how do I share a google doc with someone through e-mail?
July 3, 2019 8:04 AM
Can anyone help me to share a google doc with someone via e-mail?
I have a resume on google docs (on my drive). I don't have Microsoft Word, but the person who needs to see the resume wants me to send it through the e-mail, so that he can see it. Every time I try to share my resume from google docs he gets it but he cannot open it. He says it says he needs permission. I can't figure out how to change my settings so someone can receive an e-mail from the share button. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!
I have a resume on google docs (on my drive). I don't have Microsoft Word, but the person who needs to see the resume wants me to send it through the e-mail, so that he can see it. Every time I try to share my resume from google docs he gets it but he cannot open it. He says it says he needs permission. I can't figure out how to change my settings so someone can receive an e-mail from the share button. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!
The easiest way to do this is make sure you are just creating a shareable link. To do this, you can click the share button and then in the upper portion of the window you can click "get shareable link" which will give you a unique link you can just drop into an email via copy and paste which will allow them to view (or, if you want, view and edit). You should also be able to send htis link via email on that screen. Here's the support document on how to share within Google Docs.. Another option is to go under the File menu and then download the resume as either an MS Word doc or a PDF and then you could send it as an attachment.
posted by jessamyn at 8:10 AM on July 3, 2019
posted by jessamyn at 8:10 AM on July 3, 2019
I went on the File menu and downloaded it as a MS Word but then when I sent it some of the words were scrambled.
posted by lynnie-the-pooh at 8:40 AM on July 3, 2019
posted by lynnie-the-pooh at 8:40 AM on July 3, 2019
I came in with an answer similar to jessamyn's: when you go to "share" any file from Google Drive, you have the option to either share it to specific Gmail addresses, or to get a link which allows anyone to access the document. You copy & paste the link directly into an email to the person - and the person who receives it can access the document whether they have a Google account.
You can opt for this link to be just access to view, or access to view & edit. I use this frequently to share files for editing with a volunteer group.
That said, if you are sharing your resume with a potential employer (as opposed to a friend who is helping you edit it), I might suggest printing it to PDF and then attaching it to the email. That gives you a clean, professional version for sharing.
posted by jb at 8:41 AM on July 3, 2019
You can opt for this link to be just access to view, or access to view & edit. I use this frequently to share files for editing with a volunteer group.
That said, if you are sharing your resume with a potential employer (as opposed to a friend who is helping you edit it), I might suggest printing it to PDF and then attaching it to the email. That gives you a clean, professional version for sharing.
posted by jb at 8:41 AM on July 3, 2019
To the person who suggested making it a PDF..........the employer is asking for a Word document but I don't have Microsoft Word, so can he take the PDF and turn it into a word document?
posted by lynnie-the-pooh at 8:45 AM on July 3, 2019
posted by lynnie-the-pooh at 8:45 AM on July 3, 2019
No, it's not a great idea to ask him to take your pdf and convert that to Word. It won't turn out well, and that's not what he's asking for.
.RTF (rich text format) is a cross-platform text format. Can you save out of googledocs as a .rtf? The employer can open RTF in Word. It's not exactly a Word file, but it's closer.
You may want to download LibreOffice or another free document software so you can open the RTF file and take a look before sending it off. Or see if your local library has a copy of Word so you can open the file there.
Or find a friend who has Word so they can open the file and look for scrambled words.
posted by hydra77 at 8:56 AM on July 3, 2019
.RTF (rich text format) is a cross-platform text format. Can you save out of googledocs as a .rtf? The employer can open RTF in Word. It's not exactly a Word file, but it's closer.
You may want to download LibreOffice or another free document software so you can open the RTF file and take a look before sending it off. Or see if your local library has a copy of Word so you can open the file there.
Or find a friend who has Word so they can open the file and look for scrambled words.
posted by hydra77 at 8:56 AM on July 3, 2019
Does the person need/want to make modifications to the document, or just view it? If they want to modify, then sending a PDF and converting it to Word would be far from ideal. If they only need to view it, it's highly likely that they have a PDF reader, so you could ask them if PDF would be acceptable.
posted by yuwtze at 9:08 AM on July 3, 2019
posted by yuwtze at 9:08 AM on July 3, 2019
Did you create this resume in Google docs, or did you create it somewhere else and then upload and modify it? That could explain some of the gibberish. My suggestion in that case would be to re-create it only in Google Docs, then download as a Word file.
posted by sm1tten at 9:49 AM on July 3, 2019
posted by sm1tten at 9:49 AM on July 3, 2019
AFAIK you can use the online version of Word for free. You just need a Microsoft account (outlook.com): https://office.live.com/start/Word.aspx
posted by JamesBay at 12:15 PM on July 3, 2019
posted by JamesBay at 12:15 PM on July 3, 2019
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posted by demiurge at 8:09 AM on July 3, 2019