Question :
I was given a link to an online presentation, and when I opend it it turned out to be a presentation that was hosted in Google Docs that I could view and scroll through, which is great. But I would like to keep it for future reference, and even though I could just bookmark the URL, I would prefer to download the presentation to make sure I can still access it when I’m offline.

Is there any way to download this presentation ?


Answer :
Yes, there is.
And it is even quite simple. Just do this :
– open the link to the online presentation in your (Safari) webbrowser
– click on the generic “docs.google.com” URL to reveal the entire URL
– the entire URL will look like this :
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/yyyyyyyyyyy
where the part represented by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is the File ID code
and the part represented by yyyyyyyyyyy is the code needed to correctly display the file
in your browser
– copy entire URL ( by using the [CMD] + [C] key combo )
– open a new tab page in your browser ( by using the [CMD] + [T] key combo )
– paste the entire URL in that new tab page (by using the [CMD] + [V] key combo )
– now edit the entire URL by deleting the yyyyyyyyyyy part
– if you want to download the presentation as a PDF, alter the URL to :
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/export/pdf
– or, if you want to download the presentation as a PowerPoint file, alter the URL to :
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/export/pptx
– then press the [ENTER] key on your keyboard
– when a popup window appears asking you if you a re sure you want to download the presentation, click OK
– now, the presentation will be downloaded into your Download folder

That’s it !

enjoy 😉