How does Win8 use its own SkyDrive app

The SkyDrive app can be seen at the start screen of Win8. It is not a single function, but has multiple functions. Let's take a closer look at how this new application that is up to date can be used.

In Win8's new interface SkyDrive app, we can easily view the folders and files saved in the cloud, right click on the folder or file (or blank space), the corresponding action bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. And function buttons, such as “delete”,“refresh”,“new folder",“upload”<quo;details/small thumbnail"
Icon: Viewing files in SkyDrive in Win8

If you want to upload files, click “Upload”, enter the “file”select interface, select the one you want to upload to SkyDrive here. Local files, then click the "Add to SkyDrive" button at the bottom to upload the selected files to SkyDrive.
Icon: Adding local files to SkyDrive

Microsoft continuously optimizes and updates SkyDrive. We can not only manage cloud files directly in SkyDrive, such as “rename”,> ” and “delete” etc., you can even open, edit and save files directly in SkyDrive.

As shown below, we can open the Word document directly in SkyDrive. The SkyDrive application in Win8 will ask if it is “Edit in Word” or “Edit in Word Web App” if the current device If you don't have Office installed, you can open and edit Word documents directly with the Word web application. The interface is very similar to the Word interface in Office.
Icon: Editing Word documents with Office Web Apps via SkyDrive

Uploading or editing saved files via SkyDrive will be directly synchronized to the cloud server and always up to date. In this way, we can browse or download files from other Win8 devices' SkyDrive apps anytime, anywhere. Previous12Next page Total 2 pages