Samsung Galaxy the Complete Manual 14th Edition

Google Drive The apps

on your device and then eff ortlessly beam them into the offi ce and
even collaborate on live projects with other people.

Uploading fi les
There are two ways to upload fi les to Google
Drive. You can tap the Share button from
within any other app and choose the Drive
option from the list of possible options.
Alternatively, tap on the red ‘+’ icon while in
the app and start the upload process there.
Tapping the ‘+’ icon brings up plenty of other
options. You can create a new folder, create
new fi les for Docs, Sheets or Slides and even
scan. The latter lets you take a photo of documents and upload
them to Drive as PDFs.
The upload process is a lot more effi cient if you are connected to
Wi-Fi, as uploading fi les on a mobile data plan may incur additional
costs. On the fl ip-side, if you know that you aren’t going to have
access to Wi-Fi, you can make fi les available offl ine so that you can
view them when your device loses service. Simply tap on the small
‘i’ icon next to the document to bring up the info page and move
the ‘Keep on device’ slider to ‘On’.

Sharing fi les
As we mentioned, tapping the ‘i’ icon next to a document will bring
up the option to keep a version on your device, but there are plenty
of other options available via the info page too (Fig 2). It is here that
you can add people to collaborate on the fi le, share a link, mark the
fi le with a star to make it easier to fi nd, move the fi le to a diff erent
location, send the fi le to other people, download it to your device
and rename it. Scroll down the page further and you will be able to
set sharing permissions and see who currently has access to the fi le.

To fi nd fi les easily, mark

them with a star, tap the

menu, select ‘Starred’ and

marked fi les will be listed

1 Tap the ‘+’ To upload, tap on

the ‘+’ icon in the lower-right

corner of the Drive interface.

Uploading files

2 Choose Upload From the

menu that appears, choose the

‘Upload’ option to select files.

3 Find file An ‘Open from’ menu

will appear that lets you easily

navigate through your files.

4 Upload file Tap a file you wish

to upload and it’ll be processed

and uploaded in minutes.