Now, a new update in ChromeOS Canary, which was spotted a little while ago by C2 Productions on Twitter, shows the company testing out a new pop-up dialogue for Office Editing on its laptop operating system. Important: Before you edit Office files, check that your Chromebook software is up to date.

Chromium Bug report from 2019, comment from last year On your Chromebook, you can open, edit, download, and convert many Microsoft® Office files, such as Word, PowerPoint, or Excel files. But one thing to share is to re-confirm this issue reproduces on stock Android 11 as long as the user is using the internal Files app (Settings > Storage > Files) and not the Files By Google app where files open as editable instead of read-only. We have an on-going investigation in an internal doc (can’t be published here). I’ve had a support ticket submitted since 2019 that complains about some of these issues, and no one addressed it. The only time we see significant improvements to this experience is when Google feels like making them. Over the years, Google has done much to alleviate the pain of editing Microsoft Office files on Chromebooks, but in my opinion, the progress has felt like walking through mud.

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