How to change one file

Change file by asking

You dey change file for The Office by talking wetin suppose different, no be by editing am with your hand. The Office go open di file, change wetin you mention and save di result as new file. Di file wey you start from go remain as e be.

Dis one dey work for paper wey The Office make for you and for Word, Excel, deck or PDF file wey you don get already. Each change na Office request, and dem dey pay for am with credits. See Levels and credits: how dem dey work.

Change paper wey The Office make

When paper don ready, im card dey show Open and Send am go…. Di ⋯ for di card get Share, Change something and, for PDF, Sign am.

1. Tap ⋯ for di paper card.
2. Choose Change something.
3. Type wetin suppose change for di box, wey dey ask Wetin suppose change?, then send am.

After step 2, di app go talk Don pin am — talk wetin to change, and E dey work on: row with di file name go sit for di top of di desk. Di changed file go land as new card and e go become di file wey you dey work on, so your next change go build on top am. Tap × for di E dey work on: row to stop to work on dat file.

You fit also skip di menu. When paper don ready, di desk go talk E don ready. You wan change anything?, and you fit type your change straight inside di box.

Change fit also keep di paper as project: di first paper go become version 1 and your change go become version 2, with di note E don keep as project. See Projects and versions: keep one work together.

Change file of your own

Three ways dey to bring file go The Office make dem change am.

• From My Files. Open My Files, tap ⋯ for di paper and choose Change am. Di desk go open with E dey work on: and di file name.
• From di viewer. Open di file, tap ⋯ for di top and choose Change am. The Office go open with di file already choose.
• From di + sheet. For The Office desk, tap +, choose Files, pick di file and talk wetin you want make dem do. One message get limit for attachments, and di app go tell you when you reach am.

Your own file go keep im own look. Di Output choices for Desk tools, like paper size and alignment, dey shape di next paper wey The Office write from your words, no be edit of your file. See Set paper size, alignment, pictures and sources.

The Office dey work on di file itself and e dey try change only wetin you mention:

• Word. Styles, headers, footers and pictures go remain as dem be.
• Excel. Formulas go still be formulas, and wetin you no mention, dem go leave am.
• Deck. Di slide size and layouts go remain, and dem go add or change slides for dia place.
• PDF. Text wey you no change go keep im fonts.

Explain am and Read aloud

When you open file, like with Open for paper card, tap ⋯ for di top of di viewer to see Change am, Explain am and Read aloud.

• Explain am dey open Nourva One. She go tell you shortly, for your language, wetin di file be and im main points, then she go ask wetin you wan know about am.
• Read aloud dey make Nourva One read di file give you. As she dey read, di same row go talk Stop reading; after you stop, e go talk Continue reading.
• Change am dey carry di file go The Office, as we don talk for up.

If Nourva One never open already, di viewer go show Dey open Nourva One… as she dey start. If file no get text to read, e go talk Nothing to read. Conversation with Nourva One dey use credits. See Talk to Nourva One.

Wetin to talk for good change

Talk di place, talk di change and talk wetin go remain. Request wey point to one place go get one change.

• Call di place di way di file dey call am: page, heading, slide title, sheet name or cell.
• When e matter, talk wetin must no move: «leave di rest as e be».

For di first page, change di title to Annual report and leave everything else as e be.

For di Budget sheet, add Total row under column D.

Make di summary short, two sentences at most.

Di message wey dey come with di changed file dey usually talk wetin change and where, so look dat place first. If you prefer di earlier version, open di file wey you start from.

When change no go through

• Di file expire. File wey you choose before fit no dey available again, and The Office go talk Di active file copy don expire — attach am again. Open di paper again from My Files and choose Change am, or attach am from di + sheet.
• We no fit read di file The Office go talk I no fit read di working file — attach am again. Attach di file again.
• Your credits no reach. The Office go talk Your credit no reach for dis paper — renew your plan then send am again. Renew your plan or add credits, then send di request again.