Once properly installed you can launch from Drive, edit, and save these files directly back to Drive.Īn icon, identifying the document as a non-Google document looks like a computer with a pencil pointed at the screen ( ), and it will be displayed to the right of your document name. To open and edit your non-Google files (Microsoft Office, images, PDFs, etc.) directly from Google Drive and keep them synchronized you need to have a program able to edit those file types as well as the UFO extension installed. Note: Most college-owned computers have Chrome web browser already installed however if you do not have Chrome web browser already, you can download it here: For instructions on downloading and installing AODocs Universal File Opener please see our page on installing the AODocs extensions. In order to edit non-Google files directly in Drive, you will need to use the Chrome web browser and have the Universal File Opener (UFO) extension installed. This is cumbersome, but there is a better way to edit these files now and that is by using AODocs Universal File Opener. Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint, images, PDFs, etc.) you would need to download the file, make your changes, and then re-upload the new file.
When using Google Drive via a web browser, if you wanted to edit any document not native to Google (e.g.
