After signing up for a webinar, you usually get an option to add the name, date, time, and link to join to your calendar.  That might right after you finish signing up, or it might be via a confirmation email.

1. Click the link provided.

2. You will get an ics file that downloads into your Downloads Folder.  It is called Add to Calendar.ics.

3. To add it to your calendar, open your calendar on the web.

4. Click the Settings gear in the upper right corner.

5. Click the Settings option.

6. Click Import & Export and choose Import.  

7. Click the box Select file from your computer.

8. Select the ics file from your Downloads folder and choose which of your Google calendars you want to add the event.

9. Click Import.  

Your event should now pop up in the specific calendar you chose.  You will have all the event information the organizer shared, including the link to the webinar.

You can set the OCS Info page or any page(s) you use often to automatically open when you open a new Chrome window.  Open Chrome to get started.

1. Click on the word Chrome in the upper left corner.

2. Click Preferences.

3. Choose On Startup from the options in the menu on the left side.

4. Click Open a specific page or set of pages. 

5. Enter the URL of the specific page you want to open when you open a new Chrome window OR select Use current pages.  You have the opportunity to delete any of your currently opened tabs to narrow it down to the page(s) you want to open when you open a new Chrome window.

Chrome's tab groups let you bundle related tabs together, giving your browsing session a clear and organized structure. You can name and color-code groups for easy identification.

1. Two-finger/right-click any tab and choose "Add tab to new group" or an existing group.

2. To add more tabs to the same group, you can also:

   • Two-finger/right-click another tab and select the group's name (or color) from the "Add to group" submenu.

   • Drag and drop the tab directly onto the existing group on the tab bar.

3. Click on the name of the tab group to minimize or expand the tabs.

4. To save the tab group, two-finger/right-click on the name of the group and select "Save Group"

5. Now you can close the saved tab group by two-finger clicking the name and selecting "Hide Group."

When you make a new Google Doc, the default margins are XXX” on top and bottom and XXX” on the left and right.  Every time you make a new document you have to change it to smaller margins, or you are .  You can change the default so that YOUR choices are the defaults for every document you create.  You can also change from the default font to the font and font size you prefer.

1. Open a new Google Doc.

2. Select File>Page Setup.

3. You can enter the exact top, bottom, left and right margin measurements (in inches) in the page setup dialog box.

4. Click Set as Default>OK.

5. The margins are adjusted to the size you specified on every new document that you create.

6. To change the default font and font size, first set the font and size in the toolbar.

7. Click on Format>Paragraph Styles>Options>Save as my default styles.

Here are a few tips that may help you access material you have stored in Google Drive.

Filter by Type of Material, Date Modified, or Many Other Options

• From the search bar in Google Drive, click the drop-down arrow at the right to see options for filtering.  

• It can be helpful to filter by type, searching specifically for a presentation (Slides or PowerPoint), an image (jpeg, jpg, png), or that movie file (often an mp4).   

Recent and Starred

• One of the easiest ways to find that item you more recently worked on is to click on Recent from the options on the left side of Google Drive.  Items are listed chronologically.  

• You can star an item while you have it open by clicking the star to the right of the file name.  It turns yellow.  

• You can also star something after the fact when you are in Google Drive but NOT actually in the document.  Just right click (2 fingers on the trackpad) to bring up a menu of options and choose Add to Starred.

If  you've ever sent an email and wished you could take it back to add or change something, you will be happy to know that you can do just that while using Gmail on the web.  

In order to use this feature, you must first turn it on in your Gmail settings.  

1. To set this up, click the gear icon on the right side when you are logged into your Gmail account, then click Settings>See all settings.  

2. Under the General tab, look for Undo Send and choose a cancelation period.  You can choose a 5, 10, 20, or 30 second delay before the system actually sends your email.  This should take care of the last-second OOPS situations you may have.  

3. Once you send the email, you'll see a black dialogue box appear that gives you the option to Undo.

4. Click Undo to stop the message from sending so you can complete your last-minute edits.

5. Resend the message when you're ready.

Instead of having to move emails from the same person or company into a specific folder each week, you can create a filter, or rule, that automatically places them in an email folder (or label as Google calls it) to read at a convenient time.  It's easy to set up and is a nice time saver.  

1. In Gmail, click the Settings gear icon on the right side and choose See all settings.

2. Choose Filters and Blocked Addresses from the menu.

3. Click Create a new filter.

4. Enter the information you want to use for your filter.  It could be who the emails are from or keywords that you want to filter.

5. Click Create filter when you're done.  

Instead of copying and pasting the same information over and over from another source or retyping an email that you send frequently, you can create an email template to use (and tweak if needed) and save yourself a lot of time.

1. To get started, click Compose to begin an email.  Type the information that you want to save and reuse. 

2.  When you're done, click the 3 dots at the bottom right of the message screen (next to the email's trash can).

3. Choose Templates>Save draft as template>Save as new template.  You will be asked to name the template for future use.  

If you are editing an existing template, just choose the same name you previously used and it will replace the original template with your newly updated template. 

 The next time you want to send that email, click Compose and then the 3 dots at the bottom right of the message screen.  Choose Templates and then pick your saved template.  

To create or change your email signature, follow these steps:

GMAIL (on the web)

1. Open Gmail on the web.

2. Click the settings gear towards the upper right of the Gmail window.

3. Click See all Settings.

4. Under General, scroll down to get to the Signature section.

5. Type or change your signature as you wish it to appear on all of your emails in the box to the right of My Signature.

6. Scroll to the bottom and click Save Changes.

A very useful Gmail feature is the ability to schedule when an email you created will actually send.  

1. To use this feature, create your email as usual.  

2. When finished, click the dropdown arrow on the blue Send button.  You'll see Schedule send pop up.  

3. Click Schedule send to set a date and time for the email to send.  

That email will now show up under Scheduled to the left of your emails.  You can access it from there and make edits (or delete it) up until the time you scheduled it to send.

If you've ever opened an email and wished you could "unread" it so it would show up again later and catch your attention, this feature is for you.

1. In Gmail, hover over the email you'd like to snooze.

2. Click the Snooze option (clock icon at the very right).

3. Choose when you would like to see the email grab your attention again.  

Once the snoozed time has arrived, the email shows up in your inbox again.

Here's a very quick refresher on how to embed a YouTube video in your Google Slide.

Receive automatic email notifications for a submitted Google Form or changes made on a Google Sheet by following this short tutorial.