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Jenkins Law Library Video Tip (Episode 201301): Google Docs Conversions

By Dan Giancaterino •  January 14, 2013

Jenkins Law Library Video Tip (Episode 201301): If you've uploaded a file to Google Drive in a proprietary format, such as Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx), you won't be able to edit it online. However you don't have to re-upload it and convert it to Google Docs format. Simply right-click on the file, select "Open With", and choose the Google format. For Adobe PDFs, the process will even create an OCR'd text file!

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