Google Docs is a powerful tool that giving you the flexibility to be productive from your desk, at office, or even when you’re offline. This amazing free cloud tool has helped middle-sized companies move forward successfully while keeping costs to a minimum. If any platform can bring cloud computing to web-based documents with real-time collaboration, it could be Google Docs.

Today I am going to show you 10 Free Google Docs Tools to enhance your user experience with this fantastic tool.

1. GDocBackup

   

   GDocBackup is simple utility to backup (export) all your documents from Google Docs™ to local disk. It’s open source freeware.

2. GDocsUploader

   GDocsUploader is a little utility to help you upload documents to Google Docs. Once you’ve logged in, uploading is as simple as dragging and dropping files onto the GDocsUploader icon.

   

3. OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs

   OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs (OOo2GD) is a plugin to OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (should work also with other Offices derived from OpenOffice.org) which will let you export and import your documents, spreadsheets and presentations to and from Google Docs.

   

4. gDocsBar

   gDocsBar is a sidebar extension for firefox, a perfect companion for Google® Docs. With gDocsBar, you can drag and drop multiple files into the sidebar to upload documents.

   

    

5. Open IT Online

   Open IT Online (Firefox add-on) allows you to open documents and images online without the need of any software to be installed. It supports Google Docs, Zoho, View Docs Online, Vuzit to edit/view documents and Snipshot, Pixlr, Sumo Paint, etc. to edit/view images.

   

6. Send to Google Docs

   Send to Google Docs (Firefox add-on) lets you view web documents in Google Docs without requiring any desktop software. It supports PDF, Microsoft Office and Open Office formats.

   

7. Gladinet Cloud Desktop (GCD)

   Gladinet Cloud Desktop (GCD) can mount web storage as local folders, including Google Docs. Users can access their web files in Windows Explorer. It delivers Web applications to desktop.

   

8. Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

   Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office brings collaborative multi-person editing to the familiar Microsoft® Office experience. You can share, backup and simultaneously edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint® and Excel® documents with colleagues.

   

9. Google Docs Gadget

   Google Docs Gadget for Google Desktop which allows you to search and open your Google documents right from your desktop, including drag-and-drop uploading for documents.

   

10. Google Docs Android App

    Create, edit, upload and share your documents with the Google Docs app. Edits to your documents appear to collaborators in seconds.

    

11. iGoSyncDocs

    iGoSyncDocs is a desktop application(Swing based) that offers an easy way to access and synchronize files to Google Docs across multiple computers.

    

12. iGoogleBar

    iGoogleBar is a Firefox extension that adds Google Apps favicons to the Google Apps Bar, using them as triggers for the Apps’ respective iGoogle Gadgets.

    

13. gPDF

    gPDF is a handy tool to view online PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, RTF, Open Document format (ODT, ODS, ODP), CSV, SXW, SXC and SXI files. It sets links to these file formats to open with Google Docs Viewer and Zoho Viewer.