Someone send you a Give-and-take document, merely you lot don't have Word? Giving up on Give-and-take and making the alter to Google Docs? No problem; Google Docs lets you easily import Discussion documents. And while it might non back up some of the more than avant-garde features and formatting of some Give-and-take documents, it works pretty well.

How to Import a Discussion Document into Google Docs

To view a Word certificate on Google Docs, you lot must kickoff upload the file to your Google Drive. Open Google Drive, click "New," and and so click "File Upload" to become started.

Navigate to your file(due south) and then click "Open."

Alternatively, y'all can drag and drop a file from your reckoner directly into the web browser for an easy upload.

Once your file uploads, right-click it, point to "Open up With" on the context menu, and so select "Google Docs."

Google then converts your Word document into a Google Docs file.

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Subsequently you've finished editing your file, you tin either share it with others or download and export your certificate back into a Microsoft Word format by going to File > Download Every bit and then clicking the "Microsoft Word" option.

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If yous'd rather download your document in PDF, ODT, TXT, or other formats, you tin do that likewise.

The file is and so downloaded to the browser'due south default download folder.

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