Tips & Tricks

Helpful Tips & Tricks to get started in your new Google Workspace Account.

Now that you have learned the basics, you are ready to save some time accomplishing your tasks. These resources will provide general information, as well as valuable tips and tricks, that can be used in your Google Workspace environment.

Gmail

Group emails into Conversations
Read and respond to emails Offline
Switch to Labels from folders
Keep attachments by saving them to Drive
Create rules to Filter your emails

Contacts

Create new contacts
Create new Contact Groups
Merge duplicate contacts
Update contact details
Remove contacts from a Contact Group
Delete contacts and groups

Calendar

Keep track of Tasks
View & Share Calendars
Suggest a new meeting time
See when everyone is available
Attach discussion items and other files to events

Drive

Prevent downloading, printing & copying of files
Organizing Documents
Activity Stream
Sync, Access, & Work with Drive Offline
Edit MS Office documents in Drive, without Office

Docs

Set an expiration date for file access
Version History
Review a Document Together
See sections in your document at a glance
Explore Tool

Sheets

Filter Views
Get notified when someone makes a change
Search for specific data in a spreadsheet
Get instant insight into your data
Keep headings or labels in place when scrolling

Slides

Copy themes and styles from other presentations
Edit master slides and layouts
Using Speaker Notes
Direct your audience using the Laser Pointer
Let your audience submit and vote on questions

Forms

Edit their responses after submitting them
Simplify long forms with page breaks
Pre-fill form answers before sending it out
Add an image or video to a question or answer
Tailor follow-up questions based on response

Groups

Share group management responsibilities
Create canned responses for quick Q & A
Reply only to the person who wrote the post
Collaborate with your team
Resolve a Topic

Meet

Join a video meeting
Change your layout
Invite people to join a video meeting
Present during a video meeting
Record a video meeting

Keep

Create and edit notes
Set reminders in Keep
Share notes
Add notes with your voice
Send notes to other Google products
Add Keep notes to documents

Chat

Save time with smart reply suggestions
Add or remove people to start a new group message
Get Drive notifications in Chat
Search chat messages for information
Create and message Bots

Sites

Create your Site
Update and personalize your Site
Add a Table of Contents to your Site
Share and Collaborate
Copy a Site
Enhance your Site with extra features

Chrome

Tips & tricks for Chrome
Make Google your Homepage
Bookmarks in Chrome
Create a new browser User Profile
Install and manage Extensions
Casting from Chrome

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