Google Tips & Tricks - 18th Edition, 2023

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v Gmail v Play v Maps v Chrome v Drive v YouTube G 100% unofficial Tips &/Tricks Unlock the power of the world’s most amazing free apps Get axcess to (wwe trffic updates Download. apps, Explore’ the world and. movies and more navigate with ease SARARRARARRARAARRA PERCERSEEEERS Google Tips Tricks ‘The Goole team isfullofsurprises Justwhen you thinks gone and ‘outdone tse ols outanother improvernent that completely changes everything, Thelast big change ws thelogo, made withthe Alphabet’ font—twentfom the old Times toanew and sleek ookacross the board. Now, however Google has upped the ante with its own mobile device the Google Pie and the voice controled Nest Auda, The company that made the intemet search whatitis today has talen the OS itdeveloped and produced its onn hardware togowith it. Google Nest devices wil completely change how the ser interacts with their gadgets and day-to- day tasks, making even the most tedious processes that itl biteasier, 4 L FUTURE 4 r Google Tips 2Tricks oogle / Organise your mail wth Gmaits Use the Google Search app to 6 re 9 9 le ink multiple email accounts together sching for content using the Google / through Gi Ac Sg ‘onvesse witha ite hep fom community ith e it v Upload andedt using Google Photos Start using Google Travel to plan your ant Listen to music any Music Premier Search through and take notes 16 Communication 20. Shopping yt) Cr Google 196 Stay ontop of the latest hot web topics with Google Trends 98_Search more accurately using the advanced tools 100 Use Google Assstat to keep everything ontrack 102 Converse with aryone in any language youlte 104 Undertake research and collect lations using Google Schobs 106 Tum Goog online ofce Chrome into your 108 Getallofyour newsfeed saved into tone place ‘110 Fun Goodle Drive fom your cesktop computer m m4 16 ns 120 mw 128 126 Share and collaborate with Google Dive Create documents with Google Docs Work ith spreadsheets in Google Sheets Edit and share with Google Drive Keep your fein order with Google Keep Menage your Keepnotes while youte on the: Create, crganse and share your calendars Plan adall agenda with the Google Calendar app THE POWER Goc You can, in theory, use a computer and Google services to do everything you need ona daily basis hen you think of Google, search engines and emails may core to mind, but there isalotmore tothe company ‘than just these runaway successes. is twe tat Google dominates search and ema ut cid yogi that YouTube is ‘ovmed and poy Goce and so are many other clRSURS that you may ready be lB OFOMEE me, Goodie has ‘grown fghh@compsrythatpteicesthe best gehiengie ontheinims to one ‘tha, ganppaweralmosteveryaspeeh our Acouts «f your hbaxand clek Deas ‘eel previous sessorsaesilopen. vllcofim tht youve gnecout. and then cick Change password Googe Tips rcs 19 BE Goode Shopping A world of purchasing possibilities is at your fingertips with Google's online shopping service When youtea Google customer, moves, ‘books and games areal within easyreach and canbe yoursinjusa single elk. 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PP Google Play | Update devices and get notifications pe del Beccary 1:Go to Settings While onthe Google ay webte cc on he account icon nthe top ight comer fhe interace ard then choose’ Lay and devices Yau canna see Which Anradenabled devices you use 20.Goodle Tips Treks Update devices Fone of your devices aed conection thentype te new arent thet ld you a done leon the Ups burton zen question and 3: Email preferences Feund unde Setings Era Preferences allow you Lost upfrnevsletes ncn of fom Googe Pay and notations when devopers rely torevews youvepsed Add payment details ids to to assign payment c The Google Paystoreis sprawling warehouse though ths proces i scary 0 of virtual products pretty much any album, fathers you woul thik, does requ yout film orbookisright on hand foryoutobuyin explore anaes of Googe that you may not be filly aninstant. Tomake puchases,youwilfistneed aut ith ttether a payment m smely your Aecounts scgen. You wl hodto your account so acess then uy and dow eck Ith screen for may purpoe 3k butto get there simply explained inthis account and then cckon your peolepicture inthe top-ight come ofthe screen Once on redtor debit card cr ply edit the re Acourtsscen youl eto aces th dks ofan exiting one ardshowyouhow to askboatcto review anced ay det update you payment deta aryef the Google sence that you we G Accounts *} 3 aan @ 1:Go toaccounts page forthe o ‘ons option have the option to ‘Add a payment edit an exiting one Click on this and card ead, toptight come ofthe page. Click and you fon the Google Account icon and this method ‘menu wil pea. hae Dc 3: Select a method You ill naw have four options to \dd a card You willow be asked tofilin al of the required can adda ced or debit ear add a pay etal in relation tthe card thet you wish ‘acd a Payal account: or redeem acode fom a ncluting number, exp dat and the biling dCickon the fist option. acess. Once entered lek Save Redeeming gift codes inside Google Play rem Tor Soo sat sy pelle lecel aa on re cad poe ee ea oe ee en Pers the spa eee) nee eee tet eae cere pete eer pater teeta Googe Tips&Tricks 24 BE Googe Enjoy your movies know the store for b premier online entertainment store. As sucht fist and fo uke to know what wh butgen tions tha ate ‘are sii tothe ones ekeady inyour co alnkforthe movie rental avalabe to watch foras teas 99/5098 B Google Play ying or renting ‘The Movies &TV wing ofthe Google Ply store has come onin leaps and boundsin recent times and snow josting with Tunes asthe wore *e% alot going on there. 5 yu around the tera Certain eatures are accessible fom the menu to thee sy you scroll down the mn jon and move. You villa nd fers Here you can find so sothat you 7 msthat 1: Click on ‘Movies & TV" onthe Movies &TV section fof your icon in the top comer he top ofthe screen collection cickon the Pro folowed by Libary & devices. 4:Watch a trailer When you highlight some fms with your mouse ceusor the move poster wil have a play button in fret oft. Clckon thi Gick he Xion too watcha vale forthe fn. window. 22.Goodle Tips 2: Using the tabs Thetabs atthe tp tou eso checkoutthe test hans ose al ofthe new telees To start searching, clckon or Stu. us by gene, iy, Channels 5: Buy or Rent Youcanbyyadatalc efnton ot For asmale fe, you can choos fora set petod of time ue Rese 3: Scroll through sections IFyouscolldown the page then you wll dicover thateisrammecifl sections including recommendatons, new stufl suggestions based on 6:See more Ifyou enjoyed the purchase, ikon the arow ight sie ofthe nes that ther icon nett Siar fms on movie's page to seerelted fim tomers ako enjoyed Enjoy TV shows purchase an episc Find out how t One ofthe major advantages that Google has over its rvalsisthat everything isneatly Integratedinto one service. Wiehave ready oloted howto naga chase indidval episodes of shows, Ts means can try out few epizoes ose ifyou ero ofl seri the Movi store easy tofnd ofthe obvious advantag fyou puchas Ao, ule purchase your favour of buying Tsho chasing a move you canaet B Play Movies f= SaBwal |: Go to ‘Movies & TV’ 3: Episode or series episode o season of aT show, but you can sil Dfor certain shows when yougettothe inthis tutorial we il guide yo proces of searching through uc Let the sear hase process hth Google Pay store seasonor episode of aTV' 4:Purchase From the GooglePlaystore, cickon _Youcan use the Sub-geres, the store youtlha ° the Movies &TV option fom the foughout the page to nar buy individual epio e 110d inh baron thetop and his wl take 1x election. Once youve seis. Clkon thered season text to r atively youca clckonthetitetosee reveal use the Buy ful season tothest rere information, The to chats has o sections, one forthe sors, Fach episod enisodes and ling sek can find the best. you toswtch between te diferen swith asho purchase every episode, Clicking on ed iter option willing up the choice ‘buying tin standarédefntion or high deft art Tee re Ties 23 BE Googe Shop for and manage your apps Navigate the Apps store and manage downloads COtiginay known asthe Android Market, launched by Google in 2008, the Android ‘operating system's main app store was subsequently transformed into a pat ofthe Google Pla store ~ alongside Musi, Moves fand V) and Books. The Googe Pay Appsarea is packed fullof categories to expo, andifyoute looking fra particular ‘app then you can search fort quickly and easly sing the integrated seach engine B81ying apps just as saightforward as purchasing any other media through Google Pig: one click an your app will tt dowloading You can ether download apps to your desktop and transfer them to your motile device, oryoucan simply access Google Pay on your Ancoid device and then download and install onthe D> Play Apps | Navigate the Apps store Q-cemt »: - : o6eOags a : Sale! o a Awe OC a= | 1:Go to the Apps store 3: Use the tabs 4:Your apps G Accounts | Check your registered devices == 6] = = [ 1:Go to Accounts screen lick on Device... 3: Your devices 4: Check devices 2AGoodle Tips Tels Master Google Books ‘re getting the most out c ‘Aswellasits App and Music wings, the Google Ply store boasts aneversneling bookstore arurkiow which he the tesco packed fl offeatures.5 onthe IFyouthen clon teary bargains. D> Play Books 2:Glck on ‘Upload files! wn | peor that wl inte you to ckag your lect files now ether dag fes fom your 4; Access your document Youtinow be abe to cickon th ect ofyoulibary From the ft clumn) andopen up cickonthe: and into the lange space pe ies from your compat Downloading samples from Google Books Google allows you to try eerste over to open wp ainin ‘The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1) Googe Ties ies 25 BE Googe News Getting the stories that matter most to you delivered quickly and efficiently by Google News How often do you catch the headlines at the start of major daily news bulletin, only to fin that the story you were Interested ins cudely tacked onto the tend after you have endured half an hour of tories that don't matter to you? Google News eratcates this problem byoly delivering the news that you are interested in. fact your news contents devised through vatious means including your egion and previous tres that you have icked on, The more you use Google News, the beterit ets at raroning down your content and ensuing tat superfucus Stoves are nowhere to be found, In developing its News service, Gocale has stived to get the balance ight between ts algorithmic search efiency ard the needs ofits publishing partners to push the hotestrewsto the forefot. You ‘an custorse Google News to suit your ‘own needs fom the exact geographical location that youwant to eceve news fremto the sourcesin whch you se.in the News stings you are able to block the sources that you dont want and piortse the onesyou do want information fom, The trending keyverd baris also a great way se whats important and popular both fom around the word and locally to you ‘oxtierg B® News | Navigate the News section of Google ory ; es =e => Ana . @ bdo 1:Go to Google News Cn the Google homepage, clckon the topright iconto expand the Google apps and select the Nesicon. Ths wiltake yout the main News homepage wher youl seth top tors 26.Goodle Tips Treks ‘Choose a location ‘Along the top ofthe window youcan select her you see the headlines from around wat loca news or news fram a spec lcaton cofyour own choosing 3:See your topics “othe ight of You Tops ithe evstomse option, (Gckthe boxes on the lft hand column to ado removea topic and then use the right-hand tab to range thar order. Stay abreast of local news Get the latest local headlines deliv Google News can provide all of the latest headlines forthe areayou are curently residing in based on your WiF-FI'SIP address Howeve yout onyushga town name to peroralie this cation anda Ist of news stove trough the proc your locations 19 onthe search barat the top of B@ News 1:Find your local news ical detect your of 2:Go tonews source Ace he Loca ab You nebs along pebe a face ® Cob Bourena uth Fine-tuning sources to get pure news Hide stories from sources Nea ner) eee ce eres er Googe Ties ics 27 BE Googe Use Google Alerts more effectively Smart tips for tweaking Google's timely nudges Google Alertsisa great way to get focused email alerts about pretty much ‘any topic Getting sated easy youjust go to wwnvgooglecomiaerts and ‘then enter keyword plrases that eat tothe suf you want to recee in ‘on Youcan specify the typeof cortent that you receive which could be blog- based, news, videos dicusion groups or evrything. You can then detesmine how often you receive you ets and to which email adress Used wel, Google Alt can be an effective means of tracking a produc in your sector or for seeing what people ar saying about you o your product onne. Here we rovde some handy hints for getting the most out ofthis service. 4 ‘Alerts | Add operators to your Alerts settings ‘let preview achn tescory 1: Ditch the ‘www’ Use quotations {Rouse sting upan alert for your webste then los the wn from the URL as this hel you find out who linking to and taking advantage of yours When entering your keywexds do so by puting them inquotes for exam, “Team GB: Thisis idea for your business or pesonal name as you will receive alets when the words appear together 3:Put ina plus sign you puta infront of our ae. hs al avid synonyms and aration in speling, For arp, iyou'ype vba youl ao ars fr bale, bake, baling et thre efing your ets 4: Exclude words with a minus Eclde certain words rom the seach by putting 2 symbolinfont ofthe word fr exemple, ‘Wise robe =o you can search for some thing and exude athe aiscated things 28 Goodle Tips irks Single site searches You canutsethe te pear oto search spect ste fe you target pease or example Sebbcco.kdonabeke The ets ibe any mention of Dvd Bethan onthe BRC west 6: Exclude on sites Otifyou want to search for something while ‘excluding a certain site use a symbol, So "david beckham -steittercom wil eturn sults fee David Beck but exclude the Taster ste arn h et own stream of ¢ ‘ontent Produce your own Newsstand magazine ow to set up yc agle Newsstan Google News s an app for smartphones and gy The main advantage that Ni 7 running the rome web browser Now just hea tablets,unning ether Android or 0S, that convertonal RS reader's that you can pull to the wwzpubishercenter google com pa allows youto consume contentoffine quickly content rom all soso different sources, suchas ou can stat producing yeur own di the many options rewilt yr canter, But be suet and easly. ite te, and presenti o your 3: Adding sections 4:Create content hss where the eal magic The last option Feed ations, kts >to warm publisher fe you canada of your content, you configure ho ab then you your fed content. you publish a fulfesd,thef fn content acoverimage you only pubis a partial feed, pick dopion, et m source ut. Once ts onal RSS. settngup Gx S Peetaoad parte ret annel set up and atleast one video inside kon Sections and then the Add new videos inside your YouTube channel, YouTlalso| eee Sel ee ee ot pecan arts seein) Satta iene nen eae BE Goode Google sa search engine ian, butt net ony concerned with helping you to cliscover what isavallzble on the word wide web or whats contained within your emails wants youto dscover things inthe real word werk out haw to get there and fn out moe about them when you do. tants you to explore outer space too, and get a General understanding of Ear along with the other panes and mocnsin our solar system. ‘Ard it keeps improving. Google roled out anew Maps app for Anco and thas recently evamped ts desktop offering, Both combine theo you ‘more than jus simple maps and they craw ona social element ith reviews, photographs and tours that all combine to provide fll deep anderiched picture of local ate. Infact, you can ‘often see and appreciate more when youre using Google's services than you woul ifyou were actually out therein the location youself Over the couse ofthe next few pages andin ox tutor, we wl be exploring allo the various options in much greater ‘depth so that bythe end ofthis piece. yout et only havea favour af what you can do with the mapping sence, but ou wll be sing them youre to their ful potential. Exploration Use Google Maps, Earth and Sky Map to explore the world around you - and beyond BP maps | view mobile maps offline Boumenouth 1:Find a map area {nen you open Google Maps, find an rea that you wwanttobe abl to view offre at alter time. Use your fingers to navigate the map unt the screen shows the par that you need '30.Googl Tips Treks Cry & sexzcr your own mar Downloaded maps @ rurenours Tap the menu bar “ap the menu inthe top commer and choose the ‘Offin ares’ option, From the screen that ppea chacge the Custom are option fom the selection of options 0 ag c1ose DownLoA0 3:Saving the area 3 thenfame the aes ou previously selected, Tyo are happy apo the Doanlaad option. not dog the highligh ea toreposton Explore using Street View a and see it from eye leve der around an at Google's Steet View isabailant way tobe able toexplre the surroundings ofan areain the way that shouldbe seen = in real-life 30 from the perspective of yo y of understanding an You ill certainly finda good se ‘Alough some of the images completely upto dete remains a sold Ierealy 6a great way ual sightseeing, BR maps | Get a pedestrian perspective of an a |: Navigate to area ; ind the part ofthe map tatyou we ch Understanding luce navigation ico! ny Uo Street View graphics do Googe Tips Ties 31 EE Googe Find facilities and read reviews See how good the services around you are Google Maps has made it even esse for you tofind area of interest. stead ‘of having ta search for coffe shops and restarats for instance, you can see ‘them instantly spayed onthe map. you have todo click on them to begin engaging with them andto find out mor. News infemation cars display moe about 2 bsines, ging youreviews and ratings. You can quickly find aut howto gett ts destination and you can ako save itforlte you want tosee more you can go straight to Steet View orsee photographs and these willhelp yout buid upa picture. Sometimes, people tale photos offood and dink oo, which canbe very useful BAP Maps | Read reviews and explore 1:Go into the Map view stant analysis ofa service Eau you aren the Map view as opposed to arth and you wl ee lads of ons dotted around the ‘surounding ets showing restaurants, coffee shops, barsand so much ‘ekonary ane of hese cons anda sm pop-up ‘box willappea it wilt you the name ofthe place togethe with a ating, prc indicator and eviews if there are any 3: Discover even more Ifyou want tof aut even mace, then soy cluble-clck on theicon anda large box wll appear Tis wil ge you a Steet Vew option and there may abo be some photos renga cient 4:Get directions to building ifyoutap Directions inthe pop-up window, you Caninput where you ae vaeling fom. Maps wil then seek the eases rout fo yout follow and display iton the map, '32.Googl Tips @Teeks 5: Save a favourite location ‘You canals save the location fyou wish tofiag it UpTor later. Allyou have todo dickon the Save icon within the pop-up window and then select ‘which it you would he to addi to, 6: Read lots of reviews Byccking onthe review ink, anew vindow wil ‘open and you wil be taken to Google. This wl show you any reviews that have been witten. You can pleas your own images here toe View extra layers in Google Earth See extra information, from borders to names and coastlines punts you can se th ‘The map style option adds a whole new dimension to Google Earths maps.tlesyou on clea see a countrys border say rte names of ods paces of ntrest landmarks and mor places and counties vew majorlandmarks and _canall be seen sing Google Earth and you ean items ofinterest and work your way around the information coastnes. Ther iat to dscove Not only can yea thing about Google Fath n ferent mi tyes 1 se borderbetwe Earth 3: Add roads Using he Roads tab 2: International borders Cickthe Customised opton ard 3 see default mapin cstomiseyou own by selecting what you doand corot nent tobe displayed od with th J begin teat The more you play a castomisaton options the mot bout nt only the geographical ands ces and it bulds up into a much mee round 4: More labels ‘There are plenty more an abo enable, includ Google Earth I yu click on th ‘pen the Bowers and Labels ayer select flerentroad types to rmerivicononthelefthand de you tab. solid white boundaryisa Highways Atel Localand bodies of wate wilsze the MapSyle option Cick bower between counties. Adotted Contolled-access highways cn alas tigger a lye fr photos ram onthsandycuwilbepresented ‘ine sabrderbetween provinces or be viewed To view local roadsyou the side menus which ll pepper the wth fou option: Clean, Exp States Removing the borders fiom wild zoom inqute ose o see map wth smal pictueicens that you thing and Customised map vill ako stop their names rations ety default adstance pearing. : Getting more from the layers in Earth Calo Rea TR ed cE a Recoe- ee eee ey are interest eens Steet soe et ees chee ean ents the map, or ner ofthe screen lick onthe er them and highways can be seen an diekon fo addtional sight into certain places. See Seen eens nation Locations and Points of See es re interest cerry Google Wander around onthe Moon Is it really made of cheese? You'll soon find out ‘There was aie when we dda'tknowmuch about our own moon, but SOyearsafterNell Armstrong set fot on we know more about the rocky ‘satelite orbiting the Earth than ever before. With Gooale Mo face ead up on is make-up and gan abe inthe aga and they are witen by NASA. giving you a cearirsight frm those now the Moon best You willbe able to see the missions eurch date they landed onthe Maan and when they returned You ‘an even watch are footage of the Apollo inon themap to etal see thesu ©: DE 1:Find the Moon 2: The red flags 3: Take a tour 4: Sites of interest (Open Google Moon (googlecom/ —_Cickan the Atthebottom of retest window's Thelendngareais shownin moon) youwil be presented wih about thesis the Zoom in’ Gick histo quickly get dea a series of rumbered thesic Apolo landing sites These are image kat the se, thelardng mares. Clicking one wil show you represented by the ed flags. 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They can be ete or deleted and whatyou needtoknaw andingutititothetop _ofenyou vant toberotled Select Onythebest you canako choose tohave ales sent sexton, field. Rests wil appear immediatly resus pth alerts manageable for mobile devices. 36.Goodle Tips Teeks Get info with your camera Use Google Assistant to find more information on any object vmight sound ike science fiction, but you really ‘an use your smartphone to get information from any object thats within your eye line. The camer is used ona smtprone to capture anierage ofthe abject ard tis information is Immediately sent to Goose's servers, where some clever analysis wl attempt to iden and then present back selection of detaled result. You maybe cuiousastohow sucha servic could be useful but fou thinkaboulitlogially then the uses are almost unlimited From snapping ‘amore postr to find cera show times © assistant | Understand t & Tap on objects andtext < ® 1:Find something to capture No mater whats dan abject or photograph and open up Good Camera conatthetot arpdots wok Assistant. Ta reenand let the © Googletens u Big Tings 3:See results “Tap on any ofthe coloured cicks to see what Googe Assstant beeves the tem tobe. 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FR does ecogise Big Tings Listen woe o pos Yostte Pye Spy Oe : So much hidden detail ks provided by Google Assistant, you oko the tem in a ised at therumber cng Goode cof things Google can recognise Tweaking the Rola Rota eh) to your needs Changing the settings can SS ULES Pe ee ee eee a roca De eta pees eerie ee erage ere ee Sere perenne oe Googe Ties ics 37 BE Googe Improve results by using operators Add search operators for more control ‘The vast majerity of people use Google Search every day and click through {ots of resist find what they are looking for. Despite Geale being deadly accurate and very quick there are some ways in which you can speed up your searching even further by sing search operators. These simple terms let you spect nda ceria foreach search and when used they realy do make a ference, You can choose to serch within seo within specified anges to nasrow down the rests and you can take these terms asf 2s you he Here we wil sow youthe most useful operators to use and iisiklthat once yeu use them they wil become a familar feature of your enn searching. G Search | Lear to use varied search operators sn ary corsa hn we ce 1:Search within a site Tosesch within partcuarwebste without visting just use the URLin your search query. For ‘ample Andy Mura stebbccouk willonty bing backrest for that term within the BBC site exclude words from search results “Yeu can excuse werd or stes fom your searches byplcinga before the word. Asan exarple, Jaguar size-car wil remove all rests that indude ary mention of crsin them, 3:Find exact phrases you use queaton mas you can search fran exact plate ad be ruch more to receve accuate su. For exaele presi aes” Should tun esis fr the song. 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