Week 1 and Beyond

Comfortable with the basics? Now let's look at strategies for tapping the full power of Google Apps.

Import your Existing Data
Options for importing	Import your existing mail, contacts, and calendar events from Outlook or Lotus Notes.

See What Got Imported
What got imported?	Your email, personal contacts, and calendar events have already been imported to your Google Apps account. Here's a quick look at exactly what got imported, and what didn't.

Start Organizing Your Mail

Switching from Outlook: Gmail and Calendar

(Short clips - 1 hour total) comprehensive introduction to switching from Outlook to Google Apps. Covers threaded email conversations, contacts, labels, filters, calendar events, syncing events from Outlook, and more.

Managing your Inbox: Gmail Tips and Tricks

(Short clips - 1 hour total) Go beyond the basics to learn strategies for using labels, filters, archiving, and Google search to manage your inbox.

Learn Gmail Tips and Tricks
Become a Gmail Ninja	(PDF) Find a wide variety of tips on reading and managing your email.
Start using keyboard shortcuts	(PDF) Enable keyboard shortcuts in your Gmail settings. Then quickly perform almost any Gmail task without a mouse.
Become a power searcher (Scroll down after opening the link.)	(PDF) Quickly find any message using powerful search operators and shortcuts.
Explore recommended Google Labs	Enable offline email access, email superstars, canned responses, calendar attachments, and a host of other useful enhancements to Gmail and Google Calendar.

Keep up with Google Updates
View the Google Updates blog	Because Google Apps are hosted in the cloud, new features and enhancements became available automatically, without you having to download or install anything. See what's new via blogs, email alerts, or an RSS feed.
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