If you

create a website

using

Google Sites

, you may find that you need more space. In this episode, we'll show you

how to add pages

to your Google site so that you can have more pages for whatever you need them for, whether it's

making announcements

or

listing recipes

.

Once you've created your website using

Google Sites

, you'll no doubt want to

customize your website

. There are many ways to

edit your website

with the

Google Site tools

. We'll show you how to

personalize your website

in no time.

In this episode, we'll show you some of the

website templates

available to use with

Google Sites

. When you

create a website

using one of these templates, you can see previews of what your site would look like with each template so you can find one that matches your taste.

Google Sites

is a great way to

create a website

quickly, easily and

free of charge

. Whether you want to make your own

personal website

or

business website

, or just create a fan site for something you enjoy, Google has plenty of

website templates

that you can use to make creating your own site more convenient for you.

OpenOffice.org

is not only an awesome

free software suite

, it's also got some of the best online communities around. One of the benefits to that is having a wide range of templates available for all of the different OpenOffice.org programs. You can go to the OpenOffice.org website to search for a template that meets your needs and grab it for future use free of charge. We'll show you where to go and

how to download templates

for OpenOffice.org in this episode.

There are a ton of

templates in Google Docs

and they're free for the taking. In part seven of our

video tutorial on using Google Docs

, Molly McDonald looks at

using templates in Google Docs

. Templates offer attractive layouts, project-specific functions and just generally save a lot of time. Why reinvent the wheel, after all.

Thunderbird is a powerful email client. However, like it's brother Firefox, Thunderbird has a user community creating tons of great add-ons to enhance Thunderbird's functionality. Doc shows us where to

find add-ons for Thunderbird

and how to install them.

E-mail privacy is important to you... and if it's not, it probably should be. Think about all the private and personal information that's sent through email. Think too that an email is considered to be as good as a signature in an increasing number of situations and jurisdictions and email security becomes that much more important. Thunderbird protects your email security and privacy by putting you in control.

Spam or other junk mail

is the bane of e-mail users everywhere. It seems that spammers never tire of trying to find new ways to infiltrate your inbox. Thunderbird quickly learns what is and what is not spam to make sure you're not bothered by as much of this email annoyance.

The Thunderbird address book is where you'll keep all your online and offline contacts organized. If you're making the

switch to Thunderbird

from Outlook, Eudora or another email client you can easily

import your contacts and even your mail and settings

from said email client.

Even when you keep your inbox organized with folders, things sometimes go missing. You know you got an email about an upcoming project, but you can't seem to find it.

Searching email in Thunderbird

is a quick way to

recover a lost email

; if you remember a few words, you can punch them into the search box and quickly

find that missing email

.

Folders are a simple way to

organize your inbox

. You can keep all your work emails straight, your personal emails sorted and your other emails organized. Thunderbird offers a variety of folder options that make it easy to

take control of your inbox

and

keep your email inbox organized

.

Whether you get a little bit of email or a lot it helps to have it organized using a good system. Thunderbird makes it easy to tag and filter your email. This way, you can

keep your inbox organized

and

filter email in Thunderbird

.

Whether you get a little bit of email or a lot it helps to have it organized using a good system. Thunderbird is an email client from the Mozilla Foundation, the same folks that produce Firefox. It's loaded with cool features to help you do email with as little fuss as possible. This 10-part series will cover some of the basics.

A well laid out resume can mean the difference between getting the interview or getting passed by. Whether you're gainfully employed or looking for a job, it's always a good idea to keep your resume up to date. In this three-part series, Helen Bradley runs us through the finer points of creating a professional resume that's sure to help in the job hunt.

Now you have entered all your details into the resume you're ready to finish it off. We show you how to save the file, how to spell check it and we offer tips for proofreading your resume. We show you how to print it and how to find, download and use a Microsoft Word add-in that lets you save Microsoft Word documents as PDF file format.

Once you've selected a template to use you now need to fill it with your details. We'll show you how to operate the click and type blocks in the resume template. If the template provides space for more details than you have, we'll show you how to remove surplus sections so you don't leave empty spaces in your template.

The first step in creating a resume is to determine the information you need and a layout to use for said information. A free resume template is a good place to start. We'll show you how to download a free resume template in Microsoft Word and how to identify the information you'll need to complete it. We also show you how to change the Theme used to format your text and work with colors and fonts to make your resume stand out.

Save the hassle associated with creating your own spreadsheets in Google Docs. There's a good chance someone has already created a template for the spreadsheet you need. In this tutorial, we look at importing and using a family budget using a free Google Docs template.

Google Sites is a great tool that you can use to

create your own website

for free. It gives you plenty of options to

customize your website

or even

collaborate on a website

with others. You can also create multiple websites and as many pages as you want to each. We'll show you

how to use Google Sites

in this series!

A well laid out resume can mean the difference between getting the interview or getting passed by. Whether you're gainfully employed or looking for a job, it's always a good idea to keep your resume up to date. In this three-part series, Helen Bradley runs us through the finer points of creating a professional resume that's sure to help in the job hunt.