Windows 8 is a new era of operating systems, one of the main reasons is that it connects the local and the cloud, and SkyDrive is an important part of this bridge.
SkyDrive is a cloud storage service from Microsoft that allows users to access files uploaded and use the PC, tablet or smartphone to get the latest version of the files in SkyDrive. In this issue of Win8 Encyclopedia, let's take a look at what the highlights of SkyDrive under Win8 system can bring.
Using the SkyDrive app
Find SkyDrive in the Windows 8 start screen. This app will be installed by default when Win8 is installed. Click on it and it will be ready to use.
First try uploading some files to SkyDrive. Right click on the blank space of the interface, the toolbar will pop up at the bottom of the screen, and the “Upload” option will be found. After clicking, you will enter the file selection interface.
SkyDrive toolbar
Click & ldquo; File & rdquo ;, we can see the familiar file selection menu, like the traditional desktop, through which to find the file we want, and then upload To SkyDrive, the process is very simple.
select a file to upload
Similarly, we can also manage files via cloud SkyDrive. Right click on the file and the toolbar will pop up at the bottom of the screen. Select “Manage”, we can perform the operation of “rename” "move" move ” and “delete”. Of course, we can also open the file directly or download the file locally.
manage cloud
file by file management of SkyDrive will be directly synchronized in the cloud, a cloud files are always up to date. This will be the latest file when browsing or downloading cloud files from various other devices.
SkyDrive in Win8
If it's just a SkyDrive app, it's impossible to bridge the local and cloud tasks. The reason why SkyDrive is powerful is that Microsoft has integrated SkyDrive into multiple services.
In Microsoft's "Photos", "<;Music" and "Video" applications, we can directly call the cloud files in SkyDrive without having to download them locally.
directly call the file in SkyDrive files in Office
we can directly use the cloud to edit, and save files directly is still stored in the SkyDrive cloud, so files remain fresh.
Office documents in SkyDrive directly
course, we can create even directly in the cloud via SkyDrive Office documents and use Office Web Apps to edit. The edited file will be updated synchronously and can also be downloaded locally.
use in SkyDrive Office Web Apps edit documents
worth mentioning that, open the SkyDrive API interface, so we can even upload to SkyDrive some applications, such as everyone. Now we can upload Renren's photo album directly in SkyDrive.
upload all albums
in SyDrive in addition, Microsoft also offers a Web version and the mobile version of SkyDrive client, they can help users anytime, anywhere access and manage files. How can the desktop version of the SkyDrive client sync the local files directly to the cloud, eliminating the hassle of uploading.
This is the SkyDrive system of Windows 8. This big network connects the computer, mobile phone, tablet and cloud tightly together. Even through the role of iOS and Android client, the whole system has touched the most mainstream ones. platform.
We have reason to believe that in the era of Win8, SkyDrive will be the cloud service closest to the user's daily office life, because most of our time is spent on a PC running Windows, I believe no one can deny it.