Google Wave is gaining pouplarity day by day and the number of users using Google Wave are increasing. As Google_Wavethe popularity of Google Wave increases people are discovering new features in it. Here is a step by step guide to help you share , edit and view Google Docs in Google Wave.

Google Wave is a personal real-time collaboration and communication platform which allows several users to work on the same tasks together concurrently. People might think Google Wave is same as Google docs , it is similar but it still has a lot great features different from Google Docs. But unfortunately, in Google Wave, a user cannot create, edit or share documents, spreadsheets or presentations. Although it is possible to upload a Word or Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint to Google Wave, the uploaded file becomes an attachment to the wave message, and do not support editing.

Here is a way around this. For users wanting to collaborate and co-edit a document , below is a step by step process to integrate Google Docs and Google wave into a single platform.

1. Create a new wave or open an existing wave that users want to incorporate a Google Docs document.

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2. Click on Add Gadget icon.

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3. Insert the following URL in the URL field to add the gadget in your google Wave. Click the Add button.

http://wave-ide.appspot.com/iframe.xml

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4. The IFrame ( gadget ) will open inside the wave. Click on the edit link.

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5. Enter the full URL of the Google Docs document , worksheet or presentation to be embedded in the Google Wave as a web page.

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You may also adjust the height in pixels as per viewing comfortability

6. Click on View link and the Google Doc will be opened in the Wave and enabled for sharing and editing.

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Note: To access the embedded Google Docs file, the participants of the wave must also been granted the access to view and/or edit the document, worksheet or presentation file in Google Docs, as defined by the “Share” function.

Similar can be done for some other google services as well like Google calender etc.