In order to add files from your PC to Google Drive, including Microsoft Excel files, please follow this Knowledge Base article: Google Drive: Adding Local Files to Drive


Excel to Sheets:

  • Once the Excel document has been added to your Drive, locate the item
    • You can tell an item is an Excel document by the Green "X" icon. It will also end in filename.XLSX




  • Open the file
  • Choose File in the upper left hand corner
  • Select the Save as Google Sheets option (5th option down)




  • A new tab will open with the Exported sheet to immediately work on
  • The new Sheet will be added to the same location in your Drive as the Excel document
    • The Excel document will NOT be affected by this conversion




Sheets to Excel:

  • Open the Google Sheet
  • Choose File in the upper left hand corner
  • Select the Download option (8th option down)
  • This will open another drop down with different versions to export as
    • The Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) will be the correct option in almost every use case
  • After downloading the file should be located in your local Downloads folder