Office Editor Download For Chrome Browser. Edit Office files from the Chrome browser. Office Edition is an extension for Google Chrome browser that allows you to open and edit native Office files from the browser, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. The advantage of this application is not required to have installed any of these products Microsoft. The files that arrive via mail Gmail, or that open from the storage space provides Google Drive, will be able to open directly into Chrome to proceed with reading or editing. In turn, you can open from the browser menu or drag (to the navigation bar any tab) any files (.doc, .xls, .ppt, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx) that have saved the hard disk.
This extension includes function compatibility mode Office (CMO). In the case of having an email account from Gmail to any compatible attachment will be able to open a preview of it, and clicking Docs, sheet or presentation (as applicable) and is passed to the OCM way to proceed to make any modifications.
Google products already included its own office applications (Google Documents), but the role of CMO have the option to save files in DOC, XLS, PPT formats, etc. Each time a modification is made, the changes are saved automatically. Native Google tools allow editing of a document or spreadsheet by multiple users, so if you want to do the same with any file in Word or Excel should do the conversion, edit together, then return to keep it in its original format (either on the hard disk or cloud service through Drive).
This extension supports files of Office 2007 and later. It has the same features but with some limitations, mainly in making the size of the spreadsheet. For PowerPoint presentations also will be able to open from the browser without extra software.
As mentioned, one of the advantages of this alternative is that Office is free, unlike Microsoft tools; but remember that there are other free alternatives such as OpenOffice or LibreOffice that supports any of the above formats. A possible disadvantage is that it requires to be connected to internet to make any changes (yes you can download and read offline). Office Edition is available for Chrome, for Windows and Mac operating systems. For Chromebooks and Android mobile devices, this application is already installed. For use with Google Drive requires the latest version installed.
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