Google Drive for MS Office

Hopefully everyone is becoming more familiar with MS Office.  The firm's plan to transition from Word Perfect to Word by the end of the summer remains on track.

Today, I wanted to mention a helpful add-on form MS Office from Google Drive.

Last year, the firm switched to unlimited storage on Google Drive.  This makes it an extremely convenient place to store working documents.  From Google Drive, you can access your documents from anywhere you have Internet access, without the need for VPN.  It also makes it much easier to share documents with others.

If you install the Google Drive for MS Office add-on, you can save documents created in MS Word directly to your Google Drive.  You can also open previously saved documents directly from Google Drive.  The Add-on also works with Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentation. This can be a great time saver for MS Office documents you need to access from multiple locations.

If you would like to download and install Google Drive for MS Office, you can get it here:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/driveforoffice

Once installed, it shows up as an option on your ribbon.

Keep in mind, of course, that copies of all client related documents should still be stored in the Matter Directory (i.e. MDIR or M: Drive).  If you have working documents related to clients on your Google Drive, just be sure to save a copy to the Matter Directory.