Working online offers us countless sales, especially the possibility of accessing and updating documents from any device from which we can enter our user account. But we do not always want to share the use of the file and prefer to share a duplicate of the document through another app or even save it out of the cloud. Now we can get a copy of a document without opening it, We tell you how.
Make a copy of a file without opening it
Whenever we open a document, we run the danger of modifying something by mistake and without realizing it. If we do not want anyone to know that we have made a copy of the document, we can do it without even opening it. One of the most used applications for Host Google’s documents is Drive. The storage app gives us access to all the files we have saved in the cloud. From here we have the possibility of performing several actions. From sharing, downloading, changing the name and location of it and even making a copy without opening it. Keep a copy From our documents it allows us to update or make modifications of this without losing the information, keeping several versions. With what we can return to the original document if necessary at some point.
The right mouse button offers access to a series of options integrated in a menu, which emerges every time we click on any file. We just have to click with the right mouse button and select “make a copy.” We can also use andl keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+C” “Ctrl+V” with the same result. A trick that you can also use in Windows, to copy any file, even to create copies in other locations, doubleing the files quickly and simple. This allows us to be much more efficient, saving a valuable time, not to waste time, opening the document, displaying the file menu and selecting the desired option. A few seconds that throughout the year become minutes and probably in lost hours with repetitive tasks.
The copy of the document is saved in the same location as the original, to differentiate it from it assigns the same name by adding “copy of the file)”. So we can change the name if we believe it is necessary. A good way to organize the Copy of these documents, in addition to renamed them, is to add dates or descriptors that help us easily identify Each of the copies and even the changes introduced in these. Once we get the copy, we have several options, from continuing to store the copy in the same location, change it folder, share or send it to other users or download it to store it locally on our devices. A very interesting option to make changes collaboratively in the documents without losing sight of the original
