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dedication

FOREWORD

PREFACE

MEET THE GOOGLE DOCS FAMILY

Hack 1. How to Get Your Google Account

Hack 2. Collaborate with Others Through Google Docs

Hack 3. Make a Desktop Icon to Create a New Document

Hack 4. Embed a Dynamic Chart into a Google Document or a Web Page

Hack 5. Share Documents with a Group

Hack 6. Automatically Open Local Files with Google

Hack 7. Google Docs on the Run

Hack 8. Back Up All Your Google Docs Files

Hack 9. Beyond Google: Create Documents with Zoho, EditGrid and more

THE GOOGLE DOCS FAMILY: GOOGLE DOCUMENTS

Hack 10. Let Others Subscribe to Your Document Changes

Hack 11. Blog with Google Docs

Hack 12. Insert Special Characters Into Your Documents

Hack 13. Search and Replace Text Using Regular Expressions

Hack 14. "Google Docs Light" for Web Research: Google Notebook

Hack 15. Convert a Word File Into a PDF with Google Docs

Hack 16. Write a JavaScript Bookmarklet to Transmogrify Your Documents

Hack 17. Remove Formatting Before Pasting Text Into a Document

Hack 18. Prettify Your Document with Inline Styles

THE GOOGLE DOCS FAMILY: GOOGLE SPREADSHEETS

Hack 19. Add Live Data to Your Spreadsheet

Hack 20. Pick a Winner at Random

Hack 21. Embed Your Spreadsheet in a Web Page

Hack 22. Use Google Spreadsheets as a Content Management System

Hack 23. Show Elapsed Time as Days and Hours

Hack 24. : Show the Weekday or Month of a Date

Hack 25. Show the Difference Between Two Dates

Hack 26. Automatically Complete Lists of Related Items

Hack 27. Import Data from Web Sites

Hack 28. Format Cells According to Their Values

Hack 29. Convert Currencies Within Your Spreadsheet

THE GOOGLE DOCS FAMILY: GOOGLE PRESENTATIONS

Hack 30. Add a Custom Presentation Theme

Hack 31. Find Images for Your Presentation

Hack 32. Shrink Your Presentation for Easy Sharing

Hack 33. Use PowerPoint Templates

Hack 34. View Your Presentation on a Mobile Phone

Hack 35. Make Your Presentations Easy to Read

Hack 36. Embed a Presentation in Your Web Page

Hack 37. Drag and Drop Images from Other Web Sites

Hack 38. Save Your Presentations as Video

BECOME A GMAIL POWER USER

Hack 39. Send Mail to Several People at Once

Hack 40. Import Contacts from Other Email Programs

Hack 41. Adjust Your Gmail Layout

Hack 42. Change the Appearance and Behavior of Gmail

Hack 43. Read Gmail on Your Mobile Phone

Hack 44. Organize Messages as They Arrive

Hack 45. Gmail Drive, Your Online Hard Drive

Hack 46. Know Your Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts

Hack 47. Make Gmail Better

Hack 48. Back Up Your Email

Hack 49. Attach a Google Docs Document to Your Email

Hack 50. View Unread Messages

Hack 51. Insert Pseudographical Email Signatures

Hack 52. Forward Messages to Your Cellphone

Hack 53. Create Spare Gmail Addresses

Hack 54. Search for a Specific Language

Hack 55. Link to Conversations, Searches, Labels, and More

Hack 56. Beyond Google: Yahoo! Mail, MS Hotmail, and More

CUSTOMIZE YOUR GOOGLE HOME PAGE

Hack 57. Add Google Tools to iGoogle

Hack 58. Chat from iGoogle

Hack 59. Create Your Own iGoogle Gadgets Quickly

Hack 60. Program Your Own iGoogle Gadget

Hack 61. Create an iGoogle Theme

Hack 62. Add Google News to iGoogle

Hack 63. Embed Content from Any Web Site in a Gadget

Hack 64. Add Any Flash Game as a Gadget

Hack 65. Beyond Google: Netvibes, Pageflakes, and More

MANAGE YOUR EVENTS WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR

Hack 66. Access Your Calendar from a Mobile Phone

Hack 67. Subscribe to Public Calendars

Hack 68. Create a To-Do List in Google Calendar

Hack 69. Share Calendars

Hack 70. Put a Calendar XML Widget in Your Blog

Hack 71. Embed All Kinds of Content in Calendar Events

Hack 72. Style Your Calendar

Hack 73. Quickly Add Events from Anywhere

Hack 74. Know the Weather

Hack 75. Beyond Google: Yahoo! Calendar and Others

KEEP UP ON NEWS WITH GOOGLE READER

Hack 76. Use Google Reader Offline

Hack 77. Subscribe to Google's Feeds

Hack 78. Take Your Old Subscriptions with You

Hack 79. Get Alerts for New Blog Posts

Hack 80. Share a Post with a Single Shortcut

Hack 81. Use Google Reader's Mobile Version

Hack 82. Track What Wikipedia Says About You

Hack 83. Track Your Package

Hack 84. Compare Two Posts to See the Changes

Hack 85. Beyond Google: Bloglines, Kinja, and Other Feed Readers

MANAGE YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS WITH PICASA AND YOUTUBE

Hack 86. Turn a Picasa Photo Feed Into a Screensaver

Hack 87. Link to a Specific Position Within a Google Video

Hack 88. Watch Videos on Your Cellphone

Hack 89. Optimize Streaming When Embedding Multiple YouTube Videos

Hack 90. Add Subtitles to a Google Video

Hack 91. Download a YouTube or Google Video Film for Offline Consumption

Hack 92. Geotag Your Photos and Share Them on Google Maps

Hack 93. Resize and Customize Embedded Videos

Hack 94. Disguise Your Picasa Identity

Hack 95. Display Music Video Lyrics

Hack 96. Beyond Google: From Flickr to Vimeo and Blip.tv

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME PAGE, BLOG, OR GROUP

Hack 97. Add a Gadget to Your Google Page (or Blog)

Hack 98. Battle Spam in Your Blog

Hack 99. Add a Search Engine to Your Home Page

Hack 100. Get a Taste of Blogger's Experimental Features

Hack 101. Keep a Discussion Thread at the Top of the Group

Hack 102. Blog Transparently

Hack 103. Hide the Blogspot Navigation Bar

Hack 104. Monitor a Thread for New Posts

Hack 105. Hide the Ads in Your Google Group

Hack 106. Track Who Links to Your Blog Posts

Hack 107. Quickly Share YouTube Videos on Your Blog

Hack 108. Generate Text Images

Hack 109. Blog via Email

Hack 110. Outsource Your Knowledge Base Hosting

Hack 111. Test Your Web Site in Other Browsers

Hack 112. Get a (Google) Site

Hack 113. Turn Your Blog Into a Book

Hack 114. Beyond Google: From WordPress and FriendFeed to Yahoo's GeoCities

DIVE INTO GOOGLE MAPS, GOOGLE EARTH, AND SKETCHUP 3D

Hack 115. Drop a Google Map Onto Your Site

Hack 116. Add a Gadget to Google Maps

Hack 117. Create Your Own Google Maps Layer

Hack 118. Enable Advanced SketchUp Tools

Hack 119. Load Plug-ins Into SketchUp

Hack 120. View the Moon and More on Google Maps

Hack 121. Create Google Maps Overlays On the Fly

Hack 122. Add a Sky to Google Earth

Hack 123. Add Your Business to Google Maps

Hack 124. Make Your 3D Model More Sketch-Like

Hack 125. Avoid the Clash of Context Menus

Hack 126. Plot Google Calendar Events on a Google Map

Hack 127. Turn Google Earth Into a Flight Simulator

Hack 128. Beyond Google: The Yahoo! Maps Web Service, Live Maps, and More

GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND BEYOND: MARKET YOUR SITE, TRACK VISITORS

Hack 129. Customize Your Google Analytics Dashboard

Hack 130. Optimize Your Site for Search Engines

Hack 131. Track the Traffic of Your iGoogle Gadgets

Hack 132. Create a Firefox Keyword to Skip the Analytics Login Box

Hack 133. Export Your Analytics Traffic to Google Spreadsheets

Hack 134. Promote Your Site Using Google Gadgets

Hack 135. Roll Your Own Analytics API for a "Most Popular Posts" Widget

Hack 136. Conduct a User Survey

Hack 137. Visualize Traffic with DIY Vector Graphics

Hack 138. Talk to Your Visitors

Hack 139. A Different Display for Google Analytics

Hack 140. Follow the Online Discussion

Hack 141. Beyond Google: Clicky, Mint, and Others

CREDITS

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