How to enable .docx creation in the Google Docs app Your email has been sent Did you know that you can now create .docx files directly from within the Google Docs app? With this new(ish) feature you ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

Microsoft introduced the DOCX format, which ends with the extension .docx, in 2007 as an upgrade to its popular word-processing program, Word. DOCX files' incompatibility with earlier versions of Word ...

Creating a keyboard shortcut that opens your browser to the Google Docs upload option won't save you a lot of time, but you'll more easily transmit files as e-mail attachments. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

Google’s GSuite offers users a healthily-featured alternative to expensive options such as Microsoft Office. And, it enables users to edit those documents, spreadsheets, slideshows, or even forms on ...

If you use Google Docs (or Spreadsheets or Slides), here’s a quick tip for getting to your files faster from your desktop. Instead of opening Google Docs directly in your browser, you can click on a ...

Open your favorite writing app -- say, Google Docs -- to create a new file. The powerful collaborative editing features work only inside a Google Doc. Want to work with the file elsewhere? You'll ...

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