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How To Find a Google Workspace Partner

November 13, 2023October 10, 2021 by Steve Chipman

Many small businesses lack the in-house resources to implement and support Google Workspace properly. The IT departments in mid-sized businesses and enterprises often need third-party assistance with WorkSpace due to other commitments. SMBs and enterprise-level … Read more →

5 Use Cases For Google Sites

December 21, 2024August 1, 2021 by Steve Chipman

Google Sites is not necessarily the first application that has entered most people’s minds as a platform for building a corporate website. However, there are several Google Sites use cases that individuals and organizations can … Read more →

What is Google Tables and What is it For?

September 20, 2022July 10, 2021 by Steve Chipman

Google Tables is a product that originated in Area 120. No, Area 120 is not a place in the Nevada desert where aliens are studied. It’s the name for Google’s in-house incubator. Tables was launched … Read more →

How to Insert a Superscript Into Google Docs

June 23, 2023June 18, 2021 by Steve Chipman

Here are two ways to insert a superscript into Google Docs. 1. Highlight a character and then select Format > Text > Superscript from the menu. 2. Highlight a character. Click Ctrl + . on … Read more →

Google Spaces: The Slack & Teams Alternative

September 20, 2022June 17, 2021 by Steve Chipman

At the 2021 Google I/O, Google announced that Rooms in Google Chat will be rebranded “Spaces” and will get a number of enhancements. Spaces appears to be a viable alternative to Slack (which is in … Read more →

How to Add a Text Box in Google Docs

September 20, 2022June 8, 2021 by Steve Chipman

According to Wikipedia, “a typical text box is a rectangle of any size, possibly with a border that separates the text box from the rest of the interface.” In a document, as on a web … Read more →

How to Create and Use a Dropdown List in Google Sheets

April 29, 2023May 27, 2021 by Steve Chipman

Update: on December 8, 2022, Google introduced drop-down chips in Google Sheets, which vastly simplifies the process described below. One aspect of spreadsheets that makes them different from database applications is that it’s more difficult … Read more →

How To Strikethrough on Google Docs

September 20, 2022May 25, 2021 by Steve Chipman

There are several reasons you would want to strikethrough text in a Google Doc. One of our favorite use cases is to strikethrough completed items in a meeting agenda’s bulleted list. One way to strikethrough … Read more →

Google TV vs Apple TV: Which Is Better?

April 4, 2023January 10, 2021 by Steve Chipman

With the ongoing move from cable TV to streaming, many people are trying to decide which device to connect to their TV—Apple TV or Chromecast with Google TV (think of Chromecast as the hardware and … Read more →

Using a Custom Office Background for Google Meet: Quality Considerations

October 2, 2023November 29, 2020 by Steve Chipman

When using Google Meet for your business meetings, an office background will give you a more professional look than, say, a background of a beach or a forest. Google added a feature to Google Meet … Read more →

Google Drive Videos: 6 Business Use Cases

October 23, 2024November 25, 2020 by Steve Chipman

If your organization uses Google Workspace, you may have discovered that when you upload a video to Google Drive, it’s not simply a stored file—the video can be played inline. Moreover, Google Drive uses the … Read more →

Use Google Workspace to Keep Control of Online Google Services

November 5, 2023November 9, 2020 by Steve Chipman

In many businesses, the marketing department signs up for various Google services. These services include: Companies not using Google Workspace need to set up access to these Google services via an individual (consumer) Google account. … Read more →

Consumer Google Meet vs. Business Google Meet

November 5, 2023October 28, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Here are the differences between the consumer version of Google Meet and the versions included with Google Workspace (business) editions.

Gmail Search Operators: 10 Examples To Save You Time

April 29, 2023September 22, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Because Google has a sophisticated general search engine, there is an associated searching benefit to users of Gmail for Business (Google Workspace) and consumer Gmail users. That benefit is a set Gmail search operators that … Read more →

Google Voice For Workspace: A Cloud Phone System

September 13, 2023September 21, 2020 by Steve Chipman

A businessperson using Google Voice on Android

Google Voice for business is a cloud phone system for Google Workspace customers. It’s ideal for a distributed workforce.

Google Docs Preferences: Should You Change Default Settings?

January 9, 2023September 19, 2020 by Steve Chipman

There are several Google Docs default Preferences that you may want to change, depending on how you use Google Docs.

How Admins & Users Can Make Google Workspace Security Even Stronger

July 27, 2024August 4, 2020 by Steve Chipman

If you’re using Google Workspace or considering Workspace for your organization, you may have questions about Google Workspace security in your mind. After all, company email and business documents (if you are leveraging Google Drive … Read more →

What is Google Workspace Essentials and Who is it For?

January 20, 2023July 12, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Google Workspace Essentials can be viewed as a slimmed-down version of Google Workspace. It includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Meet, Chat, Sites, Forms, Keep, and Jamboard. However, this version does not host your company … Read more →

Multiple Domains and Your Google Workspace Account

November 6, 2023May 26, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Why an organization would want to have multiple domains associated with their Google Workspace account. One way to add additional domains.

Google Meet or Zoom: Which Video Conferencing Tool Fits Your Needs?

April 22, 2023April 21, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Google Meet & Zoom the two most used online meeting apps. Here’s a comparison between the two that goes beyond a two column table.

Software Tools For a Distributed Workforce

January 20, 2023March 3, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Long before the pandemic forever changed where and how many of us work, Matt Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress had developed a 100% distributed workforce at his company Automattic. Automattic is “distributed first.” The idea … Read more →

How To Remove Duplicates In Google Sheets

August 20, 2023February 19, 2020 by Steve Chipman

There are several cases in which you may want to remove duplicate rows from a list of records using Google Sheets. For example, you might want to remove duplicate records before importing a list of … Read more →

How to Add Users to Google Workspace

August 19, 2023December 3, 2019 by Steve Chipman

There are more similarities between free, consumer Gmail and Google Workspace than there are differences. In fact, Google Workspace can be viewed as a multi-user version of consumer Gmail. When a single-user platform becomes multi-user, … Read more →

3 Ways Chrome and Google Workspace Together To Save You Time

September 20, 2022October 31, 2019 by Steve Chipman

The Chrome browser and Google Workspace can work together in several ways.

These connections will help you create and find documents more easily. They will save you mouse clicks.

The following tips also work for consumer Gmail accounts.

Pixelbook Go: The Ideal Travel Companion

April 4, 2023October 27, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Google released Pixelbook Go in October 2019. Go is marketed as a consumer laptop. But since this is a business-oriented site, we’ll take a corporate angle on this new Google offering. If you’re not familiar … Read more →