Zoho 4 Everyone

by Conner, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780789739377
• ISBN10: 0789739372
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Que Pub

Summary

Forget the hassles and cost of old-fashioned office and business software: Now, you can do everything online with Zoho! Discover how to make the most of the amazing online applications that over a million people are already using! Here are complete step-by-step instructions and great insider tips for using Zohors"s 15 hottest applications to run your business--and your life! Nancy Conner covers everything from word processing and spreadsheets to Zohors"s slick new collaboration and customer relationship tools. Yours"ll get started fast...then learn how to build great documents and reports...share presentations worldwide...manage email and IMs from anywhere...run web conferences...plan your day...invoice your customers...and a whole lot more! This book can help you do practically anything you need to do--faster, smarter, and at lower cost! Yours"ll Learn How To Get the power of todayrs"s top productivity applications Track, organize, and report on all your data, from personal collections to customer relationships Simplify the way you manage your tasks, events, and appointments Store anything you create or find on the Web--and access it from anywhere Use Zohors"s powerful collaboration tools, including web conferencing and wiki-building Create invoices and estimates for your small business or freelance work Manage marketing, sales, and HR teams more efficiently than ever before

Author Biography

Nancy Conner writes and edits tech books from her home in central New York state, on topics ranging from eBay to WAN optimization to Google Apps. She’s also worked as a medievalist, an English teacher, and a corporate trainer. Nancy holds a PhD from Brown University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
I Documents and Presentations	p. 1
Have Your Say with Zoho Writer	p. 7
A Quick Spin Around the Workspace	p. 7
Getting Started with Zoho Writer	p. 10
Creating a Document	p. 10
Importing Documents	p. 12
Saving a Document	p. 14
Exporting a Document	p. 15
Deleting a Document	p. 17
Working with Templates	p. 18
Selecting a Template from the Template Library	p. 18
Creating Your Own Template	p. 19
Using a Template	p. 19
Working with Text	p. 21
The Formatting Toolbar	p. 21
Using Images in a Document	p. 26
Inserting an Image	p. 26
Editing an Image	p. 27
Resizing an Image	p. 27
Deleting an Image	p. 27
Working with Tables	p. 27
Creating a Table	p. 27
Adding or Deleting Rows or Columns	p. 28
Resizing a Table	p. 29
Showing or Hiding Gridlines	p. 30
Wrapping Text Around a Table	p. 31
Adjusting Cell Padding	p. 31
Deleting a Table	p. 31
Creating a Table of Contents	p. 31
Working Offline	p. 32
Install Google Gears	p. 32
Set Up Zoho Writer to Work with Google Gears	p. 33
Work Offline	p. 34
Synch Your Online and Offline Documents	p. 34
Plugging into Microsoft Office	p. 35
Organizing Your Documents	p. 36
Tagging	p. 36
Searching	p. 38
Sharing and Collaborating on Documents	p. 39
Personal Sharing	p. 39
Sharing in Groups	p. 41
Changing Sharing Privileges	p. 45
Collaborating with Others	p. 45
Publishing Documents	p. 48
Putting a Document on the Web	p. 48
Publishing a Document in a Blog	p. 50
Viewing and Comparing Document Versions	p. 51
Viewing a Document's History	p. 51
Comparing Versions	p. 52
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Excerpts

Introduction Introduction Zo-who? Getting to Know ZohoNever heard of Zoho? You will. Zoho has been around only since 2005, but in that time it's launched a complete suite of business- and productivity-related applicationsfrom Writer, its word processor and first program, to CRM, a sophisticated tool for managing customer relationships.Zoho's name comes from a play on SOHO, which stands for small office home office , and the SOHO market was one of the company's first targets. As word spread, and as Zoho released more applications, small-to-medium businesses showed interest. And large enterprises weren't far behind. In summer of 2008, Zoho's millionth customer signed up.What's the buzz about? In a nutshell: sharing, collaboration, and affordability. Because Zoho offers software as a service over the Internet, you can access your applications (and their documents, data, and records) from anywhere you can connect to the Internet and use a web browser to sign in. Storing documents and data online also makes it easy for you to share, publish, and collaborate with others. So, for example, when your team members are putting together a report or a PowerPoint-style presentation, they can work on it anytime, from anywhereseveral people can work on the document at once, updating a single copy in real time.As for affordability, all Zoho services are free, or have a free version you can try. Business applications have different pricing structures for different subscription levels, so you're never paying for more than your business actually needs.Note -A note about security: Zoho knows how important it is to keep your data safe and private. Zoho locates its servers in super-secure datacenters behind sophisticated, state-of-the-art firewalls. Servers are regularly checked to prevent vulnerabilities and are constantly scanned to protect from viruses and other suspicious traffic. In addition, your data is backed up daily on multiple servers at multiple locations. How does that compare to your desktop? A Quick Overview of This BookZoho 4 Everyone is designed to be what its name implies: a book for anyone and everyone who's interested in learning how to use Zoho's online programs. Whether you're looking for a free, easy-to-use online word processor to write your memoirs or a suite of productivity tools for your business, this book has something for you. Even if you're new to web-based applications or you're still learning your way around keyboard, Zoho 4 Everyone will get you up to speed in using Zoho's most popular programs.This book is organized into parts, and each part groups programs by what they do: create and organize documents and slideshow-style presentations, track data, communicate and keep track of your to-dos, meet and collaborate online, and streamline your business processes. This section describes how the book is put together. Part I: Documents and PresentationsPart I is all about information: writing documents and reports, adding content to a virtual notebook, and communicating your ideas in a slideshow format. In Part I, you'll find these chapters: Chapter 1: "Have Your Say with Zoho Writer"