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Thanks Victoria! I hope you'll watch my other technology videos too.

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Many thanks Hakeem. Thanks for watching! I hope you'll also watch my other tutorials.

Elisabeth Gomez de donde heres cuantos años tienes. Gracias.

+Laura Adams My guess would be that you might have two different Google accounts: 1 that you tend to use on the pc and another that you're signed into on your Google tablet. Can anyone give Laura a better answer than that? I don't own a Google tablet.

Hey so does the Google Drive desktop version use the PC to save files? How does that work?

+Technology for Teachers and Students the same thing

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Kathie Winters Moe Windows 10 is almost here. Once it arrives I should do an update. Thanks for the feedback.

drutgat2 It is possible to import MS Word documents into Google Drive. When you do import them, though, they are "read only." You can't edit them. If you want to edit a MS Word doc that you've imported into Google Drive, you can double-click on the document name, then choose the "Open with" button that will appear at the top of the screen, and select "Google Docs." Doing so will make a copy of your MS Word document and convert it to Google Docs format, which will be editable.

Technology for Teachers and Students Many thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I just noticed that when I email myself a copy of the MS Word document that I have shared with others in Google Drive, the formatting is different from the MS Word document that I shared with others, which is a little worrying, as one wants to know that others are at least seeing the same version of the document. And, as I expected, the formatting of the original MS Word document and the GD version of that document are different. This is problematic. Thanks again for your reply.

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Dear reader of this comment, While on drive.google.com, when you upload a document, Word or other format, if you have, prior to uploading, selected the option "Convert uploaded files to Google document editor format," it IS then editable by you and, simultaneously, by whomever you have/will share it with. That option is set by clicking on the "gear" icon at the upper right on the main Gdrive page then selecting "settings." The setting is "on" until you shut it off, and vice-versa, to allow for bulk uploading and converting of files. One caution for you, before editing any Google doc that has been uploaded/"converted": it may not be downloaded with ALL the original formatting supported by the app that was used to originally create the document, say MS Word (i.e., some formatting may be lost upon "Download As" in the document's "File" menu [while you are "in" the document, and/or, in the popup menu>Download - using right mouse button on the document's name - while you are in the document's PARENT FOLDER view]). HOWEVER :) IF a document contains formatting that will be lost upon downloading then you probably didn't need that formatting in the first place. Why? Because it was only used in a non-standard proprietary (Microsoft, etc.) document. Haha!

Question? I have my photos in Google Drive already I'm trying to transfer all of my photos and important documents to my Microsoft account , how do I do that without cluttering up my PC. Get and sound advice btw

You would be totally at the mercy of the internet. Anything that is on the internet isn't exactly 100% secure there will always be a potential that someone could steal or otherwise manipulate your personal files including deleting them or otherwise. I just use it for general notes, and a way to store something to be able to copy it to another device easily. I don't store anything long term that would need to be secure.

William Todd Fortunately that is what I currently do because I did not feel comfortable putting everything up. Thanks for the advice.

I agree that anything saved on the cloud or on a machine connected to a network/internet is vulnerable. But, consider the amount of resources Google has to make its data centers secure. Files sent to and from Google Drive are encrypted. The likelihood of someone intercepting that file or accessing Google's file servers and decrypting it is virtually nil. I doubt a lot of folks encrypt their own files they store on their own PC. Also, you will never have to worry about losing any files or data with Google Drive. To me it is the ultimate secure long term storage solution (barring some sort of nuclear annihilation where all of the Google data centers are leveled, but if that happened then you have more important things to worry about than old files :) ). Not to mention, there are a TON of universities, school systems, and government agencies that use the service. If its good enough for them its good enough for me. Just my two cents.

Ed Shewbridge I now use Google Drive, as well as Google Calendar. Both work great, easy access from any internet capable device. I agree, it seems secure and probably more secure than your personal computer with antivirus and antispyware installed. I'm definitely getting a lot of use out of these Google features on a daily basis at work and at home. Don't have to carry around thumb drives and risk the drive being lost or stolen.

William Todd Glad to hear it! I'm not a Google rep or anything, but our school district recently dropped Outlook and adopted the whole Google Apps for Education. We are saving a ton of time and money on licensing, storage and server maintenance, e-discovery processes, staff collaboration and productivity, and so on. Drive and Gmail storage is unlimited for Education and it was free!