Microsoft Office Cloud Services to Save Files

Doesn’t matter you are a student, working professional or a businessman, managing various kinds of data is what everyone comes across in daily routine. This data could be in the form of a document, spreadsheet, presentation or more. You must be thinking that what’s new in managing the personal or business data; we all are doing that from decades. By creating a document and then placing it into the right folder in any of the computer hard drive sorts out everything.

What if you accidently delete this folder or someone else having the access of your system deletes it intentionally? What if you are working on a document (without saving it) and the computer system shuts down due to any reason. The whole of your hard work containing your confidential information will go in vain. To avoid such situation, Microsoft has brought in a comprehensive array of cloud services in its Office productivity suite. These services are a perfect way of losing the whole mailing headache, simply by allowing you save your files in the cloud.

Not only this, with MS Office cloud services, you can even work in real-time with your work buddies. It also allows you to chat with your buddies to discuss something you are working together on. The best part of this is you don’t need to focus on saving the document or spreadsheet, every time you edit it. That’s because of the auto save feature included in the cloud services. One Drive, an inclusion in Office 2016 is one such service we are talking about here. Apart from One Drive, there are two more cloud services you can take advantage from. These are:

Drop box

Dropbox is a handy application for saving files on the Office cloud. From professionals to the consumers, everyone use it to ensure their important files remain safe forever. This service is not a part of the Office suite, but you can add it as a sync client by creating a sync folder. This is the location where all your files can be saved. To do this task, follow these steps:

1. Quit all the Office applications
2. Download Dropbox Sync Client by visiting the official Dropbox website
3. Install the Dropbox installer
4. Log in to your Office account
5. After installation, find the Dropbox icon from the taskbar icons
6. Right-click on it and click or tap on the Settings
7. Choose Preferences
8. Choose Show Dropbox from the General tab as Save location
9. Now, you will see the Dropbox icon in the Save as option

Google Drive

Many of you have already been aware of this amazing cloud service by Google. To access it, you can get the Google Drive plug-in for MS Office plug-in. Once the download finishes, access the file and let the setup to complete. Make sure you have a high-speed and an uninterrupted internet connection. Now, proceed to open any of the Office application. In the next step, get the Google Drive for MS Office Setup Wizard. After this, the Drive will be automatically marks it as a cloud to save location. You can now save all your files directly into the Google Drive cloud.

Source : https://office-setup-install.com/microsoft-office-cloud-services-to-save-files/

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