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Migrate files to Google Drive vs. convert to Microsoft Office files?
I got an email that says "Google files in Dropbox will be replaced with shortcuts to documents in Google Drive" and "If you do not wish to move your Google files to your Google account, they will be ...
Hey lisa40, thanks for posting your question to the Dropbox Community!
What will happen when this migration takes place, is that your Google files will become .web files in Dropbox that point to the same file in Google Drive, so you can edit and share the file through Google directly.
If you decide to not migrate them and they get converted to MS Office files, you can still edit them online, using the corresponding MS Office app for the web, through our website.
So, this is basically up to you and how you prefer to edit and share your files.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey lisa40, thanks for posting your question to the Dropbox Community!
What will happen when this migration takes place, is that your Google files will become .web files in Dropbox that point to the same file in Google Drive, so you can edit and share the file through Google directly.
If you decide to not migrate them and they get converted to MS Office files, you can still edit them online, using the corresponding MS Office app for the web, through our website.
So, this is basically up to you and how you prefer to edit and share your files.
Let me know if you have any questions.
This seems like a real mess. I'm just trying to back up. I'll switch to icloud. (What about pages?) This is very unclear messaging. I suspect your business will be impacted.
