Google-drive – How to open the .docx file stored in Google Drive with Google Doc

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I upload a .docx file to a directory in Google Drive, and can't find an option to open it with Google Doc, when right clicking it. How can I open the .docx file stored in Google Drive with Google Doc?

In the screenshot, the .docx file seems not recognized by Google Doc.
(I have chosen app DocHub, but it is not Google Doc. I remember Google Doc can work with .docx files.)

(I share the directory on Google drive with others, and we will edit the files there and create new files there.)

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Best Answer

I figured out an awkward workaround.

  1. upload the docx file to Google Doc, which converts the file to google document type

  2. in Google Doc, File->Move the file to the directory in Google Drive.

It is not as direct and convenient as a hypothetical way where we can upload the file to Google Drive and make the file recognizable by Google Doc. ("hypothetical", because I don't know how to do that.)

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