Welcome to GoogleTM—Illustrated Essentials. If this is your first experience with the Illustrated series, you’ll see that this book has a unique design: each skill is presented on two facing pages, with steps on the left and screens on the right. The layout makes it easy to digest a skill without having to read a lot of text and flip pages to see an illustration.

This book is an ideal learning tool for a wide range of learners—the rookies will find the clean design easy to follow and focused with only essential information presented, and the hotshots will appreciate being able to move quickly through the lessons to find the information they need without reading a lot of text. The design also makes this a great reference after the course is over! See the illustration on the right to learn more about the pedagogical and design elements of a typical lesson.

Key Features

Each two-page lesson is structured consistently to make it easy to learn a skill. Here are the key elements you'll find in every lesson.

• Introductory Paragraph—Each lesson begins with an introduction that provides an overview of a particular Google tool as well as its URL.

• Why It’s Important—This section describes in more detail how each tool can be used to enhance your productivity and how it can be used to make you more effective.

• Hands-On Steps—Each lesson features a set of steps for completing a key task related to the lesson.