Sams Teach Yourself Google Voice in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes)

Google Voice is a service that lets you manage all your phone numbers through a single, Internet-connected phone number. Google Voice is free, although you still have to pay for your regular phone services. Users select a free phone number and then use that number to manage all their phones. **Sams Teach Yourself Google Voice in 10 Minutes** offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily use Google Voice. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. This book will provide you with fast, at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Google Voice pitfalls, and is written in a clear, easy to understand format. You will learn how to use Google Voice's tons of cool features that go beyond mere voicemail and call forwarding, including: " Connecting phones using one number, and manage which phone rings when-by time, by caller, and more. " Find out who's calling so you can answer or route the call to voicemail. " Get transcribed voicemail messages delivered to an email inbox. " Record personalized voicemail greetings for specific callers. " Record calls and save the recordings online - Google Voice is a revolutionary new free service, which lets you manage all your phone numbers through a single number, among many other cool features - Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each Google Voice topic - Tips and cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and help you avoid common pitfalls Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 4 What’s in This Book......Page 10 What You’ll Need......Page 11 Conventions Used in This Book......Page 12 Where to Go From Here......Page 13 What’s in Google Voice?......Page 14 How Google Voice Works......Page 28 Summary......Page 31 Requesting an Invitation......Page 32 Congratulations! You’ve Been Invited!......Page 34 Setting Up Your Google Voice Account......Page 40 Signing Up for a Google Voice Phone Number......Page 41 Signing Up for Google Voice with an Existing Mobile Phone Number......Page 44 The Google Voice Inbox......Page 46 Inviting Others to Google Voice......Page 47 Adding Phones to Google Voice......Page 48 Converting a Google Voice Mobile Account to a Full Google Voice Account......Page 50 Using Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 51 Summary......Page 53 3 Making a Call......Page 54 Making Google Voice Calls......Page 55 Working with Contacts......Page 66 Summary......Page 73 Receiving Calls......Page 74 Recording a Call......Page 81 Forwarding Calls......Page 83 Avoiding Unwanted Calls......Page 87 Summary......Page 91 Welcome to Google Voicemail......Page 92 Receiving Voicemail on the Web......Page 94 Receiving Voicemail on a Phone......Page 99 Recording a Greeting......Page 101 Adding Notes to Voicemail......Page 105 Sharing Your Voicemail......Page 107 Sending All Calls to Voicemail......Page 109 Turning Off Transcriptions......Page 110 Summary......Page 111 Personalizing Contacts......Page 112 All About Groups......Page 118 Summary......Page 127 Sending a Text Message......Page 128 Receiving Text Messages......Page 134 What’s That 406 Area Code?......Page 140 Blocking Unwanted Text Messages......Page 141 Reporting Text Messages as Spam......Page 142 Summary......Page 144 Getting Calls on a Mobile Phone......Page 146 Making Calls from a Mobile Phone......Page 153 Using the Google Voice Mobile Site......Page 158 Summary......Page 165 Making International Calls......Page 166 Billing......Page 174 Summary......Page 185 Making It Easier for Others to Call You......Page 186 Solving Access Issues......Page 188 Fixing Voicemail and SMS Issues......Page 194 Troubleshooting Call Issues......Page 197 Posting to the Help Forum......Page 203 Emailing Google Voice......Page 204 Summary......Page 205 A......Page 206 C......Page 207 E......Page 209 I......Page 210 O......Page 211 Q-R......Page 212 S......Page 213 U......Page 214 W-X-Y-Z......Page 215 Offers straightforward, practical answers to managing Google Voice, including recording voicemail greetings, setting up groups, and coordinating Google Voice with mobile phones.