Three new toolbars for Web, email and desktop applications were introduced today by Skype.

The new toolbars are designed to help make Internet calling even more convenient for both consumers and businesses. With the new toolbars, people can easily initiate voice and video calls, and instant messages directly from popular computer applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer.

The three new toolbars recently introduced are Skype Toolbar for MS Office, Skype Toolbar for Outlook Express and Skype Toolbar for Thunderbird. Skype also announced upgrades to two existing toolbars for popular Web browsers – Skype Toolbar for Internet Explorer, Skype Toolbar for Firefox– as well as an upgrade to the Skype Toolbar for Outlook.

What the toolbars really do is to allow the users to easily call any phone number contained in a Microsoft Office document, email or Web page with one click.

“Extending Skype functionality into popular computer applications brings simple communication and collaboration to our customers,” said Peter Kalmström Toolbars Product Manager for Skype. “With our new toolbars, a Skype user can instantly connect with the desired party with just one click, making Internet calling extremely convenient.”

Skype toolbars are backwards compatible, supporting all versions of Microsoft Office through Office 2000 (Outlook/Office 2000, XP and 2003), Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 (beta), as well as Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0 and 7.0 (beta).

All Skype toolbars are free and can be downloaded from the Skype website.