Am I misremembering, or did Gmail used to have a "Save to Docs" option for attachments? It seems supremely stupid that I have to download this PDF and re-upload it in order to get it from Gmail to Drive. (There is a Chrome extension for this, but the current release notes say Google disabled it. WTF?)
But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!
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Jessica - May 19, 2013 11:36:01 am PDT #22451 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t - May 19, 2013 11:43:49 am PDT #22452 of 25497
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If you "View" the attachment you get a button to "Add to Drive"
Jessica - May 19, 2013 12:17:19 pm PDT #22453 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Where? I've read that a couple of places but I don't see it.
le nubian - May 19, 2013 12:50:49 pm PDT #22454 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
you could use attachments.me extension. I used it, but have used it more sporadically since they are now charging for the service (not a complaint, just a fact on my part).
Or you could get a box.net account and email the attachment to a shared folder.
le nubian - May 19, 2013 12:51:15 pm PDT #22455 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
it seems gmail has changed their options regarding google docs integration.
-t - May 19, 2013 12:51:59 pm PDT #22456 of 25497
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
When I click on view, a new tab opens up showing the document. In the upper right corner are three buttons "Add to Drive", "Download original", and "Share".
Also, if I click on "File" in the upper left I get a menu that includes Add to Drive.
Jessica - May 19, 2013 12:55:23 pm PDT #22457 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh, when I click View the attachment opens in a new tab, but I don't see any of those options. Maybe it depends on doc type?
It's ridiculous that Gmail, running in Chrome, can't do this automatically. I mean, come on Google.
Or you could get a box.net account and email the attachment to a shared folder.
Well, I can download the PDF and then upload it to Drive (and then delete the extra copy from my Downloads folder), so it's not like I can't *get* documents from Gmail to Drive, it's just that there's a stupid extra step in the way.
le nubian - May 19, 2013 12:56:40 pm PDT #22458 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It used to be that you could email docs to google docs. I miss that.
le nubian - May 19, 2013 12:58:09 pm PDT #22459 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
-t - May 19, 2013 12:59:26 pm PDT #22460 of 25497
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Weird. I sent myself a .pdf to try it out, and I'm using Firefox right now, but I know I've done the same thing using Chrome at work, probably with Excel files.