What is Google Workspace Individual

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WHAT IS GOOGLE WORKSPACE INDIVIDUAL?

Google Meet

• Conduct group meetings longer than 60 minutes on a computer
• Record meetings
• Use noise cancellation
• Join meetings by phone
• Use breakout rooms, hand raising, and polls in meetings

Google Calendar

• Create appointment schedules for different services
• Share appointment schedules via web or mobile devices
• Add an appointment schedule button to your website
• Embed your booking page onto your website
• Set appointment schedule start and end dates
• Change a specific date’s availability
• Add buffer time between appointments
• Set a maximum number of appointments
• Require email verification for appointments
• Edit your booking form
• Send reminder emails

Gmail

• Create branded emails with customized layouts
• Use multi-send for email marketing

Subscribe to Google Workspace Individual

You can sign up for a 14-day trial of Google Individual Workspace on your personal Google account. After your trial ends, your monthly subscription will begin. For pricing information or to subscribe to Google Workspace Individual, go to https://workspace.google.com/individual.

If you use Google Meet or Calendar, you might get a prompt to subscribe to Google Workspace Individual. To subscribe, follow the steps provided in Google Meet or Calendar or go to Google Workspace Individual.

Important: If you don’t refresh your tab after subscribing to Google Workspace Individual, it may take up to five minutes for your new features to be available in your account. If you recently subscribed to Google Workspace Individual and don’t see your new features, try refreshing your screen.

Get help with your Google Workspace Individual subscription

If you have any problems with your Google Workspace Individual subscription after subscribing, you can contact Google support to help you.

How to set up an appointment schedule

In order for others to book your services or meet with you, create online booking pages in Calendar with Google Workspace Individual.

To help you and the people who book appointments with you stay organized, Google Calendar automatically sends:

• Confirmation emails
• Reminder emails
• Cancellation emails
• Event update emails

Before you start

• Appointment schedules are a premium feature available to Google Workspace Individual subscribers.
• If you use a work or school Google Calendar account, use either appointment slots or appointment schedules.
• Business Starter accounts don’t have access to appointment schedules.
• To set up appointment schedules, you must use a computer.

Create an appointment schedule

1. On a computer, open Google Calendar.
2. At the top left, click Create .
3. Click Appointment schedule.
4. Enter a title.The title is visible to anyone who has the link to your booking page.The title appears on your calendar for schedules and bookings.
5. Set your appointment http://duration.To set a custom duration, next to “30 minutes,” click the Down arrow .Appointments must be at least 15 minutes long.
6. Set the date and time of your appointments.You can set up a one-time appointment or a recurring schedule.
7. To set how far in advance appointments can be booked, next to “Scheduling window,” click the Down arrow .By default, someone can book an appointment with you anywhere from 12 hours to 60 days in advance.
8. Click Next.
9. Optional: You can change your photo, set where the meeting takes place, and more. Learn how to edit your appointment schedule.
10. After you edit your appointment schedule, click Save.

Tips:

• To create an appointment schedule, you can also click any time on your calendar that doesn’t already have an event scheduled. In the window that appears, click Appointment schedule Create a new appointment schedule or Add availability to an existing schedule.
• Google Calendar avoids schedule conflicts. If you RSVP “Yes” or “Maybe” to an event in Google Calendar, that block of time won’t appear as free on your booking page.
• New appointments appear on your primary calendar.

How your appointment schedule syncs with your calendar

Your appointment schedule syncs automatically with Google Calendar.

• Your appointment schedule and booked appointments automatically appear on your calendar.
• By default, schedule conflicts for events to which you responded “Yes” or “Maybe” are avoided.
• Your booking page availability automatically updates to avoid conflicts with other events on your primary calendar.

How appointment schedule visibility works

• If you share your calendar with others, they can’t view your appointment schedule.
• Anyone with your booking page link can view the times you’re available.
• If you share your booking page, but not your calendar, others can’t view events on your calendar.

Requirements for using Google Meet

Google Meet access requirements

You’ll need a Google account to use Google Meet.

For work or school Google Workspace users:

• A Google Workspace administrator needs to turn on Meet for your organization. If you cannot open Meet, contact your admin.
• You’ll need to be signed into a Google Workspace account to create a video meeting.
• Anyone inside or outside your organization can join with a link.

For Meet meetings, you’ll need:

• The Meet mobile app or the Gmail mobile app or a supported web browser.
• A compatible device with minimum system requirements.
• A supported operating system.
• A broadband connection to the internet. Learn how to prepare your network.
• A built-in web camera or external USB camera.

Create branded emails with customized layouts

To send more professional looking emails inside and outside of your organization, you can use Google Workspace to:

• Create branded emails
• Use customizable layouts

Create a branded email

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. In the top left, click Compose .
3. At the bottom of the window, click Layouts .
4. If you haven’t used layouts before, click Customize styling.
5. Enter details to build your design. You can customize your layout with:LogosColorsFontsImagesFooter DetailsLinks
6. After you change your preferences, click Save & continue. Style changes only affect your new email layout.Tip: You can include your business name and address in the footer details.
7. Select a layout.
8. Click Insert.
9. After you add the layout to the body of the email, you can add text and images or remove sections you don’t want.If you include a button, make sure you set a link for the button.If you add images, Google recommends you include alt text in case an image is not rendered. Alt text also helps people who use screen readers better understand your branded http://email.To change an image in an email template:Click the image Change image.Select an image.Click Next.Crop the image as needed.Click Insert.