Disclaimer: Unless you wanna learn how I found out about this trick, skip to the next section. I was looking at this StackExchange question for inspiration on how to do such a thing the other day and now I've found out how to do it. Since the HTML displayed on your browser must contain the raw/unparsed Google Doc, there must be a way to do this. I started with my investigation by copying the HTML code that is rendered inside the viewing box (the <div> shown in the screenshot). Just use Ctrl. + Shift + C and then click on it when the entire editing section is blue. Sorry. I am using a blank Doc.My first thought was to paste it into an HTML page and render it without any of the other CSS stylesheets Google loads. Lots of features are rendered weirdly without any of the stylesheets. Since that didn't work, my second thought was to paste the exact thing into another Google Doc that you own. Brilliant! Now all the CSS that are needed for rendering the code is already loaded and it saves us a lot of work. Now, you have the document that you can print, copy, or export/save from!!! Step 1. Load the Doc Step 3. Click on the button shown in the image below so you can select an element that is displayed (look at the top-left corner of the Inspect Element / Developer Tools) Step 4. Select the <div> tag as shown: Step 5. Look in the Inspect Element toolbar. A <div> should be highlighted in blue. Click on it to put it into focus and then copy the element. Step 6. Make a new Doc that you own Step 7. Repeat steps 2-4 for the new Doc, until you find the <div> tag. Step 8. Right click on it, then click edit as HTML. Replace everything in the text box with what you copied from the other Doc. Step 9. Close out of the Inspect Element. Now, you have a Doc that you own (to save it, make a small edits, and then it will autosave in your Drive) Possible ErrorsIf you get this error:
If you don’t want people to change the content in a spreadsheet, you can protect it. This shouldn’t be used as a security measure. People can print, copy, paste, and import and export copies of a protected spreadsheet. Only share spreadsheets with people you trust. Tip: If "Protected sheets and ranges" isn't visible, you're likely in Microsoft Office editing. To use sheets and ranges protection, convert your file to Google Sheets. Learn about Microsoft Office editing and how to convert Microsoft Office files. Protect a range or sheet Important: When you protect a sheet, you can’t:
To see protected cells, click View Protected ranges. A striped background will appear over the cells.Who can protect a range or sheet
Edit a copy of a protected sheet
Hide sheets from viewYou can hide sheets that are old or are placeholders for calculations used by other sheets. Hiding a sheet is not the same as protecting a sheet.
Hide or unhide a sheet
To hide a sheet:
To unhide a sheet:
Import and export spreadsheets with hidden sheets
Hidden sheets will stay hidden if you:
Edit sheetsTip: You can perform bulk actions on multiple tabs in a Sheet, such as:
For bulk actions, on your keyboard press Shift, select the tabs click the action you want to perform.Copy a sheet
You can copy a sheet in a spreadsheet. Copies can be made within the same spreadsheet or into a separate spreadsheet. To copy a sheet to another spreadsheet:
To copy a sheet within a spreadsheet:
Reorder sheets
To change the order of the sheets in a spreadsheet, click and drag a sheet tab until it is in the order you want. Rename a sheet
To change the name of a sheet in a spreadsheet, double-click the text on the sheet tab and type in the new name. Add color to a sheet tab
Add a color to your sheet tabs to easily tell them apart.
Delete a sheet
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