If you have never gone through the frustration of sharing 100 Google documents individually, you will likely have no interest in the new Google Docs folder-sharing function. However, if you are like me, carefully categorizing every single Google document that you create or have been granted access to share, or you frequently have to coordinate the sharing of countless Google Documents, Sites, Calendars, the works — well you know who you are, and you know how exciting this is.

I think there are a lot of us saying, “It’s about bloody time!” Honestly, what took Google so long to make this happen? It seemed like a simple enough concept to me. But, let’s not dwell on the negative criticism, let’s just celebrate that Google has added yet another useful function to their, dare I say,  “awesome” arsenal of free Google Apps.

You can now share an entire folder worth of Google Docs with the people you know and love.

Here’s how it works (and it’s not rocket science, folks):

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