Gmail & Calenda Lab
Abo Lab
Google Labs are experimental features that you can add to Gmail and Google Calendar to customize and enhance your inbox and calendar. To help you get started, we've put together a list of the labs we think you'll find useful (some are real time savers!). It's important to remember, though, that a lab can become unstable, stop working, or disappear at any time they are experiments, after all!
Enable Lab
You can enable or disable a lab whenever you like. Here's how:
1. In Gmail or Google Calendar, click Se ing > Lab . 2. For each lab you want to use, click Enable. If you want to stop using a lab, click Di able. 3. Click Sa e Change at the bottom on the page.
Tip: After you enable a lab, you can quickly access the Labs page again by clicking the g een fla k icon ( ) in the upper-right corner of your Gmail or Calendar window.
Recommended Gmail Lab
Google Doc p e ie in mail
Shows previews of documents, spreadsheets and presentations directly in the email when you receive any link to a Google Doc. Also gives an option to open directly in Google Docs.
Me age an la ion
Uses Google Translate to translate messages you receive in other languages.
Q ick Link
Adds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Mail. You can use it for saving frequent searches, important individual messages, and more. Superstars
Adds additional star icons. After enabling this feature: 1. Go to the "General" Settings page to choose which superstars you wish to use. 2. Use either the keyboard shortcut ('s') or click to rotate through your selected superstars. 3. Use the search operator "has:" to find all messages with your superstar (e.g. "has:red-bang", "has:blue-star"). Learn the name of a superstar by hovering over its image in the "General" Settings page.
Pictures in chat
See your coworkers' profile pictures when you chat with them.
Signature t eaks
Places your signature before the quoted text in a reply, and removes the "--" line that appears before signatures.
Sender Time Zone
Should I reply to this mail or just call the guy? Ooops it's 1 am. Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb
Custom date formats
Adds options to the general settings page allowing the date and time format to be changed independent of language. For example, you can use a 24-hour clock (14:57) or show dates with the day first (31/12/07).
Canned Responses
Email for the truly lazy. Save and then send your common messages using a button next to the compose form. Also automatically send emails using filters.
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C ea e a Doc men
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Send & A chi e
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Undo Send
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Hide ead label
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In e ing image
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Google Calenda gadge
Add a b i he ef c hich h G g e Ca e da . See c i g e e , ca i , a d de ai .
Google Doc gadge
Add a b i he ef c hich di a G g e D c . Sh ece d c , a ed d c , a d ha fa ea ch. Recommended Calenda Lab
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A ach Google Doc
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Wo ld clock Keep track of the time around the world. Plus: When ou click an event, ou'll see the start time in each time one as well.