Guide To Convert Google Docs To Microsoft Word and Vice Versa

Google Docs and Microsoft Word are among the top best document editors right now, so there is a good chance you and your colleagues are using one of these two to create documents. However, what do you do when you receive a file in Google Docs but prefer to edit in Microsoft Word or vice versa?

Don’t worry, today I am going to show you how to convert a Google Docs document into a Word document and convert a word document into Google Docs format.

How to convert a word document into Google Docs?

Let me show you the process to convert a Word document into Google Docs format first. By following the upcoming methods, you will be able to convert a document without affecting its format.

For Single Document conversion

If you are looking to convert a single document from Word into Google docs, you only have to follow these steps.

Go to Google Drive and Upload your document.

Double click on that file to open it.

Now, click on File to get a dropdown menu.

Hit the Save as Google Docs option.

That’s it! You have converted a Word Document into Google Docs format without any change in its format.

For Batch conversion

Sometimes, you might be receiving a lot of Word documents that you want to change into Google docs collectively. You can batch convert those documents too using Google Drive.

Go to Google Drive.

Click on the Settings button available in the upper right corner.

Check the box with Convert uploaded files to Google docs label.

By doing this, all your files will automatically be converted into Google docs format when you will upload them.

How to convert a Google docs file to Word format?

Now, let me show you how you can convert a Google docs format into Word format if you have to keep files in the storage of your device.

Via Google Docs

When you are looking to convert a Google document into word format directly, you only have to open the document and follow these steps. 

Open the document in Google docs.

Click on the File button.

Hover the mouse over the Download button.

Now click on Microsoft Word (.docx).

By doing this, you will see that the downloading will start and the document will be in Word format. 

Via Google Drive

Either you are looking to convert a single Google docs document into word format or multiple ones, you can do it using Google Drive. It will enable you to do this task without any specific method.

The reason is Google Drive will automatically convert your file into Word format when you click on the download button. For this, you have to follow these steps:

Go to Google Drive.

Right-click on the file.

Scroll down and look for the Download button.

Click on that button and your file will start downloading.

Final Say

It depends on your choice either you want a single conversion or batch conversion, these methods will help you do both. A tip I would like to add is when uploading multiple files to Google Drive, just select all and drop them directly in the upload window. It easier to upload and convert this way.