The usual Mac menu that sits atop Mac applications is hidden as well, although you can reveal it by moving your cursor to the top of the screen. Advanced options word mac. Click the arrow to make the Ribbon come back. Not only has the Ribbon been moved but it's been reorganized, which is all to the good. The Ribbon goes away and the arrow turns to face downwards. It's a clever way to bridge the worlds of Office and Mac OS X.Not everyone is a Ribbon fan, though, and those who wish it were gone, or just want to give themselves a little more screen real estate, can hide it by clicking a small up arrow at the Ribbon's far right.
Microsoft Office 2016 will save your documents to OneDrive by default. But, if you use Google Drive or Dropbox, you can save them to those services, too.
Hello Dropbox folk, Can anyone tell me how to setup Dropbox so that I can open files with Mac Office app rather than it automatically opening files in Office Online (which is rubbish)?
Microsoft Office 2016 provides a comprehensive set of tools built into the suite, this includes Cloud storage specifically targeting its OneDrive service by default. For many people, including myself, Dropbox remains my go-to online storage solution. Many other people use Google Drive or a combination of all three.
Here’s a look at how to add both Dropbox and Google Drive as Save Locations in Office 2016.
Google Drive with Microsoft
The first thing to do is download the free Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office.
Wait while the web installer is started and downloads a small setup file automatically to your hard disk.
Then double-click the driveforoffice.exe and wait while it installs.
When setup is complete, launch any of the Microsoft Office 2016 applications. A Google Drive for Microsoft Office setup wizard will appear. Click Get Started and sign into your Google account and complete the wizard.
Google Drive will then be added to your list of Save locations on the Office Backstage.
Make Dropbox a Save Location
Unfortunately, there is no officially supported solution at this time for Dropbox as a storage location on the desktop or 365 versions. Office 2016 is still in Preview, but according to leaked documents, it’s set to launch September 22nd. Third-party scripts only support older versions of Office such as Office 2013. Dropbox has promised to provide support for Office 2016 later this year when the new version of the suite is generally available.
It’s worth noting that Office Online, which includes the web-based versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint does have native support for Dropbox as a Save Location. Launch Office Online, and in the lower right corner, under Open from OneDrive, select Add a place, and Dropbox will show up.
So until the desktop version gets Dropbox support, you will have to save Office files to your Dropbox folder manually by browsing to it or add it as a default Save location. Here is how you do that.
Please note, you need to have the Dropbox client installed, you can download that here.
Launch an Office application like Word, and head to File > Options.
Then go to Save and select the Browse button next to the Default local file location field.
Then browse to your Dropbox, and then click OK.
Also, check out our article on how to save Office documents directly to Dropbox.
How about you? Where do you generally save your Office documents in the Cloud? Leave a comment and let us know.
Microsoft and Dropbox announced a strategic partnership last November, and we are starting to see even more fruits of that relationship. This week, integration between Dropbox online and Office Online (Web Apps) was announced.
It’s great to see these kinds of developments; it really shows Microsoft’s openness to innovation and partnership.*
Some highlights of this integration include:
- Adding a Dropbox account to Office 365
- Adding an Office 365 account to Dropox
- Opening files from Dropbox in Office Online
- Using Office Online (Word, PowerPoint, or Excel) to edit Dropbox files
The video above shows a quick overview of how this process works. You’ll see a demo of allowing Dropbox to access Office 365 and vice versa.
We’re always looking for real-life examples, so if you have any experiences to share with this integration, please let us know! Astute graphics keygen mac.
*Disclaimer – Microsoft has removed some of the functionality of the integration in the latter half of the video (1:20).