Download the Doc, then import the file. There is no Google login.

WriteIDE does not connect to a Google account and does not open Docs in place. In 0.6 you download a .docx or Markdown copy, import that file into a local project, and optionally keep drafting in Docs while WriteIDE tracks continuity.

Import the downloaded Doc in WriteIDE 0.6 See what 0.6 includes

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Shipped in 0.6

What WriteIDE does with that manuscript.

WriteIDE editor showing a manuscript beside tracked story data

Import the downloaded file
From Google Docs, use File, Download, Microsoft Word (.docx) or Markdown. WriteIDE imports that file the same way it imports any other .docx or .md.
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Keep drafting in Docs
Choose Track a story written elsewhere, import the copy or build a chapter skeleton, and record progression on Story Overview while the live draft stays in Docs.
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Clean one chapter in the browser
The Google Docs to legacy BBCode cleaner on this site is a one-chapter paste tool. It is not a project import and it does not create a WriteIDE database.
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Stay local-first
After the download, the work happens on your computer. WriteIDE 0.6 does not keep a Google Drive connection.
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Not in 0.6

What this path does not do.

A Google Docs API or account link
There is no Sign in with Google, no Drive picker inside the app, and no live sync with the Doc you left in the browser.
Not in 0.6
Treating a paste as a whole-book import
Pasting into a browser tool formats one chapter. Importing a downloaded file is what creates chapters, scenes, and a tracker project.
Not in 0.6
Cloud backup of the imported project
The local WriteIDE folder is the 0.6 home for the copy. Cloud backup is planned and optional, not part of this path.
Not in 0.6

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Local-first

How to do it on this computer.

01 · Download the Doc as .docx or Markdown
Do this in Google Docs first. WriteIDE reads files, not a Google URL.
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02 · Download WriteIDE 0.6
Open the desktop app. No WriteIDE account is required.
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03 · Import the file or start a tracker-only project
Import Manuscript to write in WriteIDE. Track a story written elsewhere if Docs remains the editor.
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04 · Review chapters, then record changes at scenes
A headingless download falls back to a chapter skeleton. Once the spine exists, attach stats and inventory to the right scene.
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Import the downloaded Doc in WriteIDE 0.6 Where the files live