WhatsApp now allows you to send Word and Excel documents
The WhatsApp application continues to take steps forward by adding new features and functionality. Now, with its latest update, which is currently only available to beta users, it is possible to send Word documents , Excel, PowerPoint and plain text through chats Something that removes the previous limitation on sending documents, which focused only on files PDF
This is the version 2.16.25 of WhatsApp for the platform Android An update limited to users betatester or who have decided to try the trial versionsof this messaging application before they reach the bulk of users. In this way, it will still take several days or even weeks until the rest of Android users can share more variety of documents through WhatsApp chats
With this update, WhatsApp can now send files docx, .pptx, .xlsx and .txt., or what is the same, the whole spectrum of office documents that are usually produced on computers and mobile phones through suites like Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Open Office and other similar tools.Something that introduces WhatsApp fully into the communication of company, and that facilitates the possibility to share text documents, tables, papers, presentations, books, lines of code and any other content also through chats.
The sending process is the same as that already available for PDF files Just access a conversation, individual or group, and display the menu Share, selecting the option Document for this case. Instantly, a new screen appears, listing the main documents found in the terminal's memory. If the file you want to send is not found here, you can always click on the button Search other documents, to search theinternal or external memory (if you have a MicroSD card) in search of the file in question.
Do not forget that, for weeks, WhatsApp allows you to send documents hosted on the cloud (Internet) and that are not found in the terminal itself. In this way, when clicking on Search other documents, it is possible to see the space of Google Drive and that of OneDriveof the user, where to search for the content to be shared through the conversation.
With this, WhatsApp already shows in the chat different cardsaccording to the type of shared file, it being only necessary to click on it to open it with the corresponding application, as was already the case with the PDF
To be able to access this function, it is necessary to register as tester or betatester in the Google Play Store service for WhatsApp From This way you can download version 2.16.25 of the application that offers this feature. Otherwise, just be patient until WhatsApp verifies that this feature works as it should and integrates it into a stable version for all users viaGoogle Play Store
