How to Create and Access Office Online files in Chrome

Microsoft recently released a new Chrome extension called Office Online, which lets you access your Office Online files and create new ones directly from your browser. To add it, open Chrome, go to here, click the blue ‘Add to Chrome’ button, then click ‘Add extension’.
 
Next, click the Office icon on your browser’s toolbar. The first time you dothis, you’ll be prompted to log into OneDrive because your Office files are saved there by default. Click ‘Sign in’,log into OneDrive using your Microsoft account, then click Yes.
 
Now, whenever you click the extension, you’ll see a list of the Office files you recently saved to OneDrive. Clicking ‘View more’ at the bottom opens the OneDrive website, from where you can access all your files.
 

To create a new file, click New at the top left, then select the type of file from one of the
five options (see screenshot). This will open the relevant Office Online site. The Online version of Office also lets you use Skype within your browser. This is a new feature that’s otherwise only available in the latest version of Microsoft Office (2016).
 
To use Skype, click the Skype logo at the top right of your file and log into your Skype account. Your Skype conversations will be listed as small circular thumbnails on the right. Click any conversation to start a video or audio call.