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Quick Tools for Google Apps is a FREE Windows desktop program that integrates with the most popular Google online applications.
Quick Tools for Google Apps runs in the Windows system tray and notifies you of new email and calendar events.
You can quickly perform tasks such as adding appointments to your calendar or uploading files and folders to Google Docs.
Quick Tools is a great program if you don't want to open a browser everytime you need to check mail or perform some simple tasks in your Google Apps. Quick Tools is lightweight and you can turn off integration to Google applications you are not interested in to minimize network activity.
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This software is completely free and there is no adware or other annoyances included.
Quick Tools for Google Apps v1.0 (Windows XP & Vista)
Google Mail Integration
- Automatically retrieves new emails from all your Google accounts.
- Notifies you with a popup window when new email arrive from any of your Google accounts.
- Popup window will stay open to make sure you notice new email. This behaviour can be changed if you prefer the popup to close automatically.
- You can always view a list of new and recent email even when you are offline.
- All email include links to the mail entry in your Gmail inbox.
Google Docs Integration
Uploading documents to Google Docs can be a bit of a nightmare, especially if you need to upload multiple documents or even whole folders.
Quick Tools for Google Apps makes the task of uploading multiple documents to Google Docs much easier.
- Upload documents to Google Docs strait from Windows file explorer using the context menu.
- Upload multiple files at a time or whole folders.
- Drag and drop files and folders to the Quick Tools upload window to upload documents.
- The Quick Tools upload window lists files that are being uploaded and indicates when files have completed uploading.
Google Calendar Integration
Google Calendar is a great application to keep track of your appointments, and Quick Tools for Google Apps makes it even easier to add new appointments or get calendar reminders even when you are offline.
- Automatically retrieves calendar events from all your Google accounts.
- Calendar reminders are shown in popup windows and you can choose to dismiss the appointments or get new reminders later.
- You can always list todays or tomorrows appointments even when you are offline.
- A list of todays appointments can automatically popup on a given time if you have any appointments that day.
- A list of tomorrows appointments can automatically popup on a given time if you have any appointments that day.
- You can quickly add a new appointment to your calendar without having to first open a browser and navigate to your calendar.
Options & Multiple Accounts
Quick Tools for Google Apps implements a smart way of managing multiple Google accounts. You select one account as the default account, but new mail and calendar reminders are still popping up for all accounts. You always upload documents and add new appointments to your selected default account.
You can set a range of different options for each of your added accounts, and you can choose which Google applications are relevant for each of your accounts.