Arrr, me hearties! Google be makin' OneDrive and Microsoft 365 play nice with Chromebooks - good news for ye scurvy students!
2024-04-25
Avast ye mateys, tis be a jolly good day for us scallywags! Yonder Chromebooks be sailin' smoother seas with the help o' OneDrive and Microsoft 365. No more walkin' the plank tryin' to make 'em work together, arrr!
In the language of a 17th-century pirate, Google be makin' improvements fer both OneDrive an' the web versions o' Microsoft 365 staples like Word an' Excel on Chromebooks. Ye now be havin' the choice to work on Microsoft's or Google's productivity apps without sacrificin' ease o' use. Arrr!According to a post on the ChromeOS Beta Tester Community blog, users can now open an Office file an' choose to open it directly in the Microsoft 365 app. Ye be prompted to install a new app connectin' Microsoft OneDrive an' the Chromebook Files app. Once yer preference be set, ChromeOS will remember an' ye can access yer files easily!
If ye be wantin' to try it out yerself, search fer "upload-office-to-cloud" an' ye should be prompted to set up Microsoft 365 to open yer files. Arrr!
It be great to see a smoother way fer people to use Microsoft 365 on Chromebooks, especially fer students an' professionals dealin' with various file formats. This new feature be makin' ChromeOS more accessible an' convenient fer users. Hopefully, we'll see more features like this in the future!