For 40-some-odd years, the world of spreadsheets has been ruled by one king: Microsoft Excel. Sure, there were far away challengers that tried to overtake the beast—I’m looking at you, Lotus 1-2-3—but none have come close to dethroning the powerful tool…until Google Sheets. So what is Google Sheets? It’s a cloud-based spreadsheet. Think Excel, but online. “But Excel is online,” you say. Yes! But Google was there first, and really has the advantage over Excel in this arena. It’s quicker and easier to use for collaboration. Google Sheets is also free; Excel has monthly/yearly subscriptions. If you’d like to get the most out of the software, then let’s get started! Note: This book is the Google Sheets portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite). This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

There’s a real good chance that you grew up in a Microsoft Word world. The first document you created were from the Office Suite. But if you are reading this, then you are ready to make the leap to cloud-based (and free) word processing with Google Docs. If you are thinking about making the switch to Google, or have already made the switch but want to make sure you are using it correctly, then this guide will walk you through it. It will show you all the basic features to make sure you can get up and running as quickly as possible. Let’s get started! Note: This book is the Google Docs portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite). This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

Chances are you grew up a Word and Office user. Maybe you were a rebel and committed your herd to OpenOffice, or, dare I say, WordPerfect—but for the majority of people, our lives were loyal to Microsoft. In 2005, a small little startup named Upstartle developed something unheard of at the time: a web-based word processor called Writely. It pioneered the idea of writing on the “cloud” and changed the way people thought about word processing. Google noticed the little upstart, and in 2006, they acquired the company. The software was abandoned and turned into what everyone knows today as Google Docs. It disrupted the industry—namely, Microsoft’s industry. Today, Google has a whole suite of productivity apps; from documents to spreadsheets, you can do just about anything from the cloud. Microsoft and Apple have each made big attempts to create cloud-based environments of their own for office productivity, but Google pioneered the idea and its collaborative, online environment make it hard to beat. It’s become so feature-rich that many businesses are finding it to be the preferred way to conduct business. If you are thinking about making the switch to Google, or have already made the switch but want to make sure you are using it correctly, then this guide will walk you through it. It will show you all the basic features to make sure you can get up and running as quickly as possible. It covers Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, and Google Forms. Let’s get started!

How many times do you work on a presentation that you will get absolutely no feedback on and want no help? Maybe you're the type that likes to whip something up and have no practice or feedback at all? Most of us are the former. Before we stand in front of a group of people, we want to make sure we're as polished as possible. The problem is PowerPoint wasn't built like that. It was built as a desktop program that one person would use at a time. Google realized the problem and seized the opportunity when they launched Google Slides over ten years ago. Google Slides is a cloud-based presentation editor that can replace PowerPoint or Keynote. If you'd like to get the most out of the software, then let's get started! Note: This book is the Google Slides portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite)

Google has changed the way businesses do work. If you are considering switching to using Google Apps and Chromebooks at your office, then this book will be your crash course! It covers how Chromebook work, getting started with Google Analytics, and the most popular Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, and Slides) This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc. and should be considered unofficial.

If you've used any computer, then a Chromebook will be easy enough to use as soon as you open it up for the first time. If you really want to take advantage of all the features and be as productive as possible, then this guide will help. Let's get started!

Microsoft Office used to rule them all. It didn’t matter what computer or operating system you had—if you needed to type something, you used Office. Times have changed! Today there are many Office Suites out there. If you have a Mac, then the best one for you just might be iWork. If you really want to get the most out of it, then this guide will help. It will show you the ropes—including how to do all those things you are used to doing in Office - and help you with some of the features you may not even know about. Ready to get started? Let’s go!