Chapter 1

Up and Running on OneDrive

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Getting into OneDrive

Bullet Creating, navigating, renaming, and deleting folders

Bullet Uploading and downloading files to and from OneDrive

Bullet Managing files at OneDrive

This chapter introduces you to OneDrive, the Office online facility for storing files, sharing files, and co-editing files with other people. It describes how to sign in and out of OneDrive so that you can get to your OneDrive folders. You also discover how to navigate in OneDrive, manage folders, and upload and download files from your computer to OneDrive. Finally, this chapter shows how to open, delete, and move a file you store at OneDrive.

Signing In to OneDrive

Before you can store, share, or co-edit files in OneDrive, you have to sign in to OneDrive. Open a web browser and follow these steps to sign in:

  1. Go to this web address: onedrive.live.com.
  2. Click the Sign In button.

    The Sign In window opens.

  3. Enter the email address of your Microsoft Office account and click Next.

    The OneDrive window opens.

  4. Enter your password and click Sign In.

    The OneDrive window opens in your ...

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