Want to use Google Docs and Microsoft office together?

Here’s how you could use Harmony for Google Docs to integrates them seamlessly with Outlook.

It lets you integrate your Google Docs account with Outlook via a sidebar.

Integrate Google Docs with Outlook the Easy Way

Getting Started

Download Harmony for Google Docs (link below), and install as normal.

see to it Outlook is closed before you launch the install.

Next time you open Outlook, the new Harmony sidebar will automatically open.

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put in your Google Account info, and click Sign In.

Now, all of your Google Docs will show up in the sidebar.

Double-click any file to open it in Outlook.

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You may have to sign-in to Google Docs the first time you open a document.

Here’s a Google Doc open in Outlook.

Notice that everything works, including full editing.

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All Google Docs features worked great in our tests except for the new drawings tool.

When we tried to insert a drawing, Outlook had a script error.

Harmony makes it easy to find any file in your Google Docs account.

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it’s possible for you to also easily add any document to Google Docs directly from Harmony.

Conclusion

We previously covered a similar app OffiSync whichcombines Google doc features with MS Office.

However, Harmony makes it much easier to use Google Apps along with Outlook.

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This gives you an easy and efficient way to collaborate on documents with coworkers, all without leaving Outlook.

Link

Download Harmony for Google Docs (via cnet)

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