Work with Office files

In Google Drive, double-click the Office file. This will open your file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

Tips:

• Password protected files will open in viewer.
• Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides don't support password protected files.

The following features are not supported when you edit with Docs, Sheets, or Slides:

• Password protected files can be previewed in Google Drive, but not converted to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. Password-protected Office files opened from Drive will open in preview.
• Macros (you can implement your macro in Apps Script).
• Embedded charts and videos in Word and PowerPoint files will be converted to images.
• Linked spreadsheets in Excel files.
• When you transfer protected workbooks and worksheets from Excel to Google Sheets, your locked and hidden cells become viewable and editable in Google Sheets.
• SmartArt images will be converted to Google Drawings.

You can only use OCM using a Chrome browser on your computer.

1. Open a Chrome browser window.
2. Install the Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides Chrome extension.
3. Open any Office file and start editing.

How to know you can edit Office files:

1. Open an Office file.
2. Click the File menu.
3. If you see "Office Compatibility Mode" in the menu, you can edit the file or save it to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

Tip: To edit Office files on a Chromebook, see instructions in the Chromebook Help Center.

To download Office files using OCM:

1. Open a Chrome browser window.
2. Open an Office file.
3. In the top right, click Download.