4. Google Drive and its tools

"Google Drive is simple: enabling internet users to store all the data they want on Google's servers. Given the potential resources of Google's server arrays, this means that users can essentially transfer the contents of their personal computer hard drive, however large, to a virtual Google Drive. This is convenient because it allows users to access and work on their data from any computer connected to the internet. Once uploaded to Google Drive, you can access your files on your desktop, mobile phone, tablet at drive.google.com or gmail.com. Data synchronisation software ensures that when we start editing a document on an office computer, we can make the necessary changes when we go to a client's place, for example, and access our Google Drive wirelessly, and then review the final document at home.

Photos, videos, documents and other important files can be uploaded to Google Drive. Free access to 15 GB of storage is available.

Applications. The drive has built-in applications that look a bit like standard MS Office applications. All changes are automatically saved and there is the possibility to share files.

Powerful search. "Google Drive allows you to find files faster thanks to its object and text recognition feature.

Preview. More than 30 file types can be opened directly in the browser, including HD videos, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, even if you don't have the program installed on your computer.

Work offline. If you're using Chrome, you can enable the Offline Drive option to create, edit and annotate documents, slides and drawings, and view spreadsheets when there's no network connection.

Chat, discussion, comments. It is possible to communicate with others by chatting in documents, spreadsheets and slides, or by posting comments on files and images. By writing a comment and adding a + to the front of the email address, the drive will send an email to this address, notifying the recipient that they can view the comment.

View history. "Google Docs, spreadsheets and slides are automatically saved. Creation and editing history can be viewed for other file types with a 30-day edit history, which makes it easy to see who made the changes and to restore previous versions.

How to use Google Drive for a step-by-step guide in this video.

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