If you often use Microsoft Office on your deskyop and Google Docs & Google Apps to collaborate your work with others, see changes, edits in real time; you might aware of the hassels of transfering files back and forth and keeing in sync. To solve these problems, just install a free tool called “OffiSync,” that gives you a tight integration between Office and Google Docs to help you do the following: “Save your Office files on Google docs just as if saving them locally. Access files from any computer using “browser only” OR use Office to access those files when you use your own computer, just as if stored locally; Use integrated Google Search to find your documents; Share and collaborate with others by combining Office and Google Docs collaboration features. OffiSync will let you save a document online and add collaborators right from within the Office toolbar.”

More info: OffiSync