Google Desktop Search brings the power of Googles search capabilities to your computer. Google Desktop includes Sidebar, a panel on your desktop which provides convenient, one-glance access to all sorts of personalized information.

Quick Find makes launching applications and searching your desktop easy and fast. From within any application, just type a few letters or words into Sidebar's search box and you'll see the top results pop up instantly. You can use Quick Find to launch applications without having to deal with the Start menu; for example, if you have Microsoft Word installed, you can launch it by just typing "wor" into the Sidebar search box and selecting "Microsoft Word" in the list of results that appears. Google Desktop provides two ways, in addition to Sidebar, to quickly do a desktop or web search without first having to go to a web page: - The Deskbar is a small search box in your Windows taskbar. Just type in your query and results will appear in Quick Find. You can access the menu and maximize the Sidebar with the buttons to the right of the search box. - Deskbar MenuJust click on the triangle next to the Deskbar or Floating Deskbar to bring up its menu. You'll see options to Pause Indexing, see the indexing status, go to Preferences, go to the Desktop About page, choose between your display options, and close the Deskbar. Outlook Integration Google Desktop adds a toolbar into Outlook that makes searching your email more convenient. Just open Outlook and type a search term into the search field. Your email results will be displayed in a familiar list view within Outlook, including columns for "From", "Subject", and "Date". A snippet that contains your search terms will also be displayed with each result. You can sort the list view by clicking on columns and jump to a specific result by typing a letter. For example, if you sort results by "from" and type the letter "J", you'll jump to seeing results where the sender begins with the letter "J".