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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 from your Google
contacts, and then select one from the matching results.
Repeat this step to add more people.
5. Choose whether to allow recipients to:
View or edit a folder.
View, edit, or comment on a file.
6. Tap Add.
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.
4. After making changes to an Office document, tap the icon on the top left to
open a selection menu.
5. Tap Save or Save as.
If you want to export this document as a PDF, tap the icon on the top left, and
then tap PDF Export.
Saving a document from HTC Desire 820 to Google Drive
In Polaris Office 5, you can save a PDF you're viewing or an Office document you
created to your Google Drive storage.