I have many documents stored on Google Docs as text or spreadsheets.
In many of them I put little "todo: something notes"
I would like to search though them and see a list somewhere
Is that possible? Is there an iGoogle gadget, or desktop application, or website, or feature on Google that I have not noticed.
Currently Google supports search docs via GMail, and from docs, but doesn't show search results previews. ie I want to see the content of the todo in the result. eg
search results;
MyBigDoc, todo: get out of bed
MySpreadsheet, todo: make some money
I had a look at the Google docs API and its pretty clear that this would be possible usnig a docs gadget or an iGoogle widget, or even a desktop app.
Best Answer
You can simply just type "todo:" in the Google Docs search box. that will list all documents of all types that have "todo:" in them.