13 STEPS
1. You can always drag and drop your Microsoft files into your drive OR you can open Google Drive and click New.
2. Click File upload and select the Microsoft file you want to upload. It will work best to export your Microsoft files as .x files first (common types include .docx, .exelx, etc.). In this case, we will select a .docx file from Microsoft Word.
3. Once done uploading, click the file in the bottom right (you can see the blue "W" at left that shows Google Drive recognizes the file as a Microsoft Word document).
4. Click Open with
5. Click Google Docs
6. At the top, we can see that Drive recognizes this as a Microsoft Word format (.docx). You can now edit this document as needed while keeping it in a Microsoft format (this holds true for Excel files, Powerpoint, etc).
7. To share as a Microsoft Word Document, click Share in the top right.
8. You can add specific people in the "add people and groups box" or click change link to Papillion La Vista Community Schools" to get a link to share the file.
9. Click Copy link
10. Click Done
11. If you would like to change the file over to a Google Doc file, Click File.
12. Click Save as Google Docs.
13. It will now open as a new file. You will now have two files, the original Microsoft file and the new Google Doc file. If you want to give other access to the new, Google Doc file, you need to reshare the new Google doc. Otherwise you're done!
