Grad tip: Manage home expenses in a Google Docs spreadsheet

In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more! Transitioning into post-college life can be pricey, so chances are, you’re living (or planning to live) with roommates. Managing expenses and a tight budget can be tricky, especially when you’re not just managing your own. So we’re letting you know about the ’shared house expenses’ spreadsheet available in the Google Docs templates gallery. It covers all the usual house hold expenses: electricity, gas, water, Internet, phone, groceries, etc. Just enter dollar values for how much people spend on each item, and the spreadsheet will automatically display charts and details like how much each person owes everyone else. This spreadsheet template was actually created by Googlers who live together and have to manage their own household expenses together. Here’s a video of them talking about their own experience. And if you’re also interested in better managing your own money, you can browse the template gallery to find other helpful tools, like the personal budget tracker and the credit card payoff calculator . For more Apps news Did you know that Google Docs is just one of several products in Google Apps? To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog ! Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

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Introducing our Grad Tips series: Make the most of your new alumni email address

It’s graduation season, so congratulations to those who’ve walked down the aisle recently, donning cap and gown! To help you with your transition from college life to “the real world,” we’re using our usual Friday series to bring you some Google tips geared towards graduating students. The following is just one in a series of posts we’ll be doing every Friday throughout the summer, so stay tuned for more tips ! If you’re a part of the class of ‘09, you’re likely leaving behind a lot of great college memories and taking with you a new alumni email. So we want to remind you of a few Gmail tips that should help you get the most out of this new address. Set up mail forwarding or fetching Instead of checking a separate account for emails sent to your alumni address, have all your messages appear in your Gmail inbox. You can either set up mail forwarding from inside your alumni account for all new messages, or use Gmail’s Mail Fetcher to have all messages (old and new) automatically downloaded to your Gmail inbox. Learn more about both options . Send ‘From:’ your alumni address If you still want to show your school pride, you can add a custom ‘From:’ address to your Gmail account that lets you list your alumni address as the sender for outgoing emails. Learn to set up a custom ‘From’ address . For more Apps news Did you know that Gmail is just one of several products in Google Apps? To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog ! Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

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Introducing our Grad Tips series: Make the most of your new alumni email address