Although Microsoft Office and Google Drive can often be thought of as competing products, they actually can work together in many ways. Google allows you to store all of your Office files in Drive, and then once they are there you can use them in three main ways: You can convert your MS Office files into Google format, You can leave the files in MS Office format and then do light editing with a helpful extension, You can leave the files in MS Office format, but then open and edit them locally in Office with the Drive File Stream tool.