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You will then see the various formats you can download as.

I will cover the options in greater detail in future posts, when I go through the individual Apps.Ģ) Then click on “Download as”. Probably the most useful is the option to download them as pdfs. Google Sheets > Excel (.xlsx), OpenDocument. Google Docs > Word (.docx), OpenDocument. Below are the options you can download your Google Apps as: The default download option detailed above, is to convert Google Apps into Microsoft files, but with a file open, you also have the option to download the file as other formats. It has also, downloaded the sub-folder (“Second level folder”) and its contents, that was in the folder I downloaded. Drive also adds the date it was downloaded to the filename.Ĥ) On your computer, double click the file to open the contents of the folder.ĥ) In this example, Drive has converted my Google Docs to Word files (.docx). zip file is then downloaded to your computer. For a few files this takes seconds.ģ) The. Any Google files are automatically converted to Microsoft-friendly ones.ġ) Right click on the folder you want and click “Download”.Ģ) A pop-up window will appear showing you the zipping status. all your files are put together in one convenient file. If you’ve got a lot of files to download, one of the quickest ways is to download a whole folder. This will download a Microsoft-friendly version of the file to your computer. So, to download one, right click on the file you want. Google Docs become Word documents Google Sheets become Excel files and Google Slides become Powerpoint slides So, to get them back down to Earth, as it were, Google converts them into a Microsoft file. They live in the cloud on your Google Drive. Google files don’t really exist as a normal ‘physical’ files like a Powerpoint document.

The process for downloading these is the same, expect for one key difference. Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides This will download a copy of the file to your computer.Į.g. Google Drive provides some options to do this, each one depending on what it is that you’re downloading. Sometimes you need a copy of your files in a place other than your Drive.