Sep 30, 2022
80-page limit when opening PDF files with Google Docs
The over-80-page PDF's that I regularly work with are under 600 KB, consisting of about 500,000 characters. When trying to open with Google Docs, only the first 80 pages appear. The remaining pages just disappear.
If you want to see the bug, you can download the IRS Form 1040 directions (114 pages for Tax year 2021, 4 MB file size), and try to open with Google Docs. Only the first 80 pages appear.
There has been some mention of a 2 MB file size limit, but my usual file sizes are around 600 KB and still only the first 80 pages open.
Also, if some kind of limits are exceeded, Google Docs should display an alert, instead of silently truncating documents.
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Sep 30, 2022
Hi Jessica Anderson Lopez
Good points.
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. The more users who have this request, the more likely it is the team will make a change.
- Mike
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Sep 30, 2022
Hi Jessica Anderson Lopez
You mean Google Drive, right? In what way would you be opening a PDF in "Google Docs", exactly?
- Mike
Sep 30, 2022
Sep 30, 2022
That would not be opening - that would be attempting to convert to a Google Doc. PDFs are not meant to be converted so results could be expected to be hit and miss at best, really.
If you really want to do this you could use a free online PDF splitter option to break the file down into small chunks, perhaps. Or use an Adobe PDF editor, of course.
- Mike
Sep 30, 2022
Sorry, but that's not really an answer.
> PDFs are not meant to be converted
Then why allow it in the first place?
> If you really want to do this you could use a free online PDF
> splitter option to break the file down into small chunks
Why should I be forced to do an inconvenient work-around?
Hi Jessica Anderson Lopez
Good points.
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. The more users who have this request, the more likely it is the team will make a change.
- Mike
Community Manager Karan S. recommended this