You can Save As to PDF on your computer but, strangely, can’t save a PDF copy direct to OneDrive.This story is part of 12 Days of Tips, helping you make the most of your tech, home and health during the holiday season.
Of course, you can download any file/document from too. The original document is saved on OneDrive (Office Online auto-saves, there’s no Save button). When you’ve finished editing, go to File | Save As to save/ download a copy of the document to your computer. PDF files can be viewed, but not converted/edited (that requires Word software). Or choose ‘Open in Word’ to use Word software on your computer.Īll Office compatible documents saved in your OneDrive account can be opened in Office Online. Once the document is uploaded, find it in OneDrive, click the little menu icon then ‘Open in Word Online’. Choose a folder or use the main/root folder. Go to your OneDrive account and upload your document using, surprise, surprise, the Upload button. you’re using someone else’s computer or a public terminal). For this example, we’ll assume there’s no synchronization available (i.e. OneDrive apps can synchronize files or folders between your computer and the OneDrive online storage. This is easier if you have the OneDrive program/app running on your Windows/Mac computer. In short, upload the document to OneDrive, switch to Word/Excel/PowerPoint Online to open the document, then save back to your computer when finished. Here’s how to use Office Online with documents saved on your computer. It’s not possible to simply upload a document directly into Office Online. You have to upload into your OneDrive storage then open the document from there into Office Online. But that doesn’t mean you have to do what Microsoft wants. Microsoft wants people to put all their documents in their OneDrive service and has designed Office Online (and other Office apps) to prefer OneDrive. Or go to to directly get into OneDrive and the available documents. Scroll down the web page to see a list of recently opened documents. Also, a link to OneDrive where all the Office Online documents are saved.
Continuing from Your free and standby Microsoft Office alternative: Office Online to start go to, login to your MS account (if not already logged in).Ĭlick on the buttons for Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online or OneNote Online.
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