Make a copy of a document

I need a faithful duplicate of the student guide so I can edit without breaking the original. Make a copy in the same folder as the original, append "— Draft copy for edits" to the filename, set my sharing to comment-only for the class list, and put the copy in my Drive root if the folder is full. Check the copy opens, the headings and footers are preserved, and confirm the file ID and link to me by 5pm Friday.

Before I share this copy with the class, make the edits reviewers expect easy to find. Put a short summary of changes and the key sections I rewrote on page one, highlight the learning objectives with a blue background, move the grading rubric into its own section with a clear H2, and flag any tables that lost formatting in the copy.

I tried to make a copy of the course guide and the copy looks different — some headers and the footer page numbers shifted and one embedded image is missing. Priya on faculty will expect the layout intact. I’m not sure if the original used an unsupported element or if my Drive ran out of space. Diagnose why the copy changed and tell me the quickest reliable fix so I can send the copy to Priya by noon.

Every time I duplicate long course guides for semester updates, headers, footers, and embedded images break and I spend hours repairing them. I don’t know whether it’s my copy workflow, the original authoring habits, or Drive sync issues. Where is the recurring time leak, and what three habits should I change to stop rebuilding formatting after every copy?