Steve Chipman 
If your organization is a HIPAA-covered entity, and you intend to use a cloud platform in connection with PHI, you may be asking if Google Workspace is HIPAA-compliant. The question of HIPAA compliance does not … Read more →
Many people need a free Google Account. However, they don’t want or need a Gmail address. This includes longtime users of a personal email service from Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast, and others. In business, this … Read more →
The GOOGLEFINANCE function is part of Google Sheets. Google Sheets is available in both consumer Gmail and organization-wide Google Workspace. The function allows users to create trend charts and comparisons for financial assets with a … Read more →
Google Workspace vs Microsoft Office 365. These are the two leading office productivity suites. Which one is best for your organization?
Update: Rackspace’s hosted Exchange experienced a catastrophic outage on December 2, 2022, reportedly due to a security incident. Rackspace has offered licenses on Microsoft 365 at no charge as a workaround until they can fix … Read more →
If you have been using free Gmail for your business communications, here are the reasons to consider Google Workspace (formerly G Suite).
With almost everything going up in cost, it’s more important than ever for businesses to find ways to reduce spending. Many organizations spend too much money on business technology. This over-expenditure can be in the … Read more →
Google has made significant inroads into the small business market with Google Workspace. For business owners and employees who have been using consumer Gmail, moving to Google Workspace is an easy transition. However, Google has … Read more →
Learn about how Google Docs works for both consumer Gmail users and for business Google Workspace users.
One of the key advantages that Google Docs has over the competition is that users can share a document, spreadsheet, presentation, and other file types with any Google Workspace or consumer Gmail user outside of … Read more →
Some of the options for making a Google Meet online meeting a great audio experience for all participants.
Aside from a laptop computer, desktop computer, or smartphone, Google Meet has several hardware options. These options allow Google Meet hosts and attendees to walk into a meeting space and quickly ‘tap and join’ a … Read more →
Salespeople who regularly send out long-form proposals that contain pricing tables find that Google Docs tables are cumbersome to manage. A pricing table within a document, including recalculating totals, can’t be dynamically updated as easily … Read more →
Adding a GIF file to one or more slides can spruce up your Google Slides presentation. There are three ways to add a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) file to Google Slides. Add a GIF on … Read more →
Update: In November 2023, Google announced a native video slide narration capability. The process below can still be used if you need video editing capabilities. There are times you may want to record a voiceover … Read more →
A Chromebook is a laptop computer that runs Google’s lightweight operating system, Chrome OS. Chrome is based on open-source Linux. Chrome OS is so lightweight that it doesn’t support running traditional locally installed business applications. … Read more →
Google Slides is presentation software that’s part of Google Workspace and consumer Gmail. Any presentation can be enhanced by adding audio. In this post, we’ll explain how to insert audio files, including background music clips, … Read more →
There are several reasons you may want to change your Google Slides from the default horizontal 16:9 aspect ratio into a vertical format. You want to use Google Slides to design a PDF brochure You’d … Read more →
There are two types of videos that can be embedded in Google Slides and then played back within a slide in Slideshow mode. The first type is a YouTube video. The second is a video … Read more →
If you want to translate the complete contents of a webpage or a blog post — such as from English to Spanish — the Google Sheets GOOGLETRANSLATE function is a great way to create a … Read more →
To give you a concrete example of how to make a line graph in Google Sheets, we are first going to show you how to extract some real-world data from The State of California Department … Read more →
There are a number of reasons you would want to merge cells in Google Sheets. One reason is that you need to add headings and an image to an instructional sheet such as on this … Read more →
Google Workspace Individual is different from Google Workspace [for teams]. ‘Individual’ is designed for use by any of the more than 1.8 billion Gmail users who want to add business functionality to their Gmail accounts. … Read more →
Whether and when to use Excel or Google Sheets depends on a number of factors. Here’s how to move spreadsheet information back and forth between the two environments.
Author’s Note: We first published this post over a decade ago after we adopted the then “Google Apps for Work.” The product, since rebranded Google Workspace, has served us well for all these years. In fact, … Read more →
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