Combine the power of Google Docs and MS Office

If you combine today's top online and offline office applications together, users will be able to exploit the superior features of both products. OffiSync will help them do that .

The highlight of Google Docs is allowing you to save and edit documents anywhere. Microsoft Office is very familiar and popular with many useful features.

These requirements for using OffiSync

- Microsoft Office 2003 or Office 2007

- Windows XP / Vista / 7

- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, can be downloaded here

- Account using Google Docs, register for free at docs.google.com.

- OffiSynd installation file. Download here

Note : Turn off Microsoft Office applications during the installation process

After installing OffiSync, a small toolbar will appear in the Microsoft Office window (for 2003 version), or a new tab (2007 version) as shown below:

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Office 2007 is currently relatively popular, so the article will guide on this version (specifically Microsoft Word). The way to proceed with Office 2003 is quite similar.

To open documents stored on Google Docs, users click on the Open icon. A dialog box will appear asking to log in with a Google account:

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After logging in, the list of text files in Google Docs will appear and just double click on the file (or select the file and then click Open) to open it. If you can't find the file you want, click Search (binoculars icon) on the Offisync toolbar and enter the keyword.

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At that time, the content of the Google Docs document will appear in Microsoft Word and users can edit it as a normal text file stored on the computer. Once completed, to save the file to your Google Docs account, click Save or Save As (floppy disk icon) on the Offisync toolbar. A dialog box will appear, allowing you to select and save:

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In case you are editing with Word but the user wants to continue working on Google Docs, just press the Open URL button (globe icon), the web browser window will appear to allow you to continue working with file.

Offisync's remarkable feature is the ability to search and insert images from Google Images into Word documents. To find photos from Google, enter keywords in the Google Search box of OffiSync and click Images Search .

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When you have selected the image you want, click Insert and a dialog box of the image origin will appear, click Accept to insert it into the file.

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To send the file to others, click Collaborate on OffiSync and enter the recipient's e-mail. Select Read Only only if you want to share the content and choose Write to allow them to edit the content.

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OffiSync helps users always have a secure copy on Google Docs and supports opening documents whenever needed.

Lesley Montoya

Update 25 May 2019

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