Good news for users of Google's Docs, Slides and Drawings: you can now share your work even with people who do not have a Google account.
The Google Apps team said this means recipients of a link to the Google Apps files need not sign in or create a new Google Account to view the contents.
"[But] if a file is shared with edit or comment permissions, the recieving user must still sign in with a Google Account in order to edit or comment on that file," the team said.
Covered by the new policy are Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Education, and Government.
People who do not have Google accounts can view the file without signing in with the sharing link until they create a Google Account and "expends the invitation."
Once a person creates a Google Account, the sharing link will no longer work for new users to access the file and the sharing dialog will indicate that the invitation has been used.
Also, a user who accessed the file using the sharing link while it was open and signed in using their Google Account will be added to the sharing access list for that file and will continue to have access.
"Users with permissions to change sharing settings can revoke this access if desired," the Google Apps team said.
However, it said Google Apps admins can prevent this behavior by "disabling sharing outside the domain to people who are not using a Google Account via a setting in the Admin console." – KDM, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
