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Google Apps tutorials, brought to you from lynda.com, get users up to speed quickly with training videos from their professionally produced Online Training Library®. Whether your users need Gmail training, Google Calendar training, Google Docs training, or training on many of the other great Google tools, from Blogger to SketchUp, lynda.com has online software tutorials developed for you and your company. The videos below were updated on 28-July-10

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Video	Description
	Exploring Google Calendar's Interface Take a tour of Google Calendar's features, including the Quick Add, which enables you to quickly adding events or tasks to your calendar, the mini calendar, calendar event color coding, and the ability to search for events. (4:23 min.)
	Creating New Events Learn the three methods for scheduling an event in your Google Calendar including click and drag, the Create Event link, or the Quick Add link. (2:19 min.)
	Editing and Deleting Events Learn how to edit the What, When, Where and Description for your event, delete an event, and send updates to attendees in Google Calendar. (3:21 min.)
	Creating Repeating Events Create a meeting that displays at regular intervals as a repeating event in Google Calendar. Setup events on a daily, weekly, monthly, or annual basis, or even events that occur bi-weekly or quarterly. (3:17 min.)
	Inviting Guests to Events Learn how to invite guests to your event from your contact list or even outside your domain, and control their access to view or modify the event details. (3:29 min.)

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Video	Description
	Introducing Google Docs Learn about the benefits of the Google Docs architecture for creating, storing, and collaborating on business documents on the Web. (2:32 min.)
	Creating Documents and Exploring the Interface Explore the common elements of the Google Docs interface, including the menus used for creating, formatting, saving, and exporting word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. (5:33 min.)
	Sharing Documents with Viewers and Collaborators Setup a document for sharing and simultaneous editing. Learn how to view the revision history and revert to previous document states, as well as set up access permissions to ensure document security. (6:19 min.)
	Creating Spreadsheets and Exploring the Interface Learn how to create a new spreadsheet document in Google Docs, view the spreadsheet formatting commands and formulas, insert columns and rows, add new sheets, and customize the interface. (6:24 min.)
	Creating Forms Explore the interface of Google Docs' Form application. Learn how to create new forms, insert different types of form fields such as multiple choice or scale, add help text, and make form fields required. (8:24 min.)

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Video	Description
	Google Apps Basics: Gmail and Calendar Designed for new users, this course is a high-level look at Google Mail and Calendar. In this course, you'll learn about working with email messages, threaded conversations, contacts, labels, and filters. You'll also learn about using your calendar, including how to sync events from Outlook, work with events, and customize the calendar to work for you. (1 hour)
	Managing Your Inbox: Gmail Tips and Tricks This course is for users who are ready to move to the next level in understanding Google Mail and using it to its full potential. In this course, you'll take a deeper look at labels, filters, and archiving, and learn how to construct effective searches so you can find any message in your Inbox. You'll also learn some basic tips and tricks that every user should know, as well as get a high-level introduction to the top three email management methodologies, which can help you to effectively manage your Inbox. (1 hour)
	Google Mail Level 1(Basic) Course This course consists of a series of videos for new users of Google Mail.

The following videos are very brief introductions to using features in Google Mail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Apple QuickTime is required to view the videos.