Google Apps Hacks

140 GOOGLE APPS HACKS

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You can search for new content or browse the Google directory,

adding individual gadgets as you come across them. But you can

also add several gadgets all at once.

The iGoogle home page (http://igoogle.com) is the perfect place to organize your Google apps

suite, like Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Reader, or Google Docs. It offers helper gadgets that

showcase your inbox, your calendar events, and your current documents. You can go to iGoogle

and click “Add stuff” to search for these Google gadgets one by one, or you can add the whole lot of

them in one semiautomated swift swoop.

To automatically add these gadgets, click on “Add a tab” on top. Inside the dialog that shows up,

enter the tab name “Google Tools”. Keep the “I’m feeling lucky” checkbox selected when pressing

OK. After a few seconds, you will end up with a new tab collecting all kinds of gadgets.

Because this selection is automated, it may not be exactly what you require. At this time, some of

the useful gadgets that are added were (this may change in the future):

Google Reader, to keep up on your RSS subscriptions

Google Talk, to chat with friends, family, and colleagues

Google Notebook for writing down smaller notes

A Google Maps search

A ToDo List

Google Groups (if you are a member of any)

A Google Docs les overview

Google Docs

Gmail

But some of the gadgets ...