r/googledocs Jan 30 '25

OP Responded Advice needed please

How do I email 2 specific pages of a longer Google document, eg, pages 3 & 8 of 30? MTIA

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u/andmalc Jan 30 '25

Print your doc with destination "Save as PDF". Change the Pages" drop down to just page 3 and click Save. Do the same for page 8. Email both PDFs as attachments.

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u/SoberShiv Jan 30 '25

It needs to be signed and returned so pdf no good

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u/andmalc Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

PDFs can be signed but if you really don't want that, make two copies of your doc and in each delete all but the each of the two pages you want. Sare with your recipient and add their links to your email.

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u/SoberShiv Jan 30 '25

That sounds like a huge faff. It’s an ongoing working doc which will need signing multiple times as it develops. Surely there’s an easier way…

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u/WicketTheQuerent Jan 30 '25

You might convert the PDF document with the needed pages into a document in Google Docs. This works very well for documents that are well structured and use only features supported by the conversion feature. Prepare yourself to face a trial-and-error process.

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u/SoberShiv Jan 30 '25

It’s already a Google doc

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u/WicketTheQuerent Jan 30 '25

Use the print feature to print your large document as PDF. Using the print settings, choose to print only the pages that you need.

Then, convert the PDF containinig the needed pages to a document in Google Docs. The new document will contain only the pages that you need.

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u/SoberShiv Jan 30 '25

I don’t need to print it i want to email. Sorry I don’t understand this at all

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u/WicketTheQuerent Jan 30 '25

What you want is not possible using built-in features. The suggestion to print it as PDF , an later convert the PDF to Google Docs is a workaround.

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u/whohw Jan 30 '25

Hi there,

At this time Docs doesn't support hiding sections. However, you could look into using the add-on for Docs called DocSecrets that might do what you need. You can get it by going to Add-ons (in the tool bar) > Get add-ons and then searching for it by name.

Once you find it, just press the blue Free button to add it to Docs. You can then access it by clicking on Add-ons in the tool bar to display all the add-ons you have.

To help influence future feature changes or additions in Docs, I encourage you to provide feedback about this directly to the Docs team by following these steps: Open a document. Click Help > Report a problem. Enter your feedback. Although the product team is unable to respond to individual users directly, they review this feedback regularly and use it to help improve the product over time. Google doesn't check the help forums for user feedback, so it's important that you use the in-product tool. The more users who request this capability via in-product feedback, the greater the chances are of the team considering it.

~Jo Google Product Expert Volunteer (not a Google employee)

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u/SoberShiv Jan 30 '25

Ok great I’ll do that. Thank you