Create files from scratch in Team Folders and Secured Folders

When working in an AODocs library in Google Drive, you can create new Google files and, if you have the Smartbar installed, you can also create Microsoft Office files.

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Create Google files and connected apps in Team Folders

When working in Team Folders in Google Drive, you can create all Google format files and also files associated with connected apps in exactly the same way as you would in Google Drive without the Smartbar. When you create files they are added to your Team Folder.

1. Navigate to the folder where you want to create your file.

2. Click the New button and select the type of file you want to create.

You can also create folders. Learn more from Google Help.


Create Google files in Secured Folders

When working in Secured Folders in Google Drive, if you have the Smartbar installed, you can create Google documents, spreadsheets, slides, forms and drawings in exactly the same way as you would in Google Drive without the Smartbar. When you create these files they are added to your Secured Folder.

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Create other Google formats and connected apps in Secured Folders

You can't create other Google files such as Google My Maps or files associated with connected apps when working in Secured Folders in Google Drive. You need to create these types of file from standard Google Drive folders, and then import them into AODocs.

1. In Google Drive, open a standard folder (not an AODocs library).

2. Click the New button and select More in the drop-down menu.

3. Select the type of Google file you want to create or a connected app. You can then import your file from your Google Drive to your Team Folder or Secured Folder.

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Create Microsoft Office files in Team Folders and Secured Folders

When working in Team Folders or Secured Folders, if you have the Smartbar installed, you can create Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) directly from Google Drive. When you create the Microsoft Office files they are added to your library.  

1. In Google Drive, open an AODocs library.

2. Click the New button.

3. In the drop-down menu, select the type of Microsoft Office file you want to create.

4. In the dialog, enter the name of your new file and click Create.

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5. When the file is created, it's listed in Google Drive.
It opens automatically in the dedicated Office application.

Note: If UFO or AFO is installed and activated, files are created with the Smartbar but opened and edited using UFO or AFO.

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