How to open a docx file in Google Docs: 2 Step Easy Guide

In this tutorial, we will learn How to open a docx file in Google Docs.

You might come across a situation where you have prepared a document in Microsoft word and now you want to open the docx format MS word file in Google Docs. You can easily open a docx file in Google docs following the below provided steps.

Let’s find out How open a docx file in Google Docs

How to open a docx file in Google Docs : Step by Step Guide

Step 1 : Upload the Docx file in Google drive

  • Click on google apps ( Grid icon) on your browser as shown below. For this example, we are using Google Chrome.
  • Then click on the google drive icon

Once you are inside google drive. Click on the + New option on the top left corner of the screen.

Choose the option, file upload, and upload the file

  • Once the file has been uploaded successfully. You will receive a message on the bottom corner that the upload is completed as shown below.

Step 2 : Open the uploaded file in Google Docs

You can find the recently uploaded file under the option “Recent” on left-hand side of your screen.

Double the uploaded file which will open the file in google docs.

How to open a docx file in Google Docs

Another way to open the file is to right-click on the file and open it with google docs

Wasn’t that easy -:). We hope this tutorial on How to open a docx file in Google Docs was helpful and adds value to your day-to-day tasks with Google docs.

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