Giving people access through the drive app – HTC One M8 User Manual

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8. Select the files you want to share, and then tap OK.

You'll then see the links to your selected files added to your email message.

9. Tap

to send your email.

Shared links are not accessible by your recipients automatically. Once your recipients
receive the link, they can request access, and then you'll receive an email that notifies
you to give them access. Or, before sharing, you can first use the Drive app to add the
recipients you will share your Google Drive link with.

Giving people access through the Drive app

Using the Drive app, add the people you want to share your Google Drive link with.
You can also set permissions, such as to let the recipients view, edit, or comment on
your shared content.

1. Open the Drive app.

2. Tap

next to a file or a folder, depending on which one you will share.

3. Tap

.

4. Enter the first few characters of the name or email address. Matching results

from your Google contacts will then be listed.

5. Select a contact name or email address, and then select the permissions. You

can set permissions to allow recipients to:

§

View or edit a folder.

§

View, edit, or comment on a file.

6. Tap Add.

7. Add more people, and when done, tap

or press

.

Working with documents that are stored in Google Drive

With Polaris

®

Office 5, view PDFs and edit Office documents that are stored in your

Google Drive. You can also create Office documents in this app, save them to
Google Drive, and even export them as PDFs to Google Drive.

1. Open the Polaris Office app.

2. Tap

to see your documents by file type.

Documents listed under your Google Account are the files that are stored in
your Google Drive storage. If necessary, tap

next to your account to see the

file list.

3. Tap a PDF document to view it, or tap an Office document to edit it.

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