Google Apps Deciphered

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Compute in the Cloud to Streamline Your Desktop

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Google Apps Deciphered

Compute in the Cloud to Streamline Your Desktop

Use Google Apps to Improve Productivity and Collaboration, Reduce Costs, and Eliminate Technology Hassles!

Google Apps gives you virtually all the business and productivity software you need-all of it free, or available at extremely low cost. Because the suite of Google Apps runs on Google's network in the cloud, you avoid the hassles that go with desktop software. Getting started with Google Apps is easy-but if you want to make the most of it, you'll need expert guidance that Google's online help doesn't provide. Get all the help you need, right here.

This is your start-to-finish guide to setting up Google Apps, migrating to it, customizing it, and using it to improve productivity, communications, and collaboration. Scott Granneman introduces every leading component individually, and shows exactly how to make them work together for you on the web or by integrating them with your favorite desktop apps. You'll find practical insights on Google Apps email, calendaring, contacts, wikis, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, video, and even Google's new web browser Chrome. And, drawing on his extensive experience helping companies move to Google Apps, Granneman presents tips and tricks you simply won't find anywhere else. Coverage includes

* Choosing the right edition of Google Apps for you

* Setting up Google Apps so it will be easier to use and manage

* Migrating your email, contacts, and calendars to Google Apps

* Administering and securing Google Apps

* Integrating Google Apps with other software and services

* Leveraging Google Sites to collaborate across teams, organizations, or the entire world

* Making the most of Google Talk voice calls and instant messaging

* Implementing Google's office productivity tools, including Docs, Spreadsheets, and Presentations

* Using policy management and message recovery to control and secure your messaging

* Customizing efficient Google Apps Start Pages for you and your colleagues

* Sharing important and useful videos with your colleagues

* Maximizing the innovative features of Google's new web browser, Chrome

SCOTT GRANNEMAN is an author, teacher, and entrepreneur with extensive experience in Google Apps migration, setup, and training. As Adjunct Professor at Washington University, he teaches popular courses on technology, security, and the Internet. A monthly columnist for SecurityFocus and Linux Magazine, he has authored four books on open source technologies, including The Linux Phrasebook. As a principal at WebSanity, he manages the firm's UNIX server environment, and helps develop its Content Management System, which is used by educational, business, and non-profit clients nationwide.

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Foreword xxv

Preface xxvii

Acknowledgments xxxi

About the Author xxxiii

INTRODUCTION Computing in the Cloud 1

The Rise of Cloud Computing 3

Further Reading 7

PART I Getting Started with Google Apps 11

CHAPTER 1 Choosing an Edition of Google Apps 13

Standard 15

Premier 15

Team 15

Education (and Nonprofits) 16

Partner 17

Conclusion 17

Further Reading 18

CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Google Apps 21

Signing Up for the Various Google Apps Editions 21

Signing Up for the Standard Edition 21

Signing Up for the Team Edition 25

Signing Up for the Premier Edition 27

Signing Up for the Education (and Nonprofit) Edition 29

Enabling Additional Services 30

Enabling Web Pages 31

Enabling App Engine 31

Enabling Message Security and Recovery 31

Configuring DNS 33

Verifying Domain Ownership 33

Creating Custom URLs 36

Setting Up MX Records for Email 40

Setting Up SRV Records for Google Talk Federation 43

Setting Up MX Records for Policy Management and Message Recovery 46

Fighting Spam with SPF Records 48

Using a Domain Purchased Through Google 50

Buying a Domain Through Google 51

Accessing Advanced DNS Services 55

Should You Purchase Your Domain Through Google? 56

Creating Users 58

Adding Users Manually 58

Adding Users in Bulk 59

Syncing with Your Active Directory or LDAP Server 61

Canceling Google Apps 62

Solving Common Problems 62

I Can't Get Back to the Control Panel! 62

I Lost the Admin Password! 63

Conclusion 64

Further Reading 64

CHAPTER 3 Migrating Email to Google Apps 67

Plan Carefully Before Migrating 69

Molding Your Email Folder Structure into the One Used by Gmail 69

Processing New Emails Arriving During the Migration 72

Dealing with Emails You Send During the Migration 74

Manually Migrate Email Using IMAP 78

Outlook-Specific Settings 80

Automatically Import from IMAP Servers Using Google's IMAP Migration Tool 81

Automatically Migrate from Exchange Server 88

Develop Your Own POP Tools with Google's Email Migration API 89

Manually Move Messages from a Preexisting mbox File or Maildir Store 90

Automatically Move Messages from a Preexisting mbox File 91

Automatically Move Mail from a Client with the Google Email Uploader 92

Automatically Transfer Mail from Thunderbird with the Mail Redirect Extension 95

Migrate Mail from Gmail to Google Apps Premier Edition 96

Manually Migrate from Hotmail (or Live Mail) Using the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 97

Migrate from Web-Based Email Systems Using Thunderbird and the WebMail Extension 98

Migrate from Web-Based Email Systems 104

FreePOPs 105

MacFreePOPs 105

YPOPs 106

Solving Common Problems 106

Why Can't I Use Gmail's Mail Fetcher to Import Email? 107

I Want to Pay for Software or Hire Someone to Do the Work for Me! Where Do I Look? 107

Conclusion 107

Further Reading 108

CHAPTER 4 Migrating Contacts to Google Apps 109

Preparing to Migrate Contacts 110

Manually Importing a CSV File into Google Contacts 112

Working with the CSV File 113

Exporting Contacts from AOL 117

Exporting Contacts from Apple Mail 117

Exporting Contacts from Eudora 118

Exporting Contacts from Evolution 118

Exporting Contacts from Gmail 118

Exporting Contacts from Hotmail and Windows Live Hotmail 118

Exporting Contacts from KAddressBook 119

Exporting Contacts from Outlook 119

Exporting Contacts from Outlook Express 119

Exporting Contacts from Thunderbird 119

Exporting Contacts from Yahoo! 120

Developing Your Own Contact Migration Tools with Google Data APIs 120

Automatically Migrating from Exchange Server 121

Automatically Syncing Contacts with Plaxo 121

Automatically Syncing with Outlook Using OggSync 122

Automatically Syncing Your Apple Address Book and Google Contacts 123

Automatically Syncing Apple Address Book and Google Contacts with Spanning Sync 125

Automatically Syncing Your Thunderbird Personal Address Book and Google Contacts with Zindus Thunderbird Contact Sync 128

Automatically Copying Addresses with the Google Email Uploader 131

Solving Common Problems 131

While Importing into Google Contacts, I Keep Getting This Error Message: "Error saving data: Cannot have more than one contact with email address." Why? 132

Conclusion 132

CHAPTER 5 Migrating Calendars to Google Apps 133

Preparing to Migrate Calendars 133

ICAL 134

CSV 136

Exporting Calendar Data from Software and Services 137

Exporting Calendars from AOL 137

Exporting Calendars from Apple iCal 138

Exporting Calendars from Evolution 139

Exporting Calendars from Google Calendar 139

Exporting Calendars from Hotmail and Windows Live 140

Exporting Calendars from KOrganizer 140

Exporting Calendars from Outlook 140

Exporting Calendars from Sunbird or Thunderbird with

Lightning 142

Exporting Calendars from Windows Calendar 143

Exporting Calendars from Yahoo! 143

Manually Importing Calendar Data 143

Developing Your Own Calendar Migration Tools with Google

Data APIs 144

Automatically Syncing Using ScheduleWorld 145

Automatically Syncing Using GCALDaemon 145

Automatically Syncing with Apple iCal Using Spanning Sync 146

Automatically Syncing with Outlook Using iCal4OL 147

Automatically Syncing with Outlook and Exchange Using

OggSync 151

Solving Common Problems 151

What Does a "Processed 0 events" Error Message Mean

When I'm Importing an ICAL or CSV File? 151

What Does It Mean That My ICAL or CSV Files Are Too Big

to Import into Google Calendar? 152

Why Are All My Imported Events Showing Up at the Wrong

Time? 152

Why Won't My CSV File Import at All? 152

Conclusion 153

CHAPTER 6 Managing Google Apps Services 155

Dashboard 155

User Accounts 156

Users 156

Settings 157

Domain Settings 159

General 159

Account Information 160

Domain Names 160

Appearance 161

Advanced Tools 162

Service Settings 162

Start Page 162

Email 170

Chat 172

Calendar 173

Web Pages 176

Docs 177

Message Security and Discovery 178

Sites 178

Solving Common Problems 181

Why Do Administrators See Every Calendar My Users Have

Created? 182

Conclusion 182

Further Reading 182

PART II Gmail 183

CHAPTER 7 Setting Up Gmail 185

General 185

Maximum Page Size 186

Keyboard Shortcuts 186

Snippets 186

Vacation Responder 187

Outgoing Message Encoding 187

Browser Connection 188

Accounts 188

Get Mail from Other Accounts 188

Send Mail As 190

Change Password 194

Labels 194

Filters 199

Forwarding and POP/IMAP 199

Forwarding 199

POP Download 200

IMAP Access 200

Chat 201

Chat History 201

Chat List Location 202

Auto-Add Suggested Contacts 203

AIM 203

Web Clips 203

Labs 204

Quick Links 205

Superstars 207

Fixed Width Font 208

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts 209

Mouse Gestures 209

Signature Tweaks 209

Random Signature 210

Custom Date Formats 211

Conclusion 211

CHAPTER 8 Things to Know About Using Gmail 213

Searching for the Exact Message You Need 213

Living with Labels 218

Filtering Messages Effectively 218

Speeding Things Up with Keyboard Shortcuts 221

Securing Your Email 223

Checking for Viruses 223

Stopping Image Spam 225

Finding Out Who's Accessing Your Gmail Account 225

Preventing Phishing 226

Limiting How Many Emails You Can Send 226

Solving Common Problems 227

What the Heck Is a "Lockdown in Sector 4?" 227

How Do I Troubleshoot Gmail Problems? 227

Conclusion 228

Further Reading 228

CHAPTER 9 Integrating Gmail with Other Software and Services 231

A Note on Adding Scripts to Your Web Browser 231

Understanding the Implications of POP and IMAP 232

IMAP Versus POP 233

Using POP 233

Using IMAP 235

Accessing Gmail in a Desktop Email Program 241

Generic Email Configuration for IMAP 242

Apple Mail 243

Evolution 246

KMail (and Kontact) 248

Outlook 2003 250

Outlook 2007 251

Outlook Express 252

Thunderbird 253

Windows Mail 256

Accessing Gmail on a Mobile Device 257

Generic Instructions for Mobiles 258

Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) 258

iPhone 259

Receiving Notifications 261

Receiving Notifications About New Emails 261

Receiving Notifications That Sent Mail Has Been Read 262

Securing Your Email 264

Encrypting Your Email 264

Backing Up Your Email 265

Changing Gmail's Appearance 266

Giving Gmail a New Skin 266

Hiding Ads 268

Making Labels Look Like Nested Folders 269

Always Showing CC and BCC 270

Highlighting Conversations as You Mouse Over Them 271

Displaying Attachment Icons 272

Hiding the Chat Box 272

Displaying the Unread Count First on a Tab or Title Bar 273

Showing Message Details 273

Adding New Features 274

Providing More Keyboard Shortcuts 274

Using Gmail with the Getting Things Done System 276

Posting on the Bottom of Replies 276

Creating More Effective Filters, Faster 277

Adding Attachments by Drag and Drop 278

Defaulting to Gmail 279

Making Gmail the Default for Your Windows PC 279

Making Gmail the Default on Your Mac 279

Making Gmail the Default on Your Linux Box 280

Solving Common Problems 281

Why is Gmail so slow? 281

How can I check more than one Google Apps Gmail account

in the same browser? 282

Why do my non-English folders look funky in Outlook and

Outlook Express? 282

Why is my desktop email client crashing when I download my

email? 282

Why am I repeatedly getting prompted for my password? 282

Conclusion 283

CHAPTER 10 Integrating Google Contacts with Other Software and Services 285

A Quick Look at Several Contact Synchronization Programs 285

Query Google Contacts with GCALDaemon 286

Automatically Sync Apple Address Book and Google Contacts with Spanning Sync (and Others) 287

Develop Your Own Contacts Tool with the Google Contacts API 289

Solving Common Problems 289

Why Does Everyone I Email Show Up in my Google Contacts? 289

How Can I Quickly Edit Contact Names? 290

How Can I Make the Boxes into Which I Enter Info Bigger? 290

Is There Any Way I Can View Contacts Without Having to Log In to Gmail? 292

Help! My Contacts Won't Load! 292

Conclusion 293

Further Reading 293

PART III Google Calendar 295

CHAPTER 11 Setting Up Google Calendar 297

General 297

Your Current Time Zone 297

Location 297

Show Events You Have Declined 298

Automatically Add Invitations to My Calendar 298

Change Password 298

Calendars 299

My Calendars 299

Other Calendars 304

Mobile Setup 305

Solving Common Problems 305

When I Share Calendars, Why Am I Limited to Showing Free/Busy Times? 305

Conclusion 306

CHAPTER 12 Things to Know About Using Google Calendar 307

Adding Events 307

Replacing Evite 309

Searching for Events 309

Speeding Things Up with Keyboard Shortcuts 310

Conclusion 311

Further Reading 312

CHAPTER 13 Integrating Google Calendar with Other Software and

Services 315

Accessing Google Calendar in a Desktop Calendar Program 316

Generic Instructions 316

Evolution 316

iCal 317

KOrganizer (and Kontact) 318

Outlook 2003 319

Outlook 2007 319

Sunbird and Thunderbird with Lightning 320

Windows Calendar 321

Working With Google Calendar on a Mobile Device 322

Generic Instructions 322

BlackBerry 322

iPhone 323

Windows Mobile 325

Synchronizing Google Calendar with a Desktop (or Mobile)

Calendar Program 325

A Quick Look at Several Calendar Synchronization Programs 325

Using CalDAV to Synchronize Apple iCal with Google Calendar 327

Receiving Notifications About Events 330

Securing Your Calendar 331

Changing Google Calendar's Appearance 331

Giving Google Calendar a New Skin 332

Collapsing the Header and Sidebar 333

Wrapping Text in Events 334

Adding New Features 334

Adding To-Do's to Google Calendar 334

Integrating Google Calendar with Gmail 335

Solving Common Problems 336

Can I Access and Use Google Calendar Offline in a Web Browser? 336

How Do I Copy an Appointment from one Google Calendar to Another? 337

My Calendar Entries Disappeared! Where Did They Go? 337

Conclusion 338

PART IV Google Docs 339

CHAPTER 14 Things to Know About Using Google Docs 341

Google Docs 342

Getting Schooled with Google Docs 342

Saving Time with Templates 344

Going Offline with Google Gears 346

Sharing, Collaborating, and Publishing 349

Documents 353

Changing Styles 353

Printing Page Numbers 356

Keyboard Shortcuts 357

Spreadsheets 358

Leveraging Formulas and Functions 359

Filling in Forms 367

Clarifying with Charts 371

Embedding Gadgets 373

Keyboard Shortcuts 376

Presentations 377

Delivering Presentations 378

Rearranging Slides 379

Resizing Objects 380

Keyboard Shortcuts 381

Solving Common Problems 382

When I Right-Click in Firefox, the Google Docs Menu Is Covered Up by the Web Browser's Menu! 382

Conclusion 382

Further Reading 382

CHAPTER 15 Integrating Google Docs with Other Software and Services 385

Working with Google Docs Using OpenOffice.org or Star Office 385

OoGdocsIntegrator 386

OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs 386

Accessing Google Docs on a Mobile Device 388

Generic Instructions 388

BlackBerry 388

iPhone 388

Getting Documents into Google Docs 389

Using Firefox 390

Using Windows 393

Using Mac OS X 393

Encrypting Your Connection 393

Searching Your Docs from Your Mac OS X Desktop 394

Defaulting to Google Docs 395

Solving Common Problems 395

My docs disappeared! Where did they go? 395

How can I use all of Google Docs' features in Safari? 396

Conclusion 396

PART V Google Sites 397

CHAPTER 16 Setting Up Google Sites 399

Sharing 400

Appearance 401

Themes 401

Site Elements 401

Colors and Fonts 403

Other Stuff 404

Statistics 404

Web Address Mapping 404

Google Webmaster Tools Verification 406

Delete This Site 406

Solving Common Problems 406

Why Can't I Share My Site with People Outside My Domain? 407

Conclusion 407

Further Reading 407

CHAPTER 17 Things to Know About Using Google Sites 409

Thinking About How Google Sites Fits into Google Apps 409

Creating Several Kinds of Pages 411

Inserting Other Content into Your Pages 412

Utilizing the More Actions Menu 414

Worrying About Security 415

Conclusion 416

PART VI The Other Services 417

CHAPTER 18 Things to Know About Using Google Talk 419

The Four Versions of Google Talk and Their Features 419

Voice Calls 422

AIM Integration 422

Go Invisible 422

Sending and Receiving Offline Messages 423

Chat History 423

Off the Record 423

Multiuser (Group) Chats 424

Emoticons 424

Sending and Receiving Voicemail 424

File Transfer 425

Video and Image Embedding 426

Music Status Messages 427

Themes 427

Accessing Google Talk in a Desktop Program 427

Using an SSB (Site-Specific Browser) 428

Adium 431

Firefox 431

iChat 432

Kopete 432

Meebo 433

Pidgin 433

Psi 434

Trillian Pro 435

Accessing Google Talk on a Mobile Device 436

BlackBerry 436

iPhone 436

Securing Your Chats 436

Client-to-Server Encryption 437

End-to-End Encryption 437

Solving Common Problems 438

I Have More Than One Google Apps Account and Would Like to Chat Using Two or More at the Same Time 438

Why Can't I Connect to Google Talk? 439

How Do I Block Google Talk on My Network? 439

Google Talk: How Can I Record Voice Conversations? 439

Google Talk Gadget: One of My Chat Tabs Disappeared! 440

Google Talk Gadget: Why Can't I Copy and Paste? 440

Conclusion 441

Further Reading 441

CHAPTER 19 Things to Know About Using Start Page 443

Decorating with Themes 443

Going Ga-Ga for Gadgets 444

Collaborating with Gadgets 445

Solving Problems with Gadgets 446

Keeping Track of Customers 446

Managing Projects 447

Accessing Backed Up Files 448

Keeping Track of Tasks 449

Limiting the Gadgets Users Can Add 450

Accessing Your Start Page from a Mobile Device 451

Trying Out the New Start Page 452

Solving Common Problems 455

Why Can't I Add Certain RSS Feeds to My Start Page? 455

How Do I Reorder My Tabs? 455

Conclusion 455

Further Reading 456

CHAPTER 20 Things to Know About Using Message Security and Recovery 457

Features of Message Security and Discovery 457

Policy Management 458

Message Recovery 458

Message Discovery 458

Using Message Security and Discovery 459

Administration Console 459

User Overview 459

User Access 461

Reports 461

Conclusion 462

Further Reading 462

CHAPTER 21 Things to Know About Using Google Video 465

Changing Control Panel Settings 466

Using Google Video 468

Home 468

My Videos 468

Upload 468

Viewing Videos 470

Accessing Google Video on the iPhone 472

Solving Common Problems 472

Why Can't I Upload Any Videos? 472

Conclusion 472

Further Reading 472

PART VII Appendices 475

APPENDIX A Backing Up Google Apps 477

Backing Up Gmail 477

Backing Up Google Contacts 479

Backing Up Google Calendar 479

Backing Up Google Docs 479

Backing Up Google Sites 480

Backing Up Google Talk 484

Backing Up Start Page 484

Backing Up Google Video 485

Conclusion 485

APPENDIX B Dealing with Multiple Accounts 487

The Problem Without a Good Solution 487

The Solvable Problem 489

Solutions 490

Working in Separate Web Browsers 490

Creating Multiple Instances of Internet Explorer 490

Getting Specific with an SSB (Site-Specific Browser) 490

Hiding with Google Chrome's Incognito Mode 491

Running the IE Tab Extension for Firefox 492

Creating Separate Firefox Profiles 493

Swapping Cookies with the CookieSwap Extension for

Firefox 497

A Few Gmail-Only Solutions 498

Conclusion 499

APPENDIX C Google Chrome: A Browser Built for Cloud

Computing 501

Why? 502

Features 504

Omnibox 504

V8 507

Dynamic Tabs 507

Application Shortcuts 508

New Tab Page 510

Crash Control 511

Incognito Mode 512

Safe Browsing 512

User Interface Niceties 513

Looking at the About: Pages 513

Solving Common Problems 515

How Do I Block Ads? 515

Can I Change How Chrome Looks? 516

Where Are the Chrome Plugins? 516

How Do I Back Up Chrome? 517

How Do I Update Chrome? 517

Does Google Chrome's EULA Say That It Owns Everything

I Do with Chrome? 518

Conclusion 518

Further Reading 519

Index 521

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