If you have a link to a Google document you like and want to save it on your own account for further editing or just for your collection; It will need to download and re-upload to get it. It’s because, Google Docs doesn’t have any option to add a copy of that same file to your account. However, it is now possible to get that file instantly in your account performing following trick:
One of the ways you could create a duplicate for the document is to replace http://docs.google.com/View?docid=XXXXX
with
http://docs.google.com/DocAction?action=copy&docid=XXXXX
where XXXXX is the document ID.
Alex of GOS blog has written a script to automate this process that adds an option to duplicate the document. It adds a simple “Copy to my account” link next to the “Edit document (if you have permission)” line in the document’s top (or bottom) margin. Get the script at the link below.
To get that script and know its compatibility visit GOS blogpost.
