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How to import Excel files to Google Sheets
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quick start Guide

Not using the Microsoft Office Suite? Instead, you can import your Excel documents into Google Docs..

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Has someone sent you an Excel document but you don't have Microsoft Excel? Or have you given up Microsoft Office and switched to Google Drive? No problem: you can easily edit your Excel files with Google Sheets. And while Google Docs doesn't support some of the features and characteristics of an Excel document, it works pretty well.

How to import Excel files to Google Sheets

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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To view an Excel document in Google Sheets, you must first upload the file to your Google Drive. To do this, open Google Drive and click " New ".

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Then select the option " Upload files ".

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Now search for the desired Excel document and then click on " Open ".

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Then wait for the file to be uploaded. You can recognize this by the notification at the bottom right.

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Now right click on the Excel file and then select " Open with " and then " Google Sheets ".

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You can now view and edit the Excel table.

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If you would like to save the table as an Excel document again, simply click on " File " at the top and then select " Download " and " Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) " one after the other .

quick start Guide

  1. Open Google Drive , click New on the left, then select Upload Files .
  2. Now search for the desired Excel document and click on " Open ".
  3. After uploading, right click on the Excel file and then select " Open with " and " Google Sheets ".
  4. You can then view and edit the Excel table. To save, click on " File " above and then select " Download " and " Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) " one after the other .

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