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The following table shows how Google Workspace documents map to export MIME
types
:
Note: To view a list of all system supported export formats for a user, retrieve
an about
resource by calling the about.get
method with the fields
parameter set to exportFormats
.
You can also export Google Workspace
documents using Google Apps Script. For more information on supported formats
when exporting content in Apps Script, see the reference
documentation for Google Docs
, Google Sheets
,
and Google Slides
.
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