Using Microsoft Office documents in Google Drive is possible, but can be tricky.
If you try to share a Word document on Google, you can, but if someone opens it, the default is in Google docs and it will make a new copy as a Google Doc and people then can get confused on which is the latest version. You can get a Chrome browser add on (called Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides) that allows you to edit the Word document and it will stay a Word document format. But, you can't have two people edit that document. Google says: To edit Microsoft Office files with others, you'll need to convert them to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. Documents on the K drive are backed up by IT nightly and kept for 2 weeks Documents on Google drive that are deleted are kept in Google's trashcan until you permanently delete them. And Mary says that if you put MS Office docs that you want to print in Google drive, it can mess with the formatting, so you will want to use a network drive if you want someone else to print your document So again I would say it is easier and better to just work on joint documents in G drive if they are G docs and work on joint Microsoft documents on a network drive. But if you want to try working with Office docs on Google drive here are some links: |
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