Google Drive & Sheet For Beginners : The Complete Step By Step Beginners & Seniors Manual to Teach Users How To Master Google Drive, Sheet Like A Pro With Tips And Tricks

By Philip Taylor

"Google Drive and Google Sheets For Beginners" is your pass to digital mastery, whether you're a student trying to ace your assignments, a professional trying to simplify your workflow, or a teacher hoping to engage your students in a dynamic learning environment.

With its detailed instructions, useful advice, and real-world examples, this book gives you the tools you need to become an expert in Google Workspace. With cloud-based solutions that are revolutionizing the way we work and learn, you can increase productivity, improve collaboration, and unleash limitless creativity.

Inside this book, you will learn:

 

• How to navigate and customize the Google Sheets interface to suit your needs
• Essential formulas and functions to perform calculations with ease
• Proven ways to organize and format your data for clear visualization and analysis
• How to utilize data validation and conditional formatting to enhance data accuracy and presentation
• Time-saving techniques for data manipulation and transformation
• Powerful data analysis tools like pivot tables and charts

Scroll Back up and get your copy today to unleash the true potential of Google Drive & Sheets to excel in your data-driven tasks!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orchid Publishing
• Release date: May 18, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224257270

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GOOGLE DRIVE & SHEET

FOR BEGINNERS

THE COMPLETE STEP BY STEP BEGINNERS & SENIORS MANUAL TO TEACH USERS HOW TO MASTER GOOGLE DRIVE, SHEET LIKE A PRO WITH TIPS AND TRICKS

BY

PHILIP TAYLOR

Contents

INTRODUCTION.............................................................4

CHAPTER 1: Why you need to use Google’s free office suite.....................5

A harried product manager needs to work on an important proposal over the weekend......5

The organizer of a family reunion wants to survey 34 cousins.................5

An elementary school faculty uses Docs to collaborate on lesson plans...........6

CHAPTER 2 : STARTING A GOOGLE SHEETS ACCOUNT..........................8

Setting Up an Account on Google Sheets....................................9

Using Google Sheets...................................................11

Google Sheet Account..................................................12

The Google Sheets Home Screen........................................15

Spreadsheet Tabs......................................................16

Navigation................................................................17

Grid....................................................................17

Formula Bar.............................................................17

Freeze Rows or Columns..................................................17

Sheets Navigation........................................................17

Zoom Controls...........................................................17

Working Together and Sharing..............................................18

Commenting and Suggesting...............................................18

Creating Your First Spreadsheet...........................................19

Readjusting the Row and Column Widths.................................20

Integrating and Dividending Cells........................................20

Modifying the Cell Format...............................................21

Inputting Information...................................................22

Copying and Pasting Data...............................................22

Editing Data...........................................................22

Inserting Formulas.....................................................22

Protecting Your Spreadsheet From Loss..................................22

Changing the Name of Your Spreadsheet.................................23

Data Importation into Google Sheets.......................................24

1. Importing Data from a Local File.....................................25

2. Importing Data from Google Drive....................................25

3. Importing Information from Different Websites........................26

4. Importing Data from Outside Sources................................26

CHAPTER 3 : WORKING WITH BASIC FUNCTIONS AND FORMULAS...............27

Knowing Formulas and Functions..........................................28

Functions in Spreadsheets..............................................28

Organisation Syntactic Structure..........................................29

Formulas in Spreadsheets...............................................30

Making Use of the Pre-Configured Formulas and Functions.................32

Handling Errors and Debugging..........................................32

Employing Mathematical Functions and Arithmetic Operators................33

Arithmetic Operators...................................................33

Mathematical Functions:................................................33

Order of Operations....................................................34

Making Use of Cell References in Mathematical Functions..................35

Making Use of Comparison and Logical Functions...........................36

Logical Functions:......................................................36

Comparison Operators..................................................37

Integrating Comparative and Logical Functions...........................38

Error Handling and Logical Functions:....................................41

Utilising Text Functions to Modify Textual Data.............................42

Fundamental Text functions.............................................43

Advanced Text Functions...............................................44

Formatting Text with Text Functions.....................................45

Chapter 4 : How to Use Google Drive for Simple Tasks.........................46

How to Make Folders in the Web Application for Google Drive................47

A Quick Way to Create Folder in Google Drive..............................49

How to Make Folders in the Android Google Drive App.......................50

How to Include Files in Folders You've Created..............................53

Detailed Instructions for Uploading Folders to Google Drive..................55

How to Remove Google Drive Files and Folders.............................56

How to Remove Folders and Files from the Online Version of Google Drive....57

How to Remove Files and Folders from the Android Google Drive App.........58

How to Get Your Google Drive's Originally Deleted Files Back................60

Chapter 5 : How to Use Google Drive for Other Purposes......................62

How to Transfer Files in Google Drive to a Folder............................63

How to Sort the Folders in Your Google Drive Using Colour...................65

How to Change the Google Drive App's Background Colour Step by Step......67

How to Use Google Drive to Share Files and Get File Links...................69

An explanation of how to use Google Drive to look for files...................71

How to Star Google Drive Files and Folders.................................72

Chapter 6 : Google Drive usage on iOS devices...............................74

Installing Google Drive on iOS Devices: A Guide.............................75

How to download videos to your iPhone from Google Drive...................76

Detailed Instructions for Uploading Files from Your iPhone to Google Drive....78

Getting to the Google Drive app's settings on an iPhone.....................81

Chapter 7 : Google Sheets' tools............................................83

The main Buttons Available in Google Sheets Toolbar Section................83

How to Modify Google Sheets Cell Size.....................................91

Chapter 8: Essential Useful Guide in Google Sheets...........................92

How to Open a Google Sheets File.........................................93

Using Google Sheets to Title Files..........................................95

How to Use Google Sheets Headings.......................................97

How to Create Different Colour Headings in Google Sheets...................99

Detailed Instructions for Printing Google Sheets Documents................100

Creating a Google Sheets File Using a Template...........................102

How to Make Google Sheets Files from Templates: A Step-by-Step Guide.....103

Chapter 9 : How to Complete Additional Activities in Google Sheets...........105

How to Remove Google Sheets Blank Rows................................106

How to Use a Filter to Remove Blank Rows from Google Sheets.............109

Adding a Chart to Google Sheets.........................................112

How to Insert a Bar Chart in Google Sheets: A Step-by-Step Guide...........113

How to convert an Excel file from a Google Sheets file......................116

How to Convert a Google Sheets File to Excel Step-by-Step.................117

How to Give Someone Access to a Google Sheets File and Link..............119

The Use of Add-on in Google Sheets......................................121

Some Add-ons Available in Google Sheets.................................122

How to install Add-ons in Google Sheets..................................123

How to Access the Add-ons you Installed in Google Sheets..................124

How to Solve Mathematical Problems using Google Sheets..................125

How to Apply Mathematics to Multiply and Sum Items Value in Google Sheets126

The Order of Operation to Solve Complex Mathematical Problems in Google Sheets......128

Chapter 10 : Google Sheets Android Application and Use.....................129

How to get Google Sheets from Play Store................................130

How to Create Spreadsheet File using Google Sheets Android Application....131

How to Title Spreadsheet of Google Sheets in Android App..................133

Step by Step Guide on How to share Spreadsheet Document/File using Sheets Android App......135

Color Filling in Google Sheets using Google Sheets Android App.............137

Step by Step Guide in filling Color in Google Sheets using Android App.......138

Settings Section of Google Sheets for Android.............................140

How to change the Mode of Google Sheets Android App Through Settings....142

INTRODUCTION

It's possible that you looked up What is Google Drive? How does it operate?

To put it simply, it's a service that lets you store a lot of files. Online storage is available for much more than just documents and videos. Another name for this procedure is cloud storage service. You may relax knowing that all of your files are secure. You can only access it by using your username and password from your