My Files and how to share dem

Wetin My Files dey keep

My Files dey keep di papers wey The Office make for you, di files wey you bring in by yourself, and di files wey other parts of Nourva save for you. E belong to your account, so you must sign in to use am. For di front page of The Office, tap My Files beside Recent. You fit also tap + for di box for di bottom and choose My Files.

Di page dey show one search box, di kinds All, Word, Excel, Slides and PDF, your files with di newest first, and your Folders below dem. Two folders dey always:

• Outputs dey hold di papers wey The Office make.
• Scans dey hold wetin you keep from Scan one paper.

Tap one file to open am. Before you get any file, di page go talk No file yet.

Find and arrange your files

To find file, type for di search box, Which file you dey find? Di search dey match file name or im folder name. Tap one kind to show only Word, Excel, Slides or PDF files. If nothing match, di page go talk Nothing dey with dat name. Try one word from inside am.

To make folder:

1. Tap New folder.
2. Type name under One name for di folder and send am.
3. Di page go talk Folder don make.

To work on one file, tap ⋯ for im row:

• Move am dey list your folders, with di file own folder tick. Tap another folder and di page go talk Don move am.
• Rename am dey ask for di new name. Di file go keep im ending, like .pdf, and di page go talk Name don change.
• Delete am dey ask first. One box wey get title You sure? go talk say di file go comot from your files and say you no fit undo am. Tap Delete am to confirm or Cancel to keep am.

Di same menu get Change am for Word, Excel, deck or PDF file, and Sign am for PDF. You fit also swipe one row sideways to reach Rename am and Delete am.

Open one of your own folders and tap ⋯ for di top to Rename am or Delete am. When you wan delete folder, e go ask Delete this folder? The files inside go with am, and e go show di number of files wey dey inside. Outputs and Scans no get ⋯ menu, so dem dey stay.

Bring in one file

You fit add photos and documents from your phone go any folder.

1. For My Files, tap Import one file.
2. Choose di folder wey di files go enter.
3. Pick your photos or documents.

Inside one folder, Import one file no go ask you to choose folder; e go put di files straight inside dat folder.

Pick many at once. If you choose pass wetin di limit allow, di app go keep di first ones and e go tell you. When e finish, you go see Import don finish with di number wey enter. If one file too big or e no fit read, di app go show how many of di total don import. My Files get im own limits on how many files and folders you fit keep and on di space wey dem dey use.

Share file or send am go another place

Two actions look alike but dem dey do different thing.

• Share dey open your phone share sheet with di file itself, under im own name and for im own format. E no dey ever send link. You go find am for file ⋯ menu, for di ⋯ menu for finished paper card, and inside project.
• Send am go… dey hand di file give another part of Nourva, so you fit continue for there. You go find am for di same ⋯ menu, and as button for finished paper card.

Send am go… dey open one sheet wey get di file name as title. Type wetin you want make dem do for di box wey talk Wetin you want make dem do with am? (optional), then tap one place.

Turn dis file to one-page summary, then list wetin never finish.

Di sheet no dey show di place wey you dey send from, so if you dey The Office, you no go see The Office. If you never hire anybody, di specialist list go tell you make you hire one first. If place no fit take di file when you send am, di sheet go talk so: di file don save, and e go reach dat place when you open am.

Know wen work don ready

When The Office finish one paper while you no dey around, Nourva go send notice. Your document don ready go call di paper name and ask you to open The Office. Your document don pause go ask you to open The Office to continue, and Di document no finish go ask you to open am to try again. If you tap di notice, e go open The Office. No notice go come while you don open di paper and you dey look am.

Dis notices dey follow one switch: Settings › Notifications › Work don ready or e stop, under Tell me wen. E dey start as on, and e also cover di Designer, Arachne, di Scanner, Search and Drop.