Read&Write

Read&Write for Google Chrome provides support tools for the web and common file types accessed through Google Drive, including Google Docs, Google Slides, Web Pages, PDFs, and ePubs.

Adding Read&Write for Google Chrome

To begin using Read&Write for Google Chrome, you must first add it to Chrome through the Chrome Web Store. This will install the Read&Write for Google Chrome extension to be used in Google Docs, web pages, ePubs, and PDFs.

Please also see the Extensions required for Read&Write for Google Chrome.

Google Docs/Slides

When the Read&Write for Google Chrome extension is installed, you should see a tab with the purple puzzle piece icon whenever you open a Google Doc or edit in Google Slides.

Click on the purple puzzle piece icon on the tab, and the Read&Write for Google Chrome toolbar will drop down for use.

Pin your Extension to Your Toolbar

If you do not see the purple puzzle piece icon on your Chrome toolbar, click the Chrome puzzle piece to show unpinned extensions. You can pin the Read&Write for Google Chrome extension icon on your Chrome toolbar by clicking the Pin button.

To open the Read&Write for Google Chrome toolbar, click the purple puzzle piece icon on your Chrome toolbar to open the Read&Write for Google Chrome toolbar.

To retract the Read&Write for Google Chrome toolbar in Docs and Slides, click the up arrow button on the right end of the toolbar.

Web Pages

When the Read&Write for Google Chrome extension is installed and you open a web page, you will see the purple puzzle piece icon next to the Chrome Bookmark star on the address bar.

Click on the purple puzzle piece icon, and the Read&Write for Google Chrome floating toolbar will appear.

Click the purple puzzle piece icon again to hide the toolbar.

The toolbar must be opened any time you navigate to a new page or a new tab is opened.

Note: Read&Write for Google Chrome works with most web pages. If you find the floating toolbar does not appear or the purple puzzle piece icon is grayed out, then you are on a web page that does not support the use of Read&Write for Google Chrome.

PDFs and ePubs

Your Miami University premium subscription of Read&Write for Google Chrome will give you access to OrbitNote, Texthelp's new PDF Reader. It also supports ePub files in Google Drive. Simply right-click on the ePub and choose open with "Read&Write."

For installation information, please see Getting Started with OrbitNote.

Follow the How To Set The Default PDF Viewer In Drive instructions and set it as default.

For ePubs, please see Using the Texthelp ePub Reader.

Removing the Read&Write for Google Chrome Toolbar

If you want to uninstall these features, go to How can I uninstall the extension?