Syncplicity users can sync Word Documents, PowerPoint Presentations, and Excel Spreadsheets with their Google Docs account. If you have a Google Apps Premier account, you can also sync any other files such as PDFs and ZIP files with Google Docs as well. Syncing with Google allows you to integrate Google Docs and Google Apps with your existing programs and files in a seamless manner. For example, you can create and edit the same file within Microsoft Office as a Word document or within Google Docs as a word processing document. Changes made to the file in either location are automatically synced to the other location.

How to Link and Synchronize Documents with Google Docs

1. If you are linking with a Google Apps account (typically e-mail addresses in a custom, non-Gmail.com domain), you will need to have logged into your account at least once through your browser and selected “Stay signed in” for the first linking. You are free to sign out after the initial linkage has occurred.
2. Login to the Syncplicity user account at http://my.syncplicity.com
   
3. Click on the Google Docs tab
4. Click on Link to Google Docs button
5. Log into your account
1. If you are linking to a Google Account (typically accounts ending in @gmail.com), enter in your login credentials into the window and click continue.
   
2. If you are linking to a Google Apps Account (typically accounts in a non-Google domain), you should see a screen similar to that above asking you which Google Apps account you wish to link to. If you are instead prompted for a login, you will need to exit this process; your account has not been remembered on this machine. You will need to start the process from step 1.
6. Grant access to allow Syncplicity to access and synchronize with your Google Docs account
7. Choose a folder in your Syncplicity Account to synchronize with Google Docs. The content of this folder will be uploaded to Google Docs and content from Google Docs will be synchronized to this folder. The recommended setting is My Documents.
8. Select your conversion options. You have a choice of file formats for each file type. When you create a new file within Google Docs, this setting determines what type of file Google Docs will save the new document as on your computer. Existing files and files created in any Google Docs supported file format, such as .DOC, .RTF, and .TXT, on your computer that are modified in Google Docs will always synchronize to and from your computer as their original file type as long as the type is supported. Recommended settings for each file type are the Microsoft Office file types.
   
   Note: If you have a Google Apps Premier account, you can also choose to not convert your files. Your files will be synced but not converted by Google Docs. You will be able to view your files but not edit them within Google Docs. New files created within Google Docs will not sync back to your Syncplicity account.
9. Click Finish.

Once Google Docs has been linked with a given user account, Business Edition will immediately begin to upload files to Google Docs. Depending upon the total size, number of files, and current Google server load, it may take between 10 to 20 minutes before files and folders first begin to appear within Google Docs as Google converts and indexes each file. Future files sync’ed between Syncplicity and Google are processed more quickly, typically taking about two minutes to appear in Google Docs.

Note: Google Docs has some limitations on file sizes, types, and may not fully support all Microsoft Office document features. If a file is not syncing, please check the list of known Google Docs limitations documented here: Google Apps and Google Docs Sync Limitations