If your client does not have Excel or asks you to submit a Google Spreadsheet, you can create the document in Google Spreadsheet from the beginning, but it may be more efficient to create the document in familiar Excel and convert it to Google Spreadsheet at the end. However, there are cases where it is more efficient to create the document in familiar Excel and convert it to a Google Spreadsheet at the end of the process. In this article, we will introduce a method of converting Excel documents to Google Spreadsheets for such cases.
Conversely, if you want to convert a Google Spreadsheet to Excel (Excel)How to convert Google Spreadsheet to Excel (Excel).
Open Google Drive
First, open the Google search screen and click the button in the upper right corner (in the red circle in the figure below).
Click on "Drive" from the menu that appears.
If you see a screen like this, you are good to go: you can now open Google Drive.
Import Excel documents
Once you have opened Google Drive, you can now import your Excel data.
Press this "+New" button on Google Drive.
Click the "Upload Files" button in the menu that appears.
The file upload screen will appear, displaying the folder in which the relevant Excel data is stored. Then, select the Excel data you wish to upload and click the "Open" button.
You will then see this in the lower right corner of the window.
If the display changes like this, the upload is successfully completed.
When you open My Drive, you will see the Excel file you just uploaded, double click to open it.
You can then open the Excel data you just uploaded in Google Drive.
If you look closely, you can see the Excel extension (XLSX, XLSM, etc.) in the red circle, confirming that it is Excel data.
Data can still be edited and saved as is.
Save in Google Spreadsheet
Next, we will convert the Excel data that is currently open into a Google Spreadsheet.
Click the "Save as Google Spreadsheet" button in the "File" tab.
For a short while, a read screen will appear as shown in the figure below.
It will then open as a Google Spreadsheet as shown below.
It looks almost the same, but you can see that Excel extensions such as "XLSM," which were previously located in the red circle in the figure below, have disappeared.
Close the spreadsheet as it is and display the Google Drive screen. If the spreadsheet is not displayed, refresh (refresh) the screen and you will see the Google Spreadsheet without the Excel extension (XLSX or XLSM) as shown below.
Although very similar, Google Spreadsheet and Excel data can also be distinguished by icons.
The Excel data is marked with an "X" and the spreadsheet is marked with a "cross".
There is no problem if the Excel data and Google Spreadsheets continue to coexist, but the Excel data with the same name remains and becomes confusing, so the Excel data should be deleted.
Click the "Three Point Reader" button on the Excel data person.
Click the "Move to Trash" button in the menu that appears.
Now there is only a Google Spreadsheet on the screen.
Conclusion
If you actually try it, you will find that converting from Excel to Google Spreadsheet is very easy. However, there is a possibility that the screen display may be significantly corrupted, in which case adjustments must be made after conversion.
Both Excel and Google Spreadsheet have their own excellent advantages, and should be used well depending on the situation.
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