How To Download A Word Document Into Google Docs

The document will take a few moments to convert and will then open in an editable google docs page.

How to download a word document into google docs. Depending on your web browser s settings you may need to confirm the download or select a save location before your file will download. Open google docs then open the file you want to download. To tell which documents are google docs files and which are still microsoft word documents look at the file extensions google docs files do not have a file extension so if there s a docx or doc suffix after the file name then that file has not been converted to the google docs format which means that it s not the file you edited on. Google then converts your word document into a google docs file. After you ve finished editing your file you can either share it with others or download and export your document back into a microsoft word format by going to file download as and then clicking the microsoft word option.

One of the most useful aspects of google docs is its compatibility with microsoft word. If you re not already signed in to your google account sign in now. Select google docs to convert the word file. Doing so prompts your google docs file to download onto your computer. Jennifer still business insider 7.