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Yes, I imagine that is the problem, as Docs does have limits on the size of files it downloads to PDF. I'm surprised it works in the Print > Save as PDF method.
You can read about incognito mode by clicking on those words in my post above. I've linked it there to a Google Help Center article.
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There are limits to the size of PDFs that can be downloaded from Docs (though I don't know exactly what that is). If your document is very large, break it into two or three or more smaller documents and download those individually. After they've been downloaded, you can glue them into a single PDF using the merge feature in the free online app I Love PDF.
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Hi, Craig,
Yes, that's a workaround, but you shouldn't have to go that route. What happens when you try to do the download from within the document?
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To download a Docs document as a PDF, open the document. Then go to File > Download as ... and select PDF.
Does that resolve it for you?
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Many thanks. No my problem was that that didn't work. But I found a fix on the Net. Go to Print, save as PDF. It saves in the same folder as the doc.
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Hi, Craig,
Yes, that's a workaround, but you shouldn't have to go that route. What happens when you try to do the download from within the document?
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Nothing, though it downloads as a docx. It's a 250 page novel draft which I suspect is the problem. I don't know what incognito mode is.
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Angie, as your question is different from the original poster's, please start a new thread in the Docs help forum so we can try to address your particular issue. Please also include whether you're on a mobile or desktop device and your operating system and browser.
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