Use the Google Cloud connect plugin in Word

does the process of using Office software always worry about the hard drive hangs off, all Office Project naught? Project in progress, cannot collaborate with others to work with important documents? In fact, all this can be solved in the "cloud Office".

Microsoft has a cloud version of Office products Office 365,OFFICE2010 also has a new "cloud Office" function, but the lower version of Office can not experience the "cloud Office" it? Through Google's "Google Cloud Connect" plug-in, directly to the cloud features into Microsoft Office, so that the old version of Office users can also enjoy the convenience of the cloud.

　　Google Cloud Connect Plugin
Download Address: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/cloudconnect
Supported objects: Office 2003/2007/2010
Plug-in introduction: For important Office documents, in addition to using mobile storage devices for backup, uploaded to the network hard disk is also added a "double insurance." Google Cloud Connect can automatically upload Microsoft Office documents to Google Docs, online storage, historical editions, and collaborative editing can be easily achieved.

Note: The plug-in needs to install Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0 when it is used under Windows XP systems. This article takes the Windows XP system and Office 2003 Environment for example to describe the magical features of this plug-in.

　　Easy A "point" file into the cloud

First open Word 2003, you can see the new Google Cloud connect toolbar, click "Login" to enter your Google Document account login. Login will let you choose how to use, by default automatic (Automatic) sync to Google docs, or manually (Manual) sync. Of course, can also be modified at any time, the proposal according to the different requirements of the document to choose.

If you choose to manually, you can click on the "Sync↑" button to sync this file to Google Docs, after the synchronization is complete will display the corresponding link address of the document.

Icon: If you choose to sync manually, be sure to click "Sync" before closing the document

Although it is not possible to edit files directly in Google Docs (unless a new file is transferred), a cloud backup space is a good choice.

Tips: If you choose to automatically, then each time you save the file, the plug-in will automatically sync once.

　　Historical version restore who said no "regret medicine"

How is it good to be able to discover or need a previous state when you have edited and saved an Office document multiple times? With the Google Cloud connect plugin, yesterday is not a dream of recurrence.

If you have a Word file that has been backed up by Google Cloud Connect, click on the Drop-down button after the link address and check the "See Revision history" to get a history version of the document on the right. Select a history version, first appear "Preview", let you see if this version of the content is what you need, confirm the restore and press "make this latest version", the document to restore to previous versions.

Diagram: The status of the document at each synchronization is saved in the history version

　　Multi-person Collaboration office efficiency is greatly improved

In a team project, you can edit a document together with your colleagues, which speeds up editing and validation. With Google Cloud Connect, you can frame a "bridge" between you and a colleague or friend who is far away from the other side of the document. First use Microsoft Office to open the file, the document synchronized to Google Docs, click "Share", in the pop-up window to enter colleagues email address and share. If the other person also wants to edit the document, set the other person to edit.

When you log in to Google Docs, you can view the contents of Office files through a link, and if you want to collaborate with editors, you need to download the file to your computer's hard disk, and then edit it by installing Office software with Google Cloud Connect.

In other words, you and your colleague friends can use their Microsoft Office software on two different computers to perform "live" collaborative operations, and your modified data will be transmitted to each other immediately after "sync", and vice versa. How, do you really want to experience this unusual way of collaboration?

Diagram: Sharing to multiple users at the same time