Convert uploaded files to Google format

Convert uploaded files to Google format in Google Drive — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Convert the folder named Admissions Forms that students uploaded so those Word and LibreOffice…
Convert the folder named Admissions Forms that students uploaded so those Word and LibreOffice files become native documents my advisors can edit directly online; leave originals untouched and tell me which files converted without errors and which failed, by Tuesday noon.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I convert the students' uploads into editable online documents, make it easy for advisors to…
Before I convert the students' uploads into editable online documents, make it easy for advisors to trust the result: surface the largest formatting mismatches, show which documents will lose tracked changes or macros, and highlight any conversion that changes tables or image placement.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I bulk-converted a pile of applications into native docs and advisors report missing comments and…

Students' uploaded files converted but lost formatting and comments.

I bulk-converted a pile of applications into native docs and advisors report missing comments and scrambled tables. I don't know whether the conversion settings or the original files caused it. What is the most likely diagnosis and which two checks will tell me if reconverting with different options will fix the problems before I ask students to resubmit?

Become — change the pattern

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Each intake season I spend hours cleaning up converted applications because comments, tables, and…

Conversion errors creating extra review work each intake cycle.

Each intake season I spend hours cleaning up converted applications because comments, tables, and custom styles break. What routine should I adopt at upload and what simple pre-conversion checks will prevent most of this rework going forward?

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