pre-made circles, or keep them and add any others you wish. the members of your
New circles will appear on this page. Circle that you can
see by clicking the
Menu link and then
selecting the Number
of Posts in your Home
Stream option; make
your selection, then
click Save.
Step 4
❱ To edit the name of
a circle, click on it and
then click the Edit
icon. You can now
change the circle
Managing Circles name. When you are
done, click Save. You
After a while your circles will fill up with friends, family and can rename circles as
colleagues. They will also need to be managed to keep them from many times as you
getting filled with the wrong people or groups. Luckily, managing wish.
your circles is pretty straightforward.
Step 1 Step 5
❱ Open the People page ❱ To remove someone
in Google+ and click on while in the circle editor,
any of the circles links select the person to
at the bottom of the view their Google+
page. The pictures of profile page. From here
the people in that circle uncheck the Circles you
will be displayed on wish to remove them
each one. You can click from. Once you have
on the picture to display taken the person from
their Google+ profile. your circle, click the
Save link to finish.
Step 2 Step 6
❱ All the posts and links ❱ You can completely
that have been shared delete a circle, the
by the members of your members and any posts
circle can be viewed by related to it by clicking
clicking the Menu link the Menu icon and then
(three dots icon) in the select Delete Circle.
right corner of the Circle Finally, confirm your
title bar. Now click on choice on the pop-up
Posts from Circle to view window by clicking
them all. Delete link.

The Google+ Stream

The Stream in Google+ is the area on the Home page that shows the posts, videos,
images and links that people in your circles have uploaded, very much like the News
Feed in Facebook. Where the G+ Stream has an advantage over News Feed is in the
way that it lets you completely customise what content you see, and who sees
the content you post.
Viewing the Stream

The Stream, like the Facebook News Feed, shows you real time
updates from your friends, family and other circles.
Step 1
❱ When you log in to your Google+ account, your Home page
displays the Stream. By default, your Stream shows you updates,
images, videos and links shared by anyone in any of your circles.
Step 2
❱ You can choose
Commenting on Posts which updates you

see in your Stream
You can comment both on other people’s and your own by clicking the
posts. Just click the Add a Comment box at the bottom of menu at the top of
the post on which you’d like to comment. Your comment the post. You can
will be automatically shared with everyone who can then choose to
already see the post. If you mention someone (using @ Unfollow, Mute or
name or +name) in a comment who did not have access Report abuse. Click
to the original post, they will then be able to see the Mute to remove
whole post, not just the comment that mentions them. their posts.

The Google+ Stream
Step 3
❱ To add new posts
to your Stream you
can search for new
users and topics
by tapping the
Discover link in the
Google+ menu bar.
Alternatively, you
can look for people
to add in various
categories.
Step 4
❱ You can see what
content you have
posted to the
Stream by clicking
Google+ Insights
the Profile link on Insights are interactive graphical maps of the public
shares of any public post on your Google+ business
the left of the page
account, showing you how a particular post has rippled
and selecting the
through the network and helping you discover new and
Posts tab. Click next interesting people to follow. Ripples are particularly
to the date of the useful if you are using a Google+ business account to
post to see who can publicise a group, business or event. You can access
see that post: Public, insights from any public post in your business account
Limited, etc. stream. Just click the drop-down arrow at the top of the
post that you’re curious about and click View Insights.
Insights show who has publicly shared the post, the

Posting to the Stream comments they have made and how the post was shared.
Making this a very valid tool for business owners looking
to promote via Google+.
You can control exactly who sees any post you add to the Stream,
with options to make posts public, add to specific circles or to an
individual person.
Step 1 Step 3
❱ At the top of the Stream you ❱ You now need to decide with
will see your profile picture and whom you wish to share this
a text box. Click anywhere in this post. If you were viewing posts
box to start typing your post. from a particular circle when you
Unlike some networks, there is started your post, that circle will
no real limit to the amount of be highlighted in the sharing box.
text a post can contain. Click Share to post your update.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ There are four icons below ❱ Alternatively you can add
the text field. These let you add another circle to the sharing box,
photos, videos, events and links or even an individual with whom
to a post. Both the photo and to share. Click Search, enter your
video buttons contain numerous field and select the group or
options regarding from where person to add to your Google+
you can upload media. Circles.

Google+ Communities
Communities are another addition to Google+ suite, but work in a similar way to
Facebook Groups. They allow you to find groups of people with an interest in the
same things as you, whether that is Harry Potter movies, digital photography or Harley
Davidson motorcycles, and then share your thoughts, photos and ideas. You can also
start your own private communities and only invite the people you want to join.
Find and Join Step 3
Communities
❱ The search box above the grid of community thumbnails lets
you search all communities. Search results are displayed in order of
relevance rather than number of members. Owner info is
Step 1 also shown.
❱ Sign in to or open Google+ and click on the Discover tab on the
left of the screen. A large number of recommended, popular and
trending communities are shown on the main page.
Step 2 Step 4
❱ Click on any of the thumbnail images to enter that community. ❱ Whilst viewing a community you are interested in, you may
Below each thumbnail, the number of members of that notice that there is an additional menu that splits the page up into
community is displayed. If the community is private you will to Ask sections (a bit like Circles within a group) for easier navigation.
To Join, if it is open click Join.

Google+ Communities
Step 7
❱ Once you have joined a community, new posts by the members
will be shown on your main Google+ Stream. If you want to
turn this off, click the Settings button and scroll down to find
community settings.
Step 5
❱ To join any public
community, click on the
Join button to the left side
of the page. The ones that
you have joined are shown
at the top of the main
communities page, above Step 8
the popular community ❱ You can quickly view and enter into any communities you have
thumbnails. joined by clicking the Communities link on the left side of the
page, you can then see them by clicking the one you wish to view.
You can also find more by clicking the Discover More icon.
Step 6
❱ Once you have joined a community, you will see a Filter menu
for editing the type of content you will receive posts upon. To
leave the community click on the Member icon on the left side.
and confirm you wish to Leave.

Step 3
Creating a Community ❱ Click on the type of community you want to create and give it a
name. For a public community you will need to decide if you want
Step 1 to allow anyone to join or to require approval from a moderator.
❱ From the main Communities screen, click on the green New
Community link. You will then be presented with the choice of
creating a Public or an Ask to Join (private) community.
Step 4
❱ If creating a private community,
you need to decide if you want
to keep it hidden from searches
or make it searchable and allow
people to request to join it.
When you have decided, click
Step 2 the DONE link.
❱ In a private community, only invited members can join and see
what’s shared. Public communities are open to the world. Anyone Step 5
can join, invite others and share information that is posted. ❱ Whichever type of community you create, the following page
will be the same. Here you can choose the image that is displayed,
add a tagline and complete the About section with a description
and location.

Google+ Communities
Step 6
❱ When you have finished editing the community profile, click
Save or Finished Editing. You can now start to invite people from
the Google+ Circles to join the Community. Add their names and
click Send.
Sharing Communities
There are lots of ways to share with your communities.
Get home welding tips from your DIY pals in a Hangout,
share restaurant reviews with fellow foodies or use
Google+ Events to plan your next party. You can share
with communities from anywhere that you find Google+:
on YouTube, Google Maps or through the +1 button on
any compatible sites across the web.
Step 7
❱ Because you are
the creator of the
Tips for Running a
community, you will
have access to several Community
actions that won’t Do:
be available to other • Promote your community as a place where people
members. Click the Manage button to edit (and also delete) the can have conversations and share ideas
community and manage its members and posts.
• Participate in conversations by posting, leaving
comments and +1’ing posts
Step 8
❱ To make a community member a moderator, click on members • Celebrate and engage with your members
below your community’s photo. Click the drop-down menu to • Add moderators and invite them to manage content
the right of the member you want to add as a moderator. Click and share regularly
on Promote from member to moderator. To remove yourself as
• Add categories to help guide discussions
moderator, repeat the process and select Step down to Member.
• Listen to and learn from your community’s members
Don’t:
• Just broadcast information
• Only pose broad questions in the hope of discussion
and engagement
• Invite people to join an empty community – write
an initial post to set expectations and welcome new
members
• Leave your community unmoderated – check in daily
on your community to make sure that the right kinds
of conversations are happening.

Managing Google+ Events

Whether you are planning a family gathering or promoting a charity gala, Google+
Events is the easy way to let selected people know about it. Events are easy to set up and
can be shared with individuals, circles or even the public. Your friends and family don’t
even need to be using Google+ to receive an invite.
Step 4
Creating an Event ❱ Next you can add
the location if needed
Step 1 and some additional
❱ To start creating a new event, click on Profile tab on the right details about the
of the About button, then the Menu link and then click the Your event. Be specific
Events click to start this process. with your event
location. For example,
include your address
rather than just
putting ‘my house’.
Step 5
❱ Before you choose who
to invite, you should
click the Event Options
button. Here you can
choose whether guests
can invite others, add
Step 2 their own photos and
❱ First, click on whether the guest list is
the Create Event hidden from others.
button and choose
an image which
best illustrates your
event. If none of
the images work
for you, click Your
Photos to add one
of your own.
Step 3
Add or Remove Guests
Once an Event has been created, you can still go back
❱ Give your event a title into it and add or remove guests. To invite more people,
and set the time and date click the Invite more people button at the top of the
using the drop-down guest list to add more guests to your event at any time.
menus. If you use Google You can remove guests from the guest list under Actions
Calendar, the drop-down > Manage guest list on the event details page. Once a
calendar here will show guest is removed from the guest list, only you, the owner
any appointments or of the event, will be able to re-invite them.
entries you have added.

Managing Google+ Events
Step 6
❱ Finally, click in the Invite box and choose to whom the invites
will be sent. You can choose to make it public or choose specific
circles to invite. By clicking the person icon, you can also choose
individuals to invite.
Adding Photos to
an Event
Event Notifications When you add photos or videos to an event, they are
You may decide that you don’t want to be bombarded with new added to a collection shared with all the guests of the
event notifications from your circles. If this is the case, you can event. If you add photos or videos to a public event or
event on air, anyone can see these photos and videos.
change your event notification settings to suit you.
By default, all event guests can contribute to the photo
collection of that event. For public events, anyone can
Step 1 contribute photos.
❱ From your Google+ account,
click on the Settings link, on You can add photos to an event collection any place you
the left side of the screen. You see the Add photos button. This includes on an event
will now have to scroll down page, from a notification or on your phone. When you
the page to the Notifications add photos to an existing album that is part of an event
section and click the link. collection, those photos will also be added to the event
page and shared with the event guests.
Step 2
❱ Under the Events heading,
you will see options to
select how you are notified
Deleting
of Events. You can choose
to be notified about invites, an Event
reminders and actions.
To delete an event you’ve
created click Events on
the left side of the page.
Step 3 Select the event you
❱ Happy to receive want to delete to open the event details page. Click the
notifications about events Actions menu in the upper right and select Delete Event.
but don’t want constant
reminders? Uncheck the When you delete an event, the photos and videos from
Reminders option. If you the event collection are no longer shared with the event
only want to be notified guests. Guests who added photos to a deleted event still
about things happening have these photos in their albums. Photos from deleted
events are no longer shared with the event guests after
with events you have
the event is deleted.
created, you also have
this option.

Google+ Security, Privacy

& Extra Features
When using any website, particularly social networking sites, keeping yourself and your
personal information secure and private is a must. There are several simple things you
can do to keep your account secure; if you have not done them already, we suggest you
do so now!
Blocking People
Google+ doesn’t have to be an open free-for-all, with anyone
allowed to view your profile and data. If required, you can easily
block other users.
Step 1
❱ Log in to your Google+ account and find a post by the person
you want to block. If the person is in one of your circles, you
can also find them through the Circles tab. Click through to
their profile.
Privacy Policy Step 2

It is certainly worth checking through the Google Privacy ❱ Look in the top bar
Policy before you start to use Google+. The privacy policy of their profile. Click on
is a document that shows you exactly how Google will the small downward-
use the information you enter into Google+ and other facing arrow next to
Google products. their name and you
will see Block profile,
You can find the complete privacy policy at http://www. Mute profile and
google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. Report abuse. Click on
Block Person.

Google+ Security and Privacy Tips
Step 3 Step 2
❱ After you block someone, the content you’ve previously shared ❱ All of the available profile information categories will be
with them will still be visible in their home page. However, they displayed. Click on each one that you want to edit and enter the
can’t engage with the post: comment, etc. relevant information as you see fit to include it.
Step 4
❱ If you want to see
a list of the people
you currently have
blocked, return to
your main Google My
Account. Select View Step 3
Blocked users to see a ❱ Next to each edit box is a drop-down menu. This lets you set
list. You can unblock the privacy setting of each piece of information individually. The
them by tapping the options include Public, Your Circles and Only You.
X icon to the right.
Editing Your Profile

Step 1
❱ Click on the Profile tab on the left of the home page and then
click About at the top of the page. This is where your personal
information is displayed. You can choose what information you
want to share.
Step 4
❱ The privacy settings
for each section allow
you to keep your phone
number restricted to
friends and family,
while allowing you to
show less important
information to anyone
viewing your profile.

Location Data Are You Popular?

There are several features in the Google+ mobile app A great little feature of Google+ is the ability to add quick Polls to
that can use your location, from displaying it on your your Google+ Stream. Finally decide who is the best James Bond or
status updates, to showing you posts from people close who would win in the fight between Spider-Man and Venom!
to you when you search using the Nearby feature. It
is possible to control exactly which features use your Step 1
location information at any given time. ❱ Return to your Google+ Home screen and then click anywhere
in the “What’s new with you?” bar at the top of the screen. This will
POSTS open your new post pop-up window.
You can choose to
share your location
with specific circles by
tapping the location
icon. If you do not want
your location to be
added to a post, click the
location icon and choose
Hide Location. If you
have not chosen to share
your location in the past,
this should be off by
default. It is, however,
worth checking.
PHOTOS
When uploading photos
to your Google+ account
via the smartphone
app, your location may
be shared if a setting in Google+ on your computer
is checked. On your computer, log in to your account Step 2
and click the cog icon at the top of the screen. Select ❱ Notice at the bottom of this pop-up you can see Add photos,
Settings and scroll down to the Photos header. Here you Add link, Add poll and finally Add location. Click on the Add poll
will see “Show photo geo-location information in newly
link and you can start entering content.
uploaded albums and photos”. Make sure this option is
not ticked.
Preview
You
If you want to be sure that your privacy settings are
correctly configured, you can view your profile as other
people see it. Open your Profile page and look for the
Preview button at the top of the page. Click this and
choose either a person or a circle. The display will then
change to show you how that person or circle sees your
profile page.

Google+ Security and Privacy Tips
Step 3
❱ To make this poll more eye-catching, add a relevant image and
add the choices into the boxes (there is a minimum of two), click
Control Who
Add choice for more. Finally enter your poll’s question and click Post.
Contacts You
It is possible to stop individuals or groups sending you
notifications, commenting on your posts or starting a
messenger conversation with you. This is yet another
useful way of controlling your privacy in Google+. To
change who can interact with you, click the Settings
button at the top of the home page. Select Settings from
the drop-down menu and you will see the Interaction
settings at the top of the page. Change the privacy
setting for each to suit your needs.
Step 4
❱ With your poll posted and live, it’s up to the public to decide the
most popular answer to your question. If you are viewing a poll
yourself, click on the answer you want by clicking the respective
blue answer button or leave a comment by clicking below.
Google Notifications
The Google app suite is linked through your main
Google account, which means that any interaction you
have with one of the Google apps will be recognised by
one another.
For example if you are searching online and someone

comments on one of your Google+ post you will be
notified. All notifications appear as a red circle on top
right of the window, click this circle to view them.
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Google Drive lets you store and access your files anywhere:
on the web, on your hard drive or on the go, your files
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120 GOOGLE DRIVE 130 GOOGLE SLIDES

121 FREE GOOGLE STORAGE 131 VIEWING PRESENTATIONS
121 GOOGLE DRIVE ON 132 GOOGLE TEMPLATES &
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122 GOOGLE DOCUMENTS 133 USING GOOGLE FORMS
123 USING THE TIME MACHINE 134 GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT
125 PERMANENTLY DELETE FILES 136 GOOGLE WALLET
124 RESTORE DELETED
DRIVE FILES 138 GOOGLE KEEP
126 GOOGLE SHEETS 140 BLOGGER

126 USING SHEETS TEMPLATES 144 GOOGLE PLAY STORE
128 GOOGLE DRAWING 145 DOWNLOAD APPS & FILES

Get Started with

Google Drive
Google Drive is a free storage service which allows you to store images, folders and
documents in the Cloud. These files and documents can then be accessed from any
tablet, phone or computer via the Google Drive software. Not only is this a great way to
free up space on your devices, it also lets you access your files from almost anywhere.
1 5
2
1 Search 4 Current Folder

❱ You can search Google Drive in the same way that you can ❱ The contents of the currently selected folder are shown here. You
search Gmail or one of the other Google products. can change how items are displayed (List or Grid).
2 New 5 Display Controls

❱ Click the New button to open a new document, spreadsheet, ❱ Change how items in your folders are displayed and how they
presentation, form or drawing. are sorted. The gear icon lets you access the G Drive settings.
3 Folders 6 Upload List

❱ Your preset Google Drive folders are shown here, along with any ❱ When you upload multiple items to Google Drive, the Upload
that you have created. Click More to see Labels. box appears, to show you the progress of each item.

Get Started with Google Drive
Free Google Storage

Google Drive, Google+ Photos and Gmail give you
storage space for nothing so you can keep your files,
emails and photos accessible from any device, anywhere.
If you reach the free storage limit, everything in Google
Drive, Google+ Photos, and Gmail will still be accessible
but you won’t be able to create or add anything new.
You’ll still be able to create Google Docs, since they don’t
take up any storage space. For G+ Photos, you will only
be able to upload new photos and videos under certain
size limits.
Installing Backup and Sync – PC/Mac

Google Drive on
Step 1
Android and iOS
❱ The first thing you need to do is check your Google Drive access You can download the Google Drive app for mobile
status. You can do this at drive.google.com/start. If you have devices free of charge, from the Play Store or App Store.
access, you will see a blue Download button. This allows you to both view and edit files in your Google
Drive folders.
Once downloaded, the app should automatically sign

in using the same Google account details you entered
on your computer (which is also, hopefully, the one with
which you set up your Android or iOS device).
You will now be able to see any files you placed in the
Google Drive folder on your computer. If you had the
Google Docs app installed, this will now be replaced by
Google Drive. To create a new doc, tap Menu > New >
Document, or Spreadsheet, etc.
Step 2
❱ Click on the Download Step 4
button and when asked ❱ You will be asked to sign in again and will then be asked to sync.
to, Agree to the Google This creates a new folder on your computer which is used as the
Terms of Service. You storage folder.
must do this before you
start the download.
Step 3
❱ Click on Download
Backup and sync and
follow the instructions
to install the software on
your computer. The site
will automatically detect
whether it is PC or Mac.

Google Documents
Google Docs is a free, web-based office suite, packaged as part of Google Drive. Using
this software you can create text documents, spreadsheets, complex forms and even
presentations similar to PowerPoint. Everything you create is stored via your Google
Drive account, although you can also download the pages you create onto your
computer. Here’s how to make the most of Google Docs.
Step 2
Creating New ❱ To create a new document, go to your Drive, click the downward
Documents
pointing arrow and select Google Docs from the menu, then pick
either Blank or Template. Name the document by entering the text
in the top left corner, this will also start auto-save.
Step 1
❱ There are several different ways of getting started with Google
Docs. You can create a new online document, you can upload
an existing document to edit or you can use a template from the
templates gallery. Let’s start with a new Google doc.
Step 3
❱ Along the top of the document you will find the editing
and formatting tools. If you have ever used Microsoft Word
or OpenOffice Writer, you should be familiar with most of the
formatting options here.

Google Documents
Step 4 Step 2
❱ You can also save a ❱ When the document has uploaded, click the File option, as
copy of any document before. From these links click on Email collaborators and enter the
to your computer if you details of those you wish to share the file. This allows you to edit
wish. To save a copy of and collaborate on the document online.
any document in the
Drive, open it and go to
the File menu. Roll the
mouse pointer over the
Download As... option.
Step 5
❱ Select one of the following
file types: HTML (zipped), RTF,
Word, Open Office, PDF or plain
text. Your document will then
download to your computer. Step 3
The original document will ❱ Having uploaded a compatible document to Google Docs, said
remain in Google Drive. file will instantly be saved to your Google Drive. These files are then
accessible from the main Google docs menu screen, shown here.
NOTE: Files to be converted by Docs can’t be larger than 1 MB.
Import Documents
You can import a variety of documents into Google Drive and then
either keep them as they were originally formatted or convert
them into Google Docs.
Step 1
❱ Open a new Google Doc and click the File link at the top left of
your documents options list. Click Open and then click Upload.
The Upload window will appear leaving you to drag and drop your
file into this window. The file will open automatically.
Time Machine
Google Drive tracks every change you make to files and
documents you store there, so when you hit the Save
button a new revision is saved. You can use the tools in
Google Drive to look back as far as 30 days automatically,
or choose a specific revision to save forever.

Restore Deleted Drive Files

Deleting files from Drive is a very quick process but a file you remove might not always
be gone forever. In a similar way to the Trash on your computer, you have the chance
to restore deleted files before they are deleted permanently. Here is how you restore,
remove and permanently delete files in Google Drive. This is a fantastic skill to learn as
when all things seem lost its always great to have a plan B.
Step 3
Restoring Incorrectly ❱ Sign in to Drive at www.drive.google.com. Go to the Bin section
Deleted Documents
on the left side of your screen and right-click the file or folder you
want to restore. Click Restore to return it to its previous location.
To restore a file from the trash that you don’t own, you need to
Step 1 contact the owner of the file.
❱ If you decide that you don’t want to delete a file or folder
that you’ve moved to the trash, you can restore it so that you
can access it again. Once you restore a file, it will be recovered
wherever you use Drive or Docs, Sheets and Slides.
Step 2
❱ At the moment, you can’t restore a file or folder from the Drive
mobile apps or from the Docs, Sheets or Slides home screens. You
can restore your files from Drive on the web or on your computer.
Let’s look at those options here.

Restore Deleted Drive Files
Step 4 Step 2
❱ If you permanently delete a file or folder that you realise you ❱ To remove files in Drive online, sign into Drive at www.drive.
need access to, Google is able to help you recover it for a limited google.com. Now click or right-click the file or folder you want to
time. However, after the file has been deleted from Google’s remove and then click the Remove icon; as with removing files on
systems, it’s gone forever. You can request recovery from Google your computer, anything removed will also be removed offline.
themselves at www.support.google.com.
Permanently Delete Files

Step 1
❱ If you want to permanently delete a file or folder you own, you
Removing Files
can delete an individual file or empty your entire trash to delete
all files you have removed. Once a file has been deleted, anyone
you’ve shared the file with will lose access to the file as well.
Step 1
❱ Open the Google Drive folder on the desktop of your computer,
select the file or folder you want to remove and drag it to the trash
on your computer. A file you remove from the Drive folder on your
computer will be moved to the trash in Drive on the web and in
the Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides.
Step 2
❱ To permanently delete files you added to the trash from the Drive
folder on your computer, simply empty the trash on your desktop.
The files, along with anything else you trashed, will be deleted. On
the web, sign in to Drive, go to Bin and select the file. Click Delete
Forever. The file is now been deleted for good.

Plan with Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a spreadsheet application that can be found within Google Drive and
Docs. You can create documents online, work on them with others in real time and then
store them online in Google Drive. Google Sheets, for most users, is more than capable
of replacing the corresponding software in something like Microsoft Office.
Step 2
❱ To create a new spreadsheet, go to your Google Drive, click
the NEW button and select Google Sheet from the drop-down
menu. Once you name the spreadsheet or start
typing, Google Sheets will automatically save your work every
few seconds.
Create and Save

Spreadsheets
Step 1
❱ There are different ways of getting started with Google Sheets.
You can create a new spreadsheet, upload an existing spreadsheet Step 3
from a computer or use a template from the templates gallery, to ❱ Give your Sheet a title. At the top of the spreadsheet, you will
create a spreadsheet with a specific purpose. see text that indicates when your spreadsheet was last saved. You
can access your spreadsheet at any time by opening your Drive at
www.drive.google.com. Here you will see it as a saved file.

Plan with Google Sheets
Step 3
Uploading Spreadsheets ❱ When the document has uploaded, click the File option, as
before. From these links click on Email collaborators and enter the
Step 1 details of those with whom you wish to share the file. This allows
❱ When you upload a spreadsheet into Google Drive, you have you to edit and collaborate on the Google Sheet document online.
the choice to keep your spreadsheet in the original format or
convert it into the Google Docs format. If you don’t convert the
spreadsheet, you may not be able to access it collaboratively.
Step 2
❱ Open a new Google Sheet and click the File link at the top left
of your documents options list. Click Open and then Upload. The
Upload window will appear leaving you to drag and drop your file
into this window. The file will open automatically.
Using Sheets
Templates
If you want to quickly create a spreadsheet, you can
pick one of the templates in the templates gallery. Each
template has standard text that you can replace with
your own, and preset formatting that you can reuse.
You can also create a spreadsheet with a template
directly from your Documents List. Click the red Create
button and select From template....

Google Drawing
Just like the other Google Docs tools, Drawing allows you to create, share and edit
documents online and collaborate with others by inviting them to view your edits. You
can even chat with others from within the Drawing editor screen, in real time, before you
save or publish your drawings online as an image or in many popular image formats.
Step 3
Create a New Drawing ❱ In line, arrow and scribble modes, you can keep adding lines until
you go back to select mode by clicking the Select button from
Step 1 the toolbar (the small arrow to the left of the Shapes button) or
❱ To start creating drawings in Google Docs, go to your Docs list, pressing the Esc key.
click the NEW button and select Drawing from the More menu.
Then, using the menu options and buttons in the toolbar, you can
create flow charts, design diagrams and other drawings.
Step 4
❱ To insert a text box, select it and click where you want to add the
text box. Enter your text and press Enter. Your text will be added to
your drawing. Use text boxes instead of word art if you’d like to use
word wrap or specify a different text size.
Step 2
❱ Click on the tools at the top of the screen to select them. These
range from arrows, lines and poly-lines, to shapes and text boxes.
You can also insert images or photos using the image button. To
place a line, for example, click to place one end of the line and
drag to the other end.

Google Drawing
Step 5 Step 7
❱ The Format menu lets you change the background of your ❱ Some editing options are available only when you’ve selected a
drawing, align and rotate items, select snap to grid or snap to specific item. For example, when you insert a text box or word art,
guide, change the order of the items (for example, bring a shape you can see the Edit text button at the right end of the toolbar.
forward) and group items. Click it to change the selected text.
Step 6
❱ You can undo and redo changes by clicking the two arrows to
the left end of the toolbar. To zoom in and out on your drawings,
click the Zoom button in the toolbar.
Step 8
❱ Once you’re done, your drawing is automatically saved. You can
then add it to a document, presentation or spreadsheet. To do this,
open the document you want to add the drawing to, click Insert
and then select Drawing.

Using Google Slides

Google Slides is an online presentation app that allows you to show off your work in a
visual way. There are different ways of getting started using Google presentations: you
can create a new online presentation, you can upload an existing one or you can use a
template from the existing templates gallery.
Creating a Presentation
Step 1
❱ Just like creating any new document in Google Docs, to create
a new presentation go to your Documents List, click the NEW
button and select Google Slides from the drop-down menu.
Step 3
❱ There are several ways to format text and objects on a slide. To
get started, click on the object you want to format, resize or move.
Step 2 To add custom formatting to text or to an object, you can use the
❱ When you give your document a name and start typing, Google Format menu or the Edit toolbar.
Docs will automatically save your work. Auto-save will continue
to save at intervals whenever the document is open and being
worked on. You can work from a template or free hand.

Using Google Slides
Step 4 Step 7
❱ To select multiple objects, hold the Shift key while selecting ❱ To save a copy of a presentation to your computer rather than
each object or drag your mouse over all of the objects you’d like online, you can download it. In your document, go to the File
to select. To deselect one or more objects, press the Shift key and menu and point your mouse to the Download as option. Select a
click the objects. file type and your presentation will download.
Step 5
❱ To change or add
a theme to your
presentation in real time,
go to the Slide menu,
and select Change
theme. Select the theme
you’d like to use and it is
automatically applied to
all of the slides in your
presentation.
Step 6
❱ Transitions are a way to make your presentations look more
dynamic. You can animate elements such as bullet points or even
a list of images; for example, making them slide in from off screen.
Go to the View menu and select Transitions.
Viewing Presentations
To show a finished presentation, select Start Presentation
in the top right of the screen. A new window opens,
displaying your presentation one slide at a time. To skip
from one slide to the next, use the arrow keys on your
keyboard or click the arrow icon in the grey bar at the
bottom of your presentation. To close the presentation
viewer, press the Esc key.

Use Templates and Forms

If there is a specific type of document you want to create in Google docs, sheets, slides
or forms, it is worth having a look through the template gallery to see if there is already
something similar available. The template gallery includes hundreds of premade
documents, from a simple CV to multi-page company presentations. We also look at the
Google Forms app and see how it can be used for work or simply for fun.
Step 3
Browse the Template ❱ By default, the most popular templates from all categories will be
Gallery
shown on screen when you first enter the gallery. You can choose
to view specific types of template using the links on the left-hand
side of the screen.
Step 1
❱ Open Google Drive
and click on the
NEW button on the
left of the window.
Select Document,
Presentation,
Spreadsheet or Form
from the drop-down
menu (depending on
what type of document
you want to create).
Step 2 Step 4
❱ From within one of these document types, click File > New > ❱ You can also search for specific templates based upon the
From Template. This will open the main Google Docs template recommended uses, which are used to break up the layout of the
gallery. You can now scroll down through the listings to see which templates. Taking Google Docs as an example you have templates
one would be the best fit for your project. for CV’s, Letters, Personal, Work and Sales.

Use Templates and Forms
Step 5
❱ Each template will
have a thumbnail
image preview. If you
want to see more detail
of how the document
is laid out, click the
Preview button. You
can then click Close this
window or Use
this template.
Create and Share

Templates Using Google Forms
You can create your own templates and either keep them for your Adding a further tool to the already impressive listing,
own use or share them with the Google Template Gallery, so that you can use the Google Forms app to create online
others can use them. surveys and quizzes and then share them with your
family, friends or work colleges.
Step 1 To start a new Google Form you will need to return to the
❱ Open Google Drive and Google Drive home page and from there click the NEW
click on the NEW button. button and select Google Forms from the More option
Click on Doc, Sheet, on the drop-down menu. You will now need to give your
Presentation or Form. form a title and a description. Now you can start to build
Once your chosen blank your questions. Enter your first question and selecting
document is open, you can from the options given when clicking the answer options
begin to create a template. menu on the right. From multiple choice to text entry
make your choice.
To add another question tap the + icon on the right

Step 2
side bar. Here you can also add images, videos or sub
❱ When creating a
category descriptions. You can literally be as in-depth or
template that is going simple as you wish. When you have finished your Google
to be shared in the Form, you can change the colour pattern, preview the
template gallery, finished form or select the format, questionnaire or quiz
avoid filling it with using the setting icons top right. Finally tap Send to enter
specific text and the details of who you want to share the form with. Click
images. People using send for a second time to complete the process.
the template later To check the answers click on Responses at the top of the
will almost certainly text input box, here you can view all completed forms.
want to put their own
content into it.
Step 3
❱ When your template is finished,
save it and return to the main
Google Drive screen. Select
the template file in the list of
documents using the Share link.
Add contacts or get a shareable
link to email to them.

Google Cloud Print

Wouldn’t it be useful to be able to print on any printer that is connected to the Internet.
Google Cloud Print is smart technology that connects your printers to the web. Using
Google Cloud Print, you can make your home and work printers available to you and
anyone you choose, from the applications you use every day. Google Cloud Print works
on your phone, tablet, PC and any other web-connected device you want to print from.
Step 2
How to Connect with ❱ Open Google Chrome, click the Chrome menu on the browser
Cloud Ready Printers

toolbar and select Settings. Now click the Show advanced settings
link. Scroll down to the Google Cloud Print section and click Sign
in to Google Cloud Print.
You can use Google Cloud Print with Could-ready printer (printers
which can connect directly to the Internet and do not need a PC
to work) but as there are far more normal printers around, we are
concentrating on this type for this article.
Step 1
❱ The first thing you need to do, if you do not already have it
installed, is download the latest version of Google Chrome and
install it. Once installed, Log in to your user account on the
Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
Step 3
❱ In the window that appears, sign in with your Google Account
details to enable the Google Cloud Print connector. Hopefully
you will see the printer connected you your computer. Select the
printer you want to connect and then click Add printer.

Google Cloud Print
Step 4 Step 2
❱ You will then see a ❱ Click the Printers on the left side and select the printer that you
confirmation that Google want to share. If the printer is connected properly you will see a
Cloud Print has been enabled. Share button. When you share printers, you share printer names
The printer is now associated so choose a descriptive name when setting up your printer for the
with your Google Account and first time.
connected to Google Cloud
Print. You can print to this
printer using Google Cloud
Print as long as you sign in with
the same Google account.
Sharing a Printer
If your friends or colleagues have Google accounts, you can share
your printer with them and let them print to it from anywhere that
has an Internet connection.
Step 1
❱ To begin sharing your cloud connected printer, head to the
Google Cloud Print management page at www.google.com/
cloudprint. This shows you a complete list of any printers Step 3
associated with your Google Account. ❱ In the dialogue that appears, enter the email address for the
person or Google Group you want to share with and click Share.
Your friend will receive an email notification. To disable sharing,
follow the steps above to open the Sharing dialogue for the
printer and edit the user list.
Print From Everywhere?

Google Cloud Print integration works with many Google products and services, the first
of which are Chrome OS, Chrome, Gmail for mobile and Google Docs for mobile. You can
also print to 3rd-party native mobile apps on the Android and iOS platforms. You can
also try the Google Cloud Print app for Android, so you can not only submit print jobs to
connected cloud-ready printers but also control printer options and manage print jobs
right from your mobile device.

Using Google Wallet

Google Wallet lets you securely store your payment information in your Google Account, so
you don’t have to enter your billing and delivery details each time you shop online. Sign in
and quickly pay when you check out at online merchants and Android apps which accept
Google Wallet. If you’ve previously used Google Checkout, you already have Google Wallet.
Step 2
Adding a Payment ❱ Click the Payment Method link in the left-hand column. Any
Method
payment methods you have used previously should be shown
here, including any which have expired. The default method will
be shown with a green tick next to it.
You will need to add a valid form of payment to your Google
account should you wish to make purchases or move funds.
Step 1
❱ On your computer, navigate to www.google.com/wallet and
click on the sign-in button at the top of the page. Your sign-in
for Google Wallet is the same as your sign-in for Google Play
(which should also be the Google account you use on your
Android phone).
Step 3
❱ Click the Add Payment Method button at the top of the page.
You can choose to add either a bank account that payments are
drawn from or you can add a credit or debit card. Complete the
requested details for either method and click Save.
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Review Your Purchases

Anything you buy from Apps, movies to one of our fantastic Digital
magazines through the Google Play store is recorded by Google
Wallet and can be reviewed at any time via the Google Play app/
website as follows.
Step 1
❱ On your computer, navigate to www.play.google.com and click
on the sign-in button at the top of the page, if you haven’t already.
Your sign-in for Google Play is the same as your sign-in for Google
Wallet (which should also be the Google account you use on your
Android phone).
Send or Request Funds

Google Wallet allows you to send or request money with
Google Account to a business or individual as long as
they have a working email address (much like PayPal).
To do so follow this short guide. Open Google Wallet and
sign in. Click the send money or request money links
from the top of the screen, enter the email address of
your contact. Enter the amount in question, add a subject
line for confirmation at their end, click Review to confirm
and then finish up by clicking Attach.
Step 3
❱ Click on any item shown and you can review more details about
it. These include payment method (credit card, etc.) and how
the transaction will appear on your statement. If your payment
method has expired, a notice will be shown at the top of the
Step 2 transaction list.
❱ The first screen to open will show a list of all of your transactions,
made using the account you used to sign in. The date, title of the
product and location of purchase are shown, along with whether
it is an online purchase and the price you paid.

Google Keep
The Google Keep software allows you to easily create memos, notes and to-do lists on
your computer and on your iOS or Android smartphone and then automatically sync
them between the two devices. Your notes can include images, can be colour-coded to
make them easier to sort through and have reminder alarms added to them. Here’s how
to access, set up and create new notes in Google Keep.
Step 2
Setting Up and Using ❱ Assuming you have no notes created, the screen will be almost
Google Keep
completely blank. To start a new note, click in the Add note field at
the top of the screen. This will expand the box to show a title and
note fields, as well as some additional format options.
Google Keep is a great little app that enables you to create unique
to-do lists that can be stored across various hardware platforms.
Ensuring you can Google Keep your reminds safe!
Step 1
❱ Keep is part of Google drive when viewed on your computer,
although there seems to be no simple Go to Keep button on the
Drive main screen. Download the app for your format and then
see the Keep area of your Google account.
Step 3
❱ If you prefer to create a to-do list of items, click the New list
button (three dots). If you want to give your note a colour
highlight, click the paint palette icon and select your colour. To add
a reminder alarm, click the bell icon and set the reminder time.

Google Keep
Step 4 Step 7
❱ Write your note or ❱ You can also add reminders to your listings by clicking the
list. This can be as long Reminders option from the left side control window. You can set
as you need it to be, an alarm to notify you to perform the tasks on your listing. You can
although if writing a choose to repeat this alarm if these tasks are regular ones and also
large document, it is archive reminders in the same manner as before.
probably better to use
Google Docs. To add an
image to the note, click
the picture icon and
select your image. Click
Done to finish.
Step 5
❱ Your note will be
displayed on screen. If
you have several notes
or lists, you can choose
to display them as a list
or in a grid. Click on any
note to open it to review
the contents. If you have
finished with a note, but
want to keep it safe, click
the Archive button to
move it to the Archive.
Step 6
❱ From the Archive you can still edit notes, change the highlight
colour, add reminders and delete the note. You can tell when you
are looking at a note in the archive as it will be displayed under a
grey bar. To remove a note from the archive and return it to the
main screen, click the Unarchive button.
Keep On Mobile
You can download the Google Keep app for Android and
iOS smartphone for free. Assuming you use the same
Google account to sign in on your computer and on the
phone, notes, lists and memos will automatically be
shared between the two devices. Keep on Android and
iOS offers you a few more options, including the ability
to create memos using voice (dictation). If your notes are
not syncing between your phone and your computer,
make sure to check the sync options on the phone in
settings > accounts > Google account.

Blogging with Blogger

Blogger is a great way to start blogging as it is simple yet powerful and allows you to get
up and running easily without having to purchase a dedicated domain. If you are new
to blogging, and want to dip your toe in without taking the plunge, Blogger is the way
to do it. Because Google accounts are now all linked, having Gmail or one of the other
Google tools means you already have access to Blogger. Here’s how to get started with
Google’s blogging tool.
Step 3
Get Started with Blogger ❱ The next thing to do is choose a style for your blog using the
preset themes. There are several basic themes to choose from here
The first thing to do is open www.blogger.com in your browser and but don’t worry too much as you can easily change the style at any
sign in using your Google account username and password. time. For now, stick with the default Simple theme. Click Create
Blog to continue.
Step 1
❱ The main Blogger screen is fairly simple; until you create your
first blog, barely anything is shown here. You will see a couple of
buttons and some news from Blogger Buzz, the official Blogger
blog. To get started, click the New Blog button at the bottom
middle of the screen.
Step 2
❱ In the window that opens, you can type the name of your blog,
which will appear as the heading, and choose the blog URL. Any
Google hosted blog will have .blogspot.com at the end of the
URL, with the part you add appearing before it. Try to choose a
URL which relates to the content of the blog, e.g. cupcakerecipes.
blogspot.com or mythoughts.blogspot.com.

Step 4
❱ You will now be taken back to the main Blogger screen, with your
new blog listed at the top of the page. To the right of the blog title,
Your First Post
you will see several buttons. Click View Blog to open a preview of Blogging is all about posting. Posting ideas, thoughts, guides,
your blog in a new window. Don’t worry that it looks boring, you photos or anything else you can think of, but always posting,
can fix that later. posting, posting. The best blogs, those which gain loyal followers,
are the ones that not only post quality but which post regularly.
Before you get to that stage, let’s have a look at your first post.
Step 1
❱ From your list of blogs, which will probably only have one in it
at the moment, click on the pencil/write button to the right of
the blog title. The compose screen will now open, showing all the
tools you need to post.
Step 5
❱ Back on the main menu bar, click the Stats link and select
Overview from the options that appear. Here you can see some
info about your blog: comments, pageviews, number of posts, etc.,
along with all of the main blog controls on the left of
the screen.
Step 2
❱ Start by entering the title of the blog post in the Post Title box.
Your blog post titles are important as these are often what will
appear in the search results when someone searches for the
subject in Google or other search engines.
Custom Domain
Blogger offers two free publishing options for your
blog: hosting on BlogSpot (example.blogspot.com) and
hosting on your own custom domain (www.example.com
or foo.example.com). You can change your publishing
option at any time and your content will always
remain unaltered regardless of which of these options
you choose.

Step 3 Step 5
❱ By default, you are in compose mode. This means what you ❱ To add a photo to your post, position the cursor where you want
see in the compose window is what the post will look like (the the photo to appear and click the Image button. You then have
formatting, etc.). If you know a bit about HTML, you can also write a number of options for choosing the image to use. If uploading,
in HTML mode. Start typing in the post box. click Upload and then the Choose Files button.
Step 6
❱ Select the image from its location on your computer and it will
be displayed in the upload window. Click Add Selected to insert
the image into the post. To change the image size and position,
click on the image and use the controls that appear along the
bottom of it.
Step 4
❱ The controls for altering font style, size and colour are along
the top of the compose box. The B, I and U buttons control
emboldening, italics and underlining of text respectively. The
next two buttons, the A and marker, control font colour and
background colour.
Step 7
❱ On the right of the
compose window
are options to add
labels (which make
searching for posts
easier), control the
time the post is
published, add a
location tag and
make the post a
permalink. When
finished with these
options, click Publish.

Step 8
❱ If you use Google+, a share box will appear after clicking Publish.
This lets you easily share your new post with your Google+ circles.
Template Designer
If you prefer not to, just click the Cancel button instead. You can Blogger Template Designer is a new way for you to
view your blog post by clicking View under the title. easily customise the look of your blog. You can select a
variety of templates, images, colours and column layouts
to make your blog an expression of you. To get to the
Template Designer, just click on the drop-down menu of
the grey Post List icon and select Template. From there,
you can choose and customise your template.
While playing around with the Template Designer, you

can see a preview of how the blog will appear based
on the choices you’ve made. You can expand these by
pressing the toggle to Expand Preview between the
Blogger Template Designer dashboard and the preview.
When you’re satisfied with the look of your blog, you can
make them go live by pressing Apply to Blog in the top
right hand corner of the Template Designer.
To get started with Blogger Template Designer, select

a template for your blog from one of the professionally
designed templates that are available. Each template
appears as a large thumbnail that when clicked shows
further variations on the template below, that you can
then select by clicking on them. Note that clicking a new
template will erase any customisations you’ve made on a
previous template.

Google Play Store

The Google Play store is, for almost all of your entertainment needs, a one-stop shop.
You can search for apps, books, songs, movies and magazines, any of which can be
accessed on your Android smartphone or tablet and on your desktop.
2
4
1 Search 3 Play Store Content Controls

❱ You can search Google Play just as you would search on Google. ❱ The buttons at the top of the Home screen take you to the
When you type your search term, suggestions will appear below different Play Store sections: Apps/Games, Movies & TV, Music,
the search box. Previously searched terms that are similar will show Books and Newsstand. From here you will be able to view focused
at the top of the suggestions box. content specific to that area.
2 The Google Play Home Screen 4 Recommended Content

❱ This is the main retail hub of Google Play, it contains the latest ❱ This area of the main menu screen of the Play Store screen is
releases by format and your personal recommendations for where you can view more in-depth information that is linked
apps, books, movies and other media based on what you have to your Google Play account. This contains links to My Apps, My
searched for and installed previously. It can also be based on Wishlist, My Subscriptions, Redeem/Buy Gift card, My Activity and
recommendations by people in your Google+ circles. My Account, along with a guide for Parents.

Google Play Store
My Applications Download Apps & Files

Step 1
Tap the My Apps link and a list of all installed apps on ❱ Downloading apps, games, movies, music or books is
your device is displayed. The apps are split into sections
essentially the same process. Tap the app, movie or book you
showing you those which are up to date, recently
want to download and read the information screen. If you
updated and need updates (at the top of the list). You can
tap each app individually to update it or tap the Update want to proceed, tap the Install button or the Price button.
All button at the top of the screen. You will need to grant If downloading apps or games, you will need to agree to the
permissions for each app that needs updating. permissions which are what the app needs to access on your
device, such as messages or certain settings. The app or game will
then install automatically.
Step 2
❱ Movies, music and books don’t automatically download to your
device, so once you have purchased or chosen them, you will
need to pin them. Pinning means downloading, or keeping the
content on your device for offline viewing.
Account Settings
The My Account link will show you an overview of your
account activity, including you Play Store balance,
payment method and order history. Tap Settings to get Step 3
to the account settings screen. Here you can modify ❱ Paid apps and games can
notifications, decide if apps are updated automatically, be returned for a full refund if
and whether installed apps are added to the Home screen. you do so within two hours.
You can also change content filtering settings, modifying You simply need to open the
which apps can be downloaded based on their maturity app page on Google Play
rating. In addition to that, you can set the Play Store and the Price button will say
to require authentication for purchases made on your refund instead. After two
desktop or mobile devices. hours, refunds are at the app
developer’s discretion.

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Searching with Google

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Google Scholar Search

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Delete Google Alerts

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