Google Drive now supported in Word for iPad?

Anonymous
2015-02-24T08:32:55+00:00

So Word for iPad's latest update allows integration with Google Drive, but I can't get it to work.

I checked in 'Add a place' - I can select OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, Dropbox or Sharepoint, but no sign of (Google) Drive.

Under ". . . more" , and "Locations" there's a slide button to select Google Drive, but I can't see any effect.  Even with this switched on, Drive doesn't appear under any of the menus.

Is this a bug?

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-16T21:47:04+00:00

    In the Word app, click

    -"Open"

    -"More"

    -"Location"

    -"Google Drive"

    This allowed me to open Word Docs from Google Drive, but not Google Docs. But you can convert them to Word Docs in the Google App.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-29T19:05:02+00:00

    Just wanted to comment that it is working for me.

    August 29, 2016

    iPad 12 inch runing iOS 9.2.1

    Word version 1.24

    Google drive version 4.13.163208

    Word is syncing with my google drive account automatically without a work around.

    Cheers!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-02T22:18:06+00:00

    Another update this morning and still no access to google drive.

    maybe Microsoft employees are not allowed to have a google account and so they can't test it ! :)

    There is a work around to saving a word document on an ipad to google drive.

    Send a copy

    'Send with another app

    upload

    Microsoft needs to fix there game actually so a work around doesn't have to be used,

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-18T12:07:13+00:00

    Here's how to open MS Office files on your iPad (adding a service does not work).

    1. Open the MS Office app (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
    2. Select Open > More > Locations > Google Drive
    3. Select your account and you're in

    Ridiculous this is so buried...

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-09-23T00:21:51+00:00

    It still doesn'r work for me

    Ipad pro

    I have IoS 9.3.5

    Word 1.25

    Google Drive version (I couldn't see how to get te version but I installed it in Sept 2016 and it is te modt uptodate)

    I can save word for Ipad to Google Drive but the docs are empty (0 bytes). I try to open a word doc saved on Goolge Drive and it starts to open but disappears before the file opens.

    One Drive works fine but this doesn't sync well for me (so I have to upload to the server), and I have most of my stuff on Google Drive. This is a very annoying bug.

    Anyone found a fix that works for everyone

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