Syncing contacts/address book with Gmail

What is the sync icon on the Menulet bar syncing when I click on this icon?
I have new iMac. I use Google Apps where I have my contacts and calendar. My mail is pulled from the Google servers to Outlook 2011.
iCal seems to sync correctly with my Google Calendar. However I have many duplicate contacts in Address Book. I have Microsoft Office 2011 with Outlook on my iMac. In Outlook 2011 under Contacts I have these same duplicate contacts.
If I correct the duplicate contacts in Gmail, will clicking on the Sync icon on the menulet bar sync Address Book and Outlook 2011 contacts with the corrected contact list in Gmail? I want the Google contacts to receive any changes I make in Address Book and Outlook, and any changes I make in Gmail contacts to be received in Address Book and Outlook. Will this be done automatically or must I click the Sync icon on the menulet bar?

I have resolved this problem. I found that it is not necessary to click on the the Sync icon to have Address Book, iCal, and Outlook 2011 sync with Google Mail. I have over 2,500 duplicate contacts in Google Mail. I uses the tool in Google Mail/contacts to find duplicate and merged them. All is well.

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