Written by Ivana Google Workplace / Docs
Google Docs offer a convenient way for creating and collaborating on online documents. You can make direct edits or include comments on Google Docs and your coworkers can see them in real-time.
In fact, one of the advantages of Google Docs is that you can have a whole conversation thread in the comments. Sometimes you might need to print the document together with the comments, for example to archive the revision process of a document.
However, the problem is that when you print Google Docs, the comments disappear.
Not to worry, not everything is lost. Luckily, there are workarounds that can help print a Google Docs document with the comments.
There are several methods by which you can include the comments in a printed version of a document.
The simplest way to print a Google Docs document with the comments is to capture a screenshot of it and print it. Although this is an easy fix, it’s not so flexible and has limitations.
For example, you would have to take a screenshot of each page and print it separately. If the document is short, this method might be useful. However, if it’s a dozen or more pages in question, explore some of the other methods below.
To save Google Docs as a web page:
This workaround is helpful if you don’t have a licensed copy of Microsoft Word on your computer.
If you have a licensed Microsoft Word, you can download the Google Doc in .docx format.
Another convenient way to print a Google Doc with the comments is to use the Google Document with Comments Printer Chrome extension if you are using Google Chrome.
Once you install the Google Chrome extension:
These are some helpful methods with which you can print your Google Docs including the comments.
If you like using Google Docs, but don’t like typing, Google Docs has an amazing feature called voice typing, but sometimes it can happen that it stops working. Check out how to fix when this happens.
Also, check out how to use Google Docs' real-time chat feature that allows multiple users working on the same document to easily communicate within the document.