Office Open XML File Formats

Chromebook users have had to navigate an obtuse process to edit an Office document within Google Sheets. Google has changed all that.

Until now, Office files opened in Preview mode and users had to either switch to editing mode or download the file.

Health agency developers used old Excel .XLS files.

Within the next two weeks, Google will begin rolling out a feature that is long overdue - Office files will now automatically open in 'Office Editing Mode' by default on the web! Office Editing Mode allows you to work on Microsoft Office files directly in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings without converting them