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Using Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook 2010

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Post from Google support for integrating Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook 2010

There has been a lot of interest in when a version of Google Calendar Sync would be released that supports Outlook 2010. As some of you have already noticed @salocorgan 🙂, we’re happy (Google that is…) to announce that support for Outlook 2010 is now available! This latest release (version 0.9.3.6) supports the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 only. 64-bit turned out to be harder so we don’t have it ready yet, but we didn’t want to hold back the 32-bit-supporting version in the meantime.

We just posted the official announcement to the Gmail blog today:
If you have any issues, please post them to the Sync section of the forum:
Happy syncing!

Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010

Posted by Alice Brown, Google Calendar Team

Making sure that your calendar is available to you whenever and wherever you need it is important. That’s why Google Calendar works with a number of desktop applications and mobile devices including iCal, iPhone and iPad, Blackberry, Android, Nokia/Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones. Google Calendar Sync for Outlook is also available, but one thing was missing — until now.

Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010 — our top feature request. Outlook 2010 comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and currently only 32-bit is supported. To start syncing your calendar with Outlook 2010, download Google Calendar Sync version 0.9.3.6. Once you install it, a Settings window will appear. Enter your account’s email address and password, choose your sync optionand sync frequency, and you’re done! (Note: If you’re already using Google Calendar Sync, you’ll still need to download and install this new version in order to be able to sync with Outlook 2010. If you need help, take a look at our getting started guide.)

ToughPrint – Waterproof paper for inkjet and lasers

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Toughprint 100% Waterproof Paper

Well its fairly self-explanatory, we hope. Toughprint is a 100% Waterproof sheet that looks, and feels like paper but with the added bonus of being so tough it won’t tear even when wet. Toughprint can be used for all sorts of applications where normal paper would not cope even when laminated.

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    New Google search options

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    More Compact Google Search Options

    Google used to group the options from the search sidebar so you can quickly find the filters related to location, visited pages and the different ways to present search results. All these groups have been merged and Google only kept the group that lets you restrict the results to recent web pages. Google also removed the “related searches” view which showed a list of related searches at the top of the page and allowed you to compare the results for different searches.

    The more interesting options now available include:

    Wonder Wheel

    A kind of mindmap of your search with links that you can follow easily with related information on the right hand side of the search window. Good option for drilling down into information or looking at the search in a different way.

    Google WonderWheel Search Results

    Timeline

    The Timeline search view shows a graph of your search term over time with key dates and events over time. You can see from this view the popularity of the search over a period of time. You can also click into the various date segments and drill down further into the information.

    As you drilldown into each segment – it expands to show a more detailed timeline of the search term. Again you can drilldown even further. Good for finding date related search information.

    Google Timeline Search

    Using the full syntax in the Outlook Search bar

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    • Learn to narrow your search criteria for better searches in Outlook – Outlook – Microsoft Office
      outlookIf you use Microsoft Outlook, the Search / Query box at the top is a VERY powerful feature that allows you to search your email and tasks very quickly – IF YOU KNOW THE CORRECT SYNTAX. This link is all about "what is the right syntax for the Microsoft Search within Outlook" 🙂

      The following table shows examples of searches you might find useful. The search query syntax, available when the Instant Search (Instant Search: A Search feature that provides search results quickly with word highlighting as you type. The Instant Search pane is always available in Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Folder List, and Journal.) feature is enabled, follows this basic form: keyword:your search criteria value.

      Other links that with Outlook search shortcuts:
      http://bit.ly/hzPAI5

      (tags: outlook search email)

    What are the BIG 8 things that lead to SUCCESS

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    What are the 8 secret things that lead to success?

    Listen to the TED video (it’s only 3 minutes long) and it will tell you what the 8 things are. If your even more impatient and don’t even want to have a short explanation here’s the list – do it – become successful – not my words, but sounds like good advice!

    1. Persist
    2. Focus
    3. Work
    4. Passion
    5. Serve
    6. Push
    7. Good
    8. Ideas

    Embed Google Docs document within your web page

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    One way of showing a formatted document on your web page is to embed a Google Document as an iFrame within your pageThe iFrame would then contain the document you wanted to view, including the ability to scroll the pages and print, etc. this is a good way to show the final document to your viewers in an easy to read format.The document viewer http://docs.google.com/viewer has two parameters:

    1. url: the URL of the document
    2. embedded: if set to TRUE the viewer will use the embedded mode interface

    So, if you wanted to view a PDF or DOC on your web page you would use an IFrame and the document (PDF, DOC, etc.)

    http://docs.google.com/viewer?
      url=http://freesoftware.mit.edu/papers/sturmer.pdf
      &embedded=true

    I have created an example of the above page here

    If, for example you have a document called ‘test.doc’ the various options to view this document would be:

    Paste this link into email or IM:
    http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=test.doc

    Or, paste this HTML tag into your blog or website for a link to the viewer:
    <a href=”http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=test.doc”>View</a&gt;

    For an embedded viewer, use this HTML tag instead:
    <iframe src=”http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=test.doc&embedded=true&#8221; width=”600″ height=”780″ style=”border: none;”></iframe>

    The benefit of using this method instead of just using the native Google viewer is that the user still has the focus of your web page with all the surrounding information and is not taken off to the google site to view the document. You can use this technique to view all supported Google documents, which would be very useful for such things as presentations and spreadsheets. The ifame is the container to hold the document, in the above example the width and height were set to keep the document within the page of the web page, these are of course not required. There are other attributes for iFrames such as the frameborder and scrolling properties. You could also apply some CSS styling to make the appearance more in keeping with your sites theme. for example:

    You could use the iFrame generator to create all the basic code for you and then just add your Google document to the src attribute. There is a Google Docs Generator that you can enter a url of a document and then generate all the various links automatically.

    Lastly… if you just want to view a PDF or other document online you could go directly to: http://docs.google.com/viewer