Here you can browse or search for files, as well as delete or rename them. Clicking the Checker Plus icon on the Chrome toolbar opens a panel that shows your files in your Google Drive.
Drive AnywhereĬhecker Plus lets you access Google Drive and manage your files without needing to open your Google Drive home screen in a Chrome tab. Thus, AwesomeDrive saves you from having to manually download your Office documents from Google Drive and upload them again after you’ve worked on them in Microsoft Office. Once the extension is installed in Chrome, you can open an Office document from Google Drive and it will load in the Microsoft Office application (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) that’s installed on your computer.Īfter you edit and save the document in Office, the new version of it will be saved back to Google Drive. If you use Microsoft Office and store your Office documents in Google Drive, AwesomeDrive is a must. If you regularly use Google Drive through Chrome or Chrome OS, consider adding the following extensions to make working with Drive and Google’s productivity apps more efficient and productive. But a number of Chrome browser extensions can add more file management features and other tricks to Google’s cloud storage and office apps. Google Drive is a powerful business tool in its own right, especially when partnered with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.