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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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All file storage for my consulting business is on Google Drive. The inability of Microsoft Office apps in iOS to access these files is absurd. I've resisted going over to the Office equivalent apps Google offers but doubt I can hold out much longer.
Come on Microsoft, solve this problem.
It really is time for MS to resolve this problem which has been going on for well over 2 years.
Almosh two years
And the problem is still here
On ipad tablet
Or android tablet
You are to big Microsoft
What is needed here is proper integration with Google Drive.
My work office is all based on Google Drive. Surely Microsoft is big enough to allow people to use an ipad pro with word and google drive.
Google Drive needs adding on a level equal with Dropbox (Other Locations/Add a Place), rather than having to make at least 4 (probably 7 once a folder has been selected) every time I want to open or save (which still doesn't work at all).
Is this a board/strategy decision to force Word users away from Google Drive (is Microsoft really that desperate?) or just an undeveloped peice of software?
How can we request a feature for an ios app?
I can't save to Google at all. I can open files from my Drive, but the auto-saves all stay on the iPad. I've never been able to save from the Word app to Drive. It always throws an error, sometimes it creates a 0kb file in the folder, which is worse.