Google is expanding the way people can comment on Google Drive files. Users can now make comments right from previews inside Drive, as opposed to having to open them in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. This is great because it’s fewer tabs and fewer apps, both of which are wthings I’d prefer. You can highlight lines in a file and make comments like you would on a Google Doc, and those comments will follow through in individual apps, too, like Microsoft Office applications. So if you comment on a Drive file, or even assign a task or mention a co-worker, those notes will follow the file wherever it goes.

In its blog post on the new feature, Google stresses that this feature is the fruit of its relationship with Microsoft. It also notes…

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