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Creating and Saving: Saving to your hard drive

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To save a document, spreadsheet or presentation to your local computer, follow these specific instructions:

For documents:

Visit the edit page of the document you'd like to save, click File, then select one of the Download file as options. Here are the supported file types for documents:

  • HTML
  • RTF
  • Word
  • Open Office
  • PDF
  • Text

For spreadsheets:

Visit the edit page of the spreadsheet you'd like to save, click File, then point your mouse to the Export option. A list of supported formats appears, from which you can select the format you'd like to export with. Here are the supported file types for spreadsheets:
  • CSV
  • HTML
  • ODS
  • PDF
  • XLS
  • TXT: only for a single sheet

Note: it's not possible to export a spreadsheet as .xlsx.

For presentations:

Visit the edit page of the presentation you'd like to save. Click File and select Save as PDF or Save as PPT, depending on your preference.

For drawings:

You can export your drawing as a PDF, PNG, or SVG file by clicking Edit > Export from the drawing toolbar.

When you export a file, some of your original formatting may not be preserved.
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