Showing posts with label docs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label docs. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
How to Link to Files at Google Docs for Direct Download
How to Link to Files at Google Docs for Direct Download
Quoting Kay Cichini:
...Google doesnt tell you this, as far as I know - so, if you want to link to a file at Google Docs for direct download you can use the following address scheme:
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=YourIndividualID
You can copy your individual file id from within the "Share..."-dialogue. Here you also need to put the share settings to "public" or to "anyone with the link"
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
How To Save PowerPoint Presentations Out of Google Docs
How To Save PowerPoint Presentations Out of Google Docs
Before you upload PowerPoint PPT files to Google Presentations for editing, make sure you know that the opposite is not possible yet.
Unlike other members of the Google Docs family, Google Presentations doesnt have an export function so you cannot download your edited PowerPoint slideshows out of Google Presentations in PPT, PDF or any other popular formats.
Update: This is no longer required, you can now easily export PPT files from Google Docs.
Google Docs does allow you to download the presentations as a ZIP, which is a mix of HTML, CSS and JPGs, but again thats not a very useful or convenient format.
Considering that PPT is such a universally accepted presentation format, it is quite safe to assume that PowerPoint export feature will meet Google Presentations very soon.
But if you are getting desperate to get those PowerPoint slides out of Google Docs now itself because the boss wants them, the good old Print Screen key can be your friend.
Open the Google Presentation file in the browser that you want to import back into PowerPoint - then hit the "Start Presentation" link on the top left (or hit Ctrl+F5) to play the slideshow in a new window. As the slides progress in the browser, hit the Print Screen key each time, add a new slide in PowerPoint and insert the clipboard contents by pressing Ctrl+V.
Its not the most practical solution because the slides are now still images and therefore non-editable - but then something is better than nothing.
The print screen technique can also be used for sharing presentations created in Google Docs on any of the PowerPoint hosting services like SlideShare, Scribd and more.
Unlike other members of the Google Docs family, Google Presentations doesnt have an export function so you cannot download your edited PowerPoint slideshows out of Google Presentations in PPT, PDF or any other popular formats.
Update: This is no longer required, you can now easily export PPT files from Google Docs.
Google Docs does allow you to download the presentations as a ZIP, which is a mix of HTML, CSS and JPGs, but again thats not a very useful or convenient format.
Considering that PPT is such a universally accepted presentation format, it is quite safe to assume that PowerPoint export feature will meet Google Presentations very soon.
But if you are getting desperate to get those PowerPoint slides out of Google Docs now itself because the boss wants them, the good old Print Screen key can be your friend.
Open the Google Presentation file in the browser that you want to import back into PowerPoint - then hit the "Start Presentation" link on the top left (or hit Ctrl+F5) to play the slideshow in a new window. As the slides progress in the browser, hit the Print Screen key each time, add a new slide in PowerPoint and insert the clipboard contents by pressing Ctrl+V.
Its not the most practical solution because the slides are now still images and therefore non-editable - but then something is better than nothing.
The print screen technique can also be used for sharing presentations created in Google Docs on any of the PowerPoint hosting services like SlideShare, Scribd and more.
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