
File the file or files you want to upload, and drag them to the Google Drive in your browser.

Click "New" and then choose "File upload." Select one or more files from your computer and they'll be uploaded to your Google Drive. You can also upload the files via a web browser.If you've already installed Google Drive for desktop (see the previous section), you can open the virtual Google Drive folder and the Office documents folders on the desktop and copy or move the files between the two locations.

If you have Office documents stored locally on your computer, you can upload them to Google Drive for storage and online editing. Dave Johnson/Insider How to upload Office files to Google Drive That means you can open and save files from Office directly to Google's cloud.Īny changes you make to your Office documents will be immediately available to anyone else sharing the files, and if other people make changes to the files - even in Google Docs - they'll be available to you in Office as well.Īfter installing Google Drive for desktop, your Google Drive appears as a virtual drive on your PC so you can easily open and save Office documents on Google Drive.

If you install Google Drive for desktop in Windows, you will be able to directly access your Google Drive online storage location within Microsoft Office apps. How to integrate Google Drive with Microsoft Office

Here's everything you need to know about integrating Google Drive with Office. You can open Office documents in Google Docs, for example, where multiple people can edit files simultaneously. Not only does that allow you to use Google's online storage for your Office documents, but it improves collaboration as well. While Microsoft makes it easy to use its OneDrive cloud service with Microsoft Office, you're not limited to that pairing - you can also integrate Google Drive with Microsoft Office.
