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Welcome to the first comprehensive user guide to Google Wave, written by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash.

Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you'll learn the ins and outs of how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. This entire book is available to read for free online, with an electronic and upcoming print version available for purchase.

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Table of Contents

This book's contents are freely available to view online. Click on a chapter to read it.

Chapter 1 Meet Google Wave
Find out what Google Wave is and what problems it solves.
Chapter 2 Get Started with Wave
Set up your Wave account and create your first wave.
Chapter 3 Manage Your Wave Contacts
Find and add people and groups to collaborate with in Wave.
Chapter 4 Find and Organize Waves
Tag, file, search, and filter waves.
Chapter 5 Dive Deeper into Wave
Add rich content to your waves like maps and photo slide shows.
Chapter 6 Master Wave's Interface
Navigate Wave from the keyboard and customize your Wave interface.
Chapter 7 Wave Gadgets
Add interactive content to your waves with gadgets.
Chapter 8 Wave Bots
Automatically update the contents of your waves with bots.
Chapter 9     Life with Wave
Integrate Wave into your daily workflow.
Chapter 10 Wave in Action
See real-world case studies of regular people using Wave to get things done.
Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions and quick answers about Google Wave.
Appendix B What Wave Can't Do
It's not just you. See what's NOT working in the current version of Wave, and what features the Wave team has promised are coming.
Appendix C Contribute to The Complete Guide to Google Wave
In the spirit of Google Wave, this guide is a collaborative effort. We need you (yes, you) to help revise and expand this guide as Wave evolves.

If you just can't get enough of Wave, see also our growing compilation of Wave-related links and video clips from across the web.

Translations

Thanks to all the readers who volunteered to translate the contents of this book. The current translations in progress include:

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Disclaimer

This is an unofficial guide to Wave written by a community of contributors and edited by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. This guide is not published by or affiliated with Google, Inc.—we're regular users, just like you are. (But Google Wave is a trademark of Google, Inc.)