Google service tips
Last edited November 3, 2008
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there's a way to save all the information related to a Google service: append ?fulldump=1 to the address of a Google help center. This doesn't work for all Google services, but here's a list of addresses that dump all the information from a help center (note that the pages are very large and are frequently updated):

Gmail Help: http://mail.google.com/support/?fulldump=1

Google Calendar Help: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/?fulldump=1

Google Docs Help: http://docs.google.com/support/?fulldump=1

Google Spreadsheets: http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/?fulldump=1

Google Presentations: http://docs.google.com/support/presentations/?fulldump=1

Google Reader Help: http://www.google.com/support/reader/?fulldump=1

Google Video Help: http://video.google.com/support/?fulldump=1

YouTube Help: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/?fulldump=1

AdSense Help: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/?fulldump=1

Analytics Help: http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics?fulldump=1

Google Desktop Help: http://desktop.google.com/support/?fulldump=1

Picasa Help: http://picasa.google.com/support/?fulldump=1

Google Toolbar for IE: http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/?fulldump=1

Google Toolbar for Firefox: http://www.google.com/support/firefox/?fulldump=1

Google Earth (PDF): http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/google_earth_user_guide.pdf
GMail

Daily Tech Update: Quick Access to Gmail Attachments
eric-mooney.blogspot.com/2008/07/quick-access-to-g...
Using Advanced Operator Searches:

The best way to get results is to play with the operators in your search. You can find the search operators here. Here are some that I use:
  • has:attachment (*.mov || *.wmv || *.wm) - With this in my searchfield, it will return any videos that were sent to me with the formats of .mov, .wmv or .wm.
  • has:attachment (*.wav || *.mp3 || *.m4a || *.wma) -"You have received a new voicemail message" - This search string will return all .wav, .mp3, m4a and wma files that were attached, but that don't include the string "You have received a new voicemail message" in it. (I have my voicemails emailed to me and I don't want to include them in my music search.
使用搜尋快速找到含有某些副檔的郵件。

Searching your Gmail inbox

Of course, a solid Gmail tutorial wouldn't be complete without a quick rundown of searching your Gmail (it's Google, after all!).

Search operators in Gmail work much the same as they do with Google. Type the operator followed by a colon, and then your search term (e.g., to:tips@lifehacker.com). Likewise, you can exclude terms from your search with the hyphen (-).

The search operators allow you to limit the scope of your search to the to (to:), from (from:), and subject (subject:) fields. Easy enough, right? You can also search based on labels (label:), emails with attachments (has:attachment), and even dates (after:/before:yyyy/mm/dd).

Search operators will come in especially handy if you need more flexibility when setting up filters (you can add any search term to the "Has the words" field). Here's a comprehensive list of Gmail search operators.

Using advanced search - Help Center
mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7190
Firefox 3: Set Firefox 3 to Launch Gmail for mailto Links
lifehacker.com/392287/set-firefox-3-to-launch-gmai...
 
Official Gmail Blog: Tip: Set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3
gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/power-tip-set-gmail...
1) Go to Gmail and sign in.

2) While in Gmail, copy and paste the following into your browser's address bar and hit enter.

javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://
mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")


Google Apps users can use this code (but be sure to replace yourdomain.com with your Google Apps domain name):

javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://
mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")


3) Click "Add Application" when you are prompted1. Congrats, you just added Gmail to your browser's list of mail clients.



4) To set Gmail as your default, click on this link and you will be prompted with a dialog box listing available email applications. By selecting Gmail and checking "Remember my choice for mailto links" you won't have to tell your browser again. (You don't actually need to send an email after you click that link.)



You can always change this setting by going into "Tools" > "Options" (or "Firefox" > "Preferences," for Mac users) selecting "Applications" and going to the "mailto" option. There's a drop down next to the option that lets you change your default. Clicking "Application details" will take you to a settings page where you can completely remove Gmail or other mail apps.

If you want to find the messages that have a certain kind of star, use one of the following queries:
has:yellow-star (or l:^ss_sy)
has:blue-star (or l:^ss_sb)
has:red-star (or l:^ss_sr)
has:orange-star (or l:^ss_so)
has:green-star (or l:^ss_sg)
has:purple-star (or l:^ss_sp)
has:red-bang (or l:^ss_cr)
has:yellow-bang (or l:^ss_cy)
has:blue-info (or l:^ss_cb)
has:orange-guillemet (or l:^ss_co)
has:green-check (or l:^ss_cg)
has:purple-question (or l:^ss_cp)
Call For Help: Filter Spam Based on Language Keywords?
lifehacker.com/399745/filter-spam-based-on-languag...
An undocumented Gmail advanced search operator lets you narrow down messages by language—using lang:Chinese for example—but several readers report the results are inconsistent and often imperfect. Do you filter email based on language? How do you do it? Help Nick out in the comments.
Gmail: Gmail Superstars and Quick Links Make a Killer To-Do List
lifehacker.com/400622/gmail-superstars-and-quick-l...
I went to the General settings (after enabling the two features) and enabled the red, orange and green stars (as well as keeping the original yellow star).

Then I assigned each of the new colors of stars to a few emails to test my search (which would later be the basis of my Quick Link):

l:^ss_sr OR l:^ss_so OR l:^ss_sg

This search shows an email which has the "label" Superstar Star Red OR has the "label" Superstar Star Orange OR has the "label" Superstar Star Green.

todo-quicklink.pngNext I saved the Quick Link as "Todo List." As for what the stars mean, I keep things red if I still have to do it, orange if it's in progress, and green if I need to keep it in the pile for a while even though I'm done with it. Then when I no longer need it, I remove the star and the item is subsequently removed from the list.

Gmail: Gmail Superstars and Quick Links Make a Killer To-Do List
lifehacker.com/400622/gmail-superstars-and-quick-l...
Incidentally, here's the full list of label-names to query on:
   has:yellow-star (or l:^ss_sy)
   has:blue-star (or l:^ss_sb)
   has:red-star (or l:^ss_sr)
   has:orange-star (or l:^ss_so)
   has:green-star (or l:^ss_sg)
   has:purple-star (or l:^ss_sp)
   has:red-bang (or l:^ss_cr)
   has:yellow-bang (or l:^ss_cy)
   has:blue-info (or l:^ss_cb)
   has:orange-guillemet (or l:^ss_co)
   has:green-check (or l:^ss_cg)
   has:purple-question (or l:^ss_cp)
Google Docs

PT’s blog » Blog Archive » Google Docs as a blog editor?
ptsefton.com/2008/03/14/google-docs-as-a-blog-edit...

Google Docs was still not producing good clean HTML for me, either in the editing interface or when the document was pushed to my blog. When I use it I get br tags in between my paragraphs rather than proper p elements. How did those other people get it to output proper paragraphs? I finally figured out that you need to select your paragraphs and apply the Style Normal paragraph. That’s a small amount of progress.

graphics1

Basic Editing : Keyboard shortcuts - Google Docs Help Center
docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=66280
f you need more space to edit your documents in Google Docs or if you want to read a document, there's now a full-screen mode that hides the menus and the toolbar. Just select View > Full-screen mode or type Ctrl-Shift-F to go into full-screen mode.
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