How To Use Google Docs Instead Of Word
You can easily perform this conversion from both google docs and google drive.
How to use google docs instead of word. Click on the docs icon and you will be ready to start writing using the google word processor offline. In order to use them within microsoft word we will need to convert google docs to microsoft word s docx format then download it afterward. I prefer writing my newspaper column for the san diego union tribune with google docs for several reasons. If that is correct reset the file associations for doc or docx files to open with word 2010. Because google docs are in an online format we can t just import them into word.
From your description it seems that when you try to open a doc or docx file on your computer the file open using wordpad instead of word 2010. But that s not the only file format google docs will let you export. Choose from hundreds of fonts add links images and drawings. You can download your docs with the following extensions. If you want to do some research while writing you can use the entire might of google search right from within google docs itself.
Then you will see this screen. Just highlight and right click any word or phrase and click. Google docs users can easily control who can edit comment or be able to access the document in the first place whereas word documents can only be shared with specific contacts. Now click the apps tab in the far left corner of your bookmarks bar. You can use google docs to open and edit microsoft word documents.
If the security of your document is a primary concern such as with legal documents and so on then you ll probably want to use microsoft word locally on your computer hard drive not on the web instead of google docs. You can even download your google doc as a word document so it has a standard word extension docx.