[kwlug-disc] Productivity Suites, calendars, and contacts

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

The Calendar syncs seamlessly. Of course you have to be using Google
Calendar from a web browser.

As for tasks, for a long time Google did not have real tasks in the
browsers. Now, I see that they add it as a separate Calendar, but have
not used to say if it is useful or not.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Joe Wennechuk
<youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Do the calendar, and tasks also sync nicely?
>
>> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:23:20 -0500
>> From: kb at 2bits.com
>> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Productivity Suites, calendars, and contacts
>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Joe Wennechuk
>> <youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > So I guess my question is what is the best way to manage my contacts and
>> > calendar so they stay sync'd across my desktop, android device, and
>> > internet. What are some of you using for this purpose?
>>
>> Nothing special at all.
>> All you need is your Gmail account and an Android device, and you
>> already have both of them.
>>
>> Get all your contacts from where ever you have them, and export them
>> to a CSV file. I did that from Yahoo way back when, and Gmail imported
>> them all (on the desktop, not on Android).
>>
>> Here is what Google says
>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/12118?hl=en
>>
>> Then you spend several hours cleaning them, merging duplicates,
>> ...etc. Yes, it is tedious, but definitely worth the effort.
>>
>> Once you do that, you now sync your android device with your Gmail
>> account. Automagically, everything will be kept in sync for you. You
>> edit a contact on the phone, and it is on your desktop, and vice
>> versa.
>>
>> This is the best selling point of Gmail and Android.
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