You can open text documents that are saved in Drive or on a local drive. The following options exist:
open a text document in the Text app
create a text document on the text editing page
open a text document in the Drive app
Information on creating encrypted documents can be found in the groupware user guide, topic data encryption.
How to open a text document in the Text app:
Click on in the toolbar. The Open document window opens.
Use one of the following methods:
To open a document that is located in Drive, select a document. Click on .
To open a locally saved document, select a folder for which you have the permission to create objects.
Click on . Select a text document.
Result: The document is uploaded to Drive. Then, the document will be opened.
Options:
To open a frequently used document, click on a document in Recent documents.
You can also open a document's context menu. Select .
Tip: You can use the context menu to remove documents from the list of recently opened documents.
How to open a text document on the text editing page:
Click on in the toolbar. The Open document window opens.
Use one of the following methods:
To open a document that is located in Drive, select a document. Click on .
To open a locally saved document, click on . Select a text document.
Result: The document is uploaded to Drive. Then, the document will be opened.
How to open a text document in the Drive app:
Use one of the following methods:
Select a text document. Click on in the toolbar.
Double-click on a text document.
Select from the context menu.
Open the text document in the Viewer. Click on .
User interface:
Similar actions:
Related topics:
Parent topic: Text