Timeline for Google Drive: Files were converted to Google Document type. How can I convert them back to their original type?
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 14:17 | vote | accept | pablofiumara | ||
| Jun 15, 2016 at 8:41 | answer | added | ejbytes | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 22:15 | comment | added | pablofiumara | Thank you: this was solved. When I download .gdoc files via Google Drive web interface (selecting folders or files, then right click and select download), I get .docx files inside a zip file. Your comment made me realise that it is possible to convert from .docx to jpg. I successfully used zamzar.com/convert/docx-to-jpg and convertio.co/docx-jpg to convert them. Please, write this as an answer so that I can mark it as correct. | |
| Jun 12, 2016 at 8:11 | comment | added | ejbytes | openthefile.net/extension/gdoc Is it my understanding that a .gdoc is just a wrapper, a storage extension but not the actual document itself. I think .gdoc is just a reference, not an actual DOC as you might think. So in that reasoning all files are gDoc's on Google Drive, but really they are exactly what you uploaded them as. I think if you download the file it will still be a JPEG. Let me know what the file becomes when you DOWNLOAD your file back to your desktop computer. | |
| Jun 12, 2016 at 8:07 | comment | added | ejbytes | DOC to JPG: convertio.co/doc-jpg Drive Converter: driveconverter.com | |
| Jun 12, 2016 at 8:04 | comment | added | ejbytes | It's never happened to me, but I remember my mom sent me pictures in a Word file. Weird I know. But I was able to get those images out of the "wrapper". Maybe if you think of it as a wrapper? Maybe you can download it from your own drive and save-as another format? I'm just trouble shooting aloud. But maybe that can help you figure it out. | |
| Jun 12, 2016 at 3:22 | comment | added | pablofiumara | Thanks but unfortunately that did not work. | |
| Jun 12, 2016 at 0:10 | comment | added | ejbytes | Looks like you are in luck: Here is the reverse instructions. But if you do the revers it will reverse your situation. productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/drive/bqMt1tsqpR8 But possibly if you've done that by accident, it might be irreversible on the website itself and you'd have to find a softare. | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 23:15 | comment | added | pablofiumara | Thanks for answering. My goal is to simply convert those .gdoc files to their original type (JPG). I would like to know how I can do it. | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 1:40 | comment | added | ejbytes | Google Drive is a storage. That might have something to do with it. You can save a document to google drive; store it there. But to store a Google Doc in Google Drive is asking software to do something it's not handled to do I think. Google Docs for "documents" made in Google Doc. Google Drive for saving files that you've created on your PC, like a .txt file or a .doc file, or something you downloaded and storing them there. | |
| Jun 10, 2016 at 15:50 | history | edited | pablofiumara | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2016 at 15:37 | history | asked | pablofiumara | CC BY-SA 3.0 |