102 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2019HERE’S HOW COLLABORATE ON OFFICE FILES IN G SUITE
them to add and edit content as well
as add comments. Add a message to
the Note field and make sure the
Notify people box is checked. Then
hit Send. The recipient will receive an
email with a direct link to the file.HOW TO EDIT
MICROSOFT OFFICE
FILES IN G SUITE
The process for editing Office files in
G Suite is virtually the same as with
any of Google’s native formats. First,
go to your Google Drive folder and double-
click a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file. This
will open a preview. At the top, click Open
in Google Docs/Sheets/Slides. The file will
open and you’ll see a .docx, .xlsx, or .pptx
file extension next to the filename on the top
left of the screen to indicate you’re viewing it
in Microsoft Office format.
Once you start
editing a
document,
spreadsheet, or
slide, any changes
to the content will
be saved to the
original Microsoft
Office file and be
instantly viewable
by all other
collaborators.
However, in Wordfiles only, you can also propose edits without
making any changes to the original text.
To do this, select Suggesting mode from
the drop-down menu on the top right of the
toolbar. To suggest an edit, type the proposed
change where you think it should go in the
document. This suggested text is displayed in
a new color, and the text you mark to delete orG Suite lets you suggest edits in Microsoft Word files before
making the changes final.G Suite lets you suggest edits in Word files before making the changes final.