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Emanuel O.'s avatar
Emanuel O.
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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Invalid MS-DOS function --Unable to copy ".gsheet" file from google drive offline folder into drobox

I got google drive installed normally as drive G: One of the folders in google drive is set to be offline (instead of streaming/online only).   Then I got Dropbox installed as will in F:\Dropbox ...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    4 years ago

    Hi Emanuel O., you can use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides created on dropbox.com, however you can't move them to your Dropbox account from Google. 

     

    You can find out more about this here.

Megan's avatar
Megan
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4 years ago

Hi Emanuel O., you can use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides created on dropbox.com, however you can't move them to your Dropbox account from Google. 

 

You can find out more about this here.

Emanuel O.'s avatar
Emanuel O.
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Hi Megan,

 

If i can't copy from my local google drive a .gsheet, .gdoc or .gslide into my local dropbox folder then how can I create google docs, google sheet or google slides in Dropbox ?

 

 

Thanks,

Emanuel

  • Emanuel O.'s avatar
    Emanuel O.
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    Hi Megan, I found the option in dropbox web to create new any type of "office like" documents in either Microsoft website or Google Drive website, this is amazing.. I wasn't aware of this.

     

    But will document still be created and saved in Microsoft or Google cloud and only a shortcut stored in dropbox is it how it works ? or will document fully stays in dropbox side and only when to view or edit you use either Microsoft or google drive just as interface as all the saving it done only in dropbox, so yo just use microsoft/google drive web UI as just online editors ?

    • Emanuel O.'s avatar
      Emanuel O.
      Explorer | Level 4
      4 years ago

      So I found answers once again in the link you shared:

      https://help.dropbox.com/integrations/create-google-docs

       

      So we can create, view or edit (from dropbox web UI) either with Microsoft or Google Drive web UIs, but storage is kept in Dropbox.. this is great, so if all gets stored in dropbox that means we only using either Microsoft or google as "editors" I guess ?

       

      So only one last question remains, since I got dozens of .gsheets and .gdocs in my google drive whats best way for me to have them stored in Dropbox then ?

      Im thinking only way is to download them as .xlsx or .docx ? That means there's no way to have them in dropbox as .gsheet or .gdoc as only way to have .gsheet or .gdoc in dropbox is by creating them in dropbox UI is this correct ?

       

      Thanks

       

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        4 years ago

        Hey Emanuel O., sorry to jump in here.

         

        I just wanted to mention that in your case, you can either download (or export) a copy of your file as a file type that can be added to Dropbox (like .docx), and then upload it to Dropbox (but it won’t be a web-based file anymore), or create a new web-based file in Dropbox, and then copy and paste the contents over to it from the web-based version of the original file.

         

        I hope this helps a tad and please let us know if you have any other questions. 

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