Adam’s Blog

Google Apps Newsletter: January 2008
New features
Setup steps
User tip
Share your story
Beyond Apps
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New features
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Gmail is even more accessible
Always on the go? You’ll be happy to know that Gmail for mobile devices,
previously available only for BlackBerry® smartphones, is now available for
many more mobile phone makes and models. To give it try, point your phone’s
browser to m.google.com/a and download “Mail by Google.”
Google Docs gets better
* You can never be too organized. Now, with the addition of nested folders,
it’s even easier to keep track of your important documents. Check out the
details at: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/01/sub-sub-folders.html
* Thanks to a recent update, you can now print documents with headers and
footers. Read more:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/01/headers-and-footers.html
* Checked out presentations lately? If not, you may be missing a slew of
new features: you can drag and drop images into slides, easily import
slides from other presentations, embed a slideshow in a webpage, and more.
Here’s a round-up of updates:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-features-for-2008.html
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Setup steps
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Signed up for Google Apps but haven’t completed the setup process?
This video covers the 6 simple steps you’ll need to complete to get
started:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/setup_video.html
If you’d like professional assistance, we’ve created a resource page of
partners that can help you with your deployment. You’ll find information
about their services and pricing here:
http://www.google.com/enterprise/gallery/apps/smallbiz_services.html
If you’re ready to get started on your own, here’s a link to our guide,
which leads you through the process:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/
Step 1: Sign in to the administrative control panel:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/step_one.html
Step 2: Verify your domain ownership:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/step_two.html
Step 3: Customize Google Apps:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/step_three.html
Step 4: Create user accounts:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/step_four.html
Step 5: Turn on email:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/step_five.html
Step 6: Deploy to your users:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/step_six.html
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User tip
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Feel free to copy and paste this tip in an email to your users:
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Organize your inbox automatically with filters
Gmail’s filter feature lets you manage the flow of incoming messages so you
can process your email more efficiently. You can use filters to
automatically label, archive, delete, star, or forward your email, based on
things like combinations of keywords an email contains, the sender, the
recipients, and more. For example, you can create a filter that
automatically stars all email you receive from an important contact. Or if
someone keeps sending you email you don’t want, you can create a filter to
archive those messages or send them directly to the trash.
To learn more about Gmail’s filters, visit
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6579.
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Do you have a Google Apps tip you want to share? Join the community of
Google Apps users and tell them about it (and browse tips from other users
while you’re at it!). Here’s a link to the Google Apps Discussion Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/hosted-setup/topics
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Share your story
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We always like to hear about how Google Apps has impacted your
organization. Whether it has saved you time and money, or simply changed
the way you work and collaborate, we’d love to know more. Share your story
by filling out this form:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/request.py?contact_type=feedback or
posting on the Apps Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/apps-discuss. We may highlight your
organization on our customers page:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/customers.html
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Beyond Apps
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Give your employees a Google search engine for corporate information
With the Google Mini, you can create a search engine across your internal
corporate information. Search across your intranet, file shares, corporate
directory, and enterprise applications like Salesforce.com. Integrate the
Google Mini with your LDAP, HTTP, or NTLM security system to ensure that
employees can only discover information to which they have access. Learn
more: http://www.google.com/enterprise/mini/#utm_source=apps_nsltr
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