You don't really need the Google Calendar addon - though it makes it slightly easier than using the normal WebDav / iCal which comes standard with TB, though not as much as you'd notice. Basically iCal / Google Calendar Addon creates a live copy of your Google calendar inside TB.
In order to get hold of the codes it needs, open your Google calendar in a web browser. At the top-right, click on Settings and then Calendar Settings. You should now see the Calendar Settings page (open on the General tab). Click on the Calendars tab - you should now have a list of all your Google Calendars (including any subscribed calendars such as SA Holidays). Click on any one of them to see their info - at the very bottom would be a Private Address. Copy the link under the iCal button. Those in the normal Calendar Address is so you can share your calendar as read-only to others.
Start a new calendar in TB (File --> New --> Calendar), choose "On the Network" & click Next. Choose either iCal (the default) or Google Calendar (if you've got the addon). Paste the link you've copied into the Location field. Click next, give it a descriptive name, and choose its background colour (to distinguish it from any other calendars). From now on you have a on-line & off-line version of your Google Calendar(s). Which will also sync with your Android phone. You can drag the calendars in order in TB's sidebar - the top one would become your default, but any time you create an event you can still save it to a different calendar, or even modify it and save to another.
If you want your own calendar (i.e. not through Google) you need to right-click & export any of TB's calendars as an iCal file. Plug in your phone's USB/Bluethooth/Wireless, copy the iCal to it, unplug it and then use any of the free iCal tools on the market - something like this: https://market.android.com/details?id=at.aichbauer.ical
With some of those you can have it "backup" the iCal (and even VCF for contacts) files periodically to the phone's memory card. Then every time you plug it into the PC it will be available for import to TB (or whatever else you're using). You can even have TB link to this through "Publishing" a calendar to such iCal file - that way every time your phone's connected you can edit it in TB. Then import it into your phone.
If you have an Exchange server, you should be able to setup TB to link to its calendar (or perhaps use some other addon like Zindus). Your Android should already have the capability to link directly to it through the Corporate account type (instead of the google type).
Thus far for me the easiest is to use the Google Calendar - no need for any import / export at all. It's live in all of TB, Google Web & Android - all at once. There probably is a quick-n-easy way to sync between the PC & Phone without needing to be online - I haven't tried all of the 1000's of apps on the market yet, so I can't say for sure. Anyone know of a good one, please chip-in!
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