Google Docs Low Vision: Converting Word and PDFs into Google Docs

Hi, my name is Vikki Vaughan, and in today’s workshop, we’ll learn to convert various file formats into Google Docs.

As we’ve discussed in another workshop in this series, lots of family and friends might not be using Google Docs just yet. That’s why it’s so great that Google makes it super easy to convert familiar file types, like Microsoft Word or PDF’s, into Google Doc files.

On the flip side, Google also makes it simple to convert Google Docs into several different file types including Microsoft Word, RTF and PDF’s. If that’s something you’re interested in, be sure to check out another workshop in this series.

Let’s head over to our Google Drive at drive.google.com. Once we’ve signed in, we’re ready to open the New command.

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