Previously, one of the annoyances of Google Drive was the absence of ability to work with MS Office files directly from the web interface. Editing Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files basically consisted of downloading the file, editing in the appropriate Office software, then uploading the file again to Google Drive.
Google recently released an update that changes that scenario and makes editing Office files possible from Drive. Here is what you need to do to take advantage of the update:
ChromeBook: Nothing! It has been integrated for you.
Chrome Browser: Install this Chrome Extension
Mobile Apps: Nothing! It is automatically rolled out to Android and iOS.
*** Update 7/11/14 ***
It appears that the full functionality of this feature is not available until the Google Drive update is also released. Here is a youtube preview of that update. That update will be rolled out later this summer. If you have successfully used the Chrome browser extension to edit Office files please let me know in the comments!
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