Access, create, organize, and share your Creately files and documents right inside your Google Drive.

• Add Creately to Google Drive
• Create a new document in Google Drive
• Delete a document in Google Drive
• Share and Collaborate in Google Drive

Installing Creately for Google Drive

1. Sign in with your Google account - Which you’ve used to register with Creately
2. Visit G Suite Marketplace and search Creately
3. You can also get the app by clicking - Creately
4. Click the “Install” button to proceed
5. In the next step, you can select the Google account you would like to proceed with
6. You will need to grant access to Creately to manage and view Google Drive files and folders. You can always see or remove access in your Google Account

Installing Creately for Google Drive

Creating a new Document from Google Drive

New document

1. From Drive, select New > More > Creately Diagram, and a new document will be opened in the Creately editor.

Creating a new document from Google Drive

2. Name the document
3. Start drawing your masterpiece
4. Changes will be automatically synced with Drive, including the document name and thumbnail. The synchronization will take up to 5 minutes to complete.

Create a document in Google Drive

Note: Renaming a document on Google Drive does not update the name on Creately. Therefore, you can only rename it by opening the document on Creately.

Deleting a document

You can delete a document by right-clicking on it. However, deleting a document on Google Drive will not remove it from Creately. You need to open the document on Creately and delete it if you need to.

Q: Where can I find my Creately documents created from Google Drive?
A: All your Google Drive documents will be saved under the Home folder by default.

Collaborating through Google Drive

The changes collaborators make to the document will automatically be saved in Creately and synced with Google Drive. To share a document,

1. Select the document you would like to share
2. Click share on the top toolbar or right-click on the document to select share
3. Enter names or email addresses in the share panel
4. Your collaborators will receive an email notification via Google Drive on the shared document
5. They can click on “Open” button in the email to view and open the document

Note: Collaborators you add via Google Drive will be added as an editor. You can’t add a collaborator with view/comment permission at the moment.