Gmail – Attach Google Docs to a gmail message

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I can only link and not attach Google Docs.

So, if the recipient does not have Google Drive, I have to download a converted document and upload it again.
This is very time consuming and inefficient.

How can I send immediately a converted version of a document?
Can the conversion be executed in the cloud (without downloading/uploading)?
This is what already happens from docx to gdoc, when editing a docx.

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I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but the recipient can download the document as docx without a Google account by opening the document and doing the steps shown in this image:

For this to work the document has to a 'shared to anyone with the link'. When testing this out, gmail automatically reminded me to do this when attaching the Drive document.

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Google-drive – Download an older version of a document

If you download the current version of your document, right-click on the download in the Downloads window of your browser (Firefox) and copy the URL. Then simply append &revision=NNN and paste this new URL into your browser address bar and hit enter. It will download that specific revision.

So the only exercise left is finding out which revision ID you need to use.

In order to do that, visit developers.google.com revisions list and click on Try it now, then enter the fileId of your document, which is the long string of characters and numbers between docs.google.com/document/d/ and the next slash in your browsers URL bar when editing the document. It's also visible in the download URL you copied before. Paste that into the fileId on the API explorer page an hit Authorize and execute.

Scroll down to the response, look at the modifiedTime and choose the correct number from the id field. Then use that number to download your document. The final URL should look something like this:

docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/XXXX/export?format=docx&revision=NNN

Where XXXX is the fileId and NNN is your revision number.

Google Docs – How to Convert Microsoft Word to Google Docs Format Without Downloading

To convert a document, right click on it inside Google Drive. Choose Open with → Google Docs. A new window will be opened with the document in Google Docs format and it is saved inside the same folder in your Google Drive.

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