Google Doc to LinkedIn carousel: export it or paste it

Can I attach a Google Doc to carouselgen?

No. The prompt box takes pasted text and attached files. The file types it accepts, per the list in carouselgen's source code, are PDF, Word (.docx), text (.txt, .md, .markdown, .csv) and images (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .webp, .gif). I searched the app's code for any Google Docs or Google Drive connection and found none, so a Doc has to leave Google as one of those formats.

A Doc link pasted into the brief is only words to the model. The one kind of link the designer follows is a website whose look you ask it to copy. I did not test a Doc link, so do not rely on one.

How do I get a Google Doc to a LinkedIn carousel?

1. 1

   Settle suggestions and comments in the Doc

   Accept or reject the suggested edits you care about. We did not test what Google puts into a downloaded file for a suggestion that is still pending, so decide it before you download.

2. 2

   Download the Doc, or copy its text

   Per Google's help page, click File, then Download, then choose a file type. Google's developer reference lists Microsoft Word, PDF, plain text and Markdown among the export formats for a Doc; look at your own menu for the exact names. Or press select all and copy.

3. 3

   Attach the file or paste the text

   Drag the file onto the prompt box or use the attach button. It shows as a chip under the text. Pasted text goes straight into the box.

   
4. 4

   Add one line of direction

   Say who the carousel is for and which part of the Doc to lead with. Without a line, the designer picks an angle itself.

5. 5

   Generate, then read each slide against the Doc

   Check names and numbers on every slide before you post.

Which route is best for my Doc?

The PDF is sent to the model as it is, and Anthropic's documentation says each page is converted to an image with its text extracted alongside, which is why charts and tables survive. The .docx is different: the converter ignores formatting, so a Doc whose meaning sits in a table should go as a PDF. For a blog-style Doc, see blog post to LinkedIn carousel. For the PDF route in detail, see PDF to LinkedIn carousel.

How long can the Doc be?

These are the limits in carouselgen's source code (lib/deck/source-limits.ts). A file that breaks one shows the problem on its own chip. As a rough figure of mine, one page of a Doc is about 500 words, which is around 3,000 characters, so a one-page Doc fits in the box as pasted text.

A worked example: a one-page Doc as the brief

This is an example, not a customer's file. Say the Doc is one page called "Support shift handover checklist": a two-line intro and six numbered steps. Download it as a PDF, attach it, and paste this brief.

"A carousel for team leads in customer support, from the attached Google Doc. Open with the problem the checklist solves: a handover that loses context. Then one step per slide, in the Doc's order and with its wording. Eight slides in all. The last slide restates that a good handover is six minutes of writing and asks which step their team skips most."

1. Cover: the problem, in one line the reader recognises.
2. Steps 1 to 6: one step on each slide, in the Doc's wording.
3. Closing slide: the takeaway in one line, then the question about the step skipped most.

Six steps plus a cover and a close make eight slides, which fits the brief and the 8 to 10 range of the length tip. If the Doc had twelve steps, you would say which six to keep instead of asking for twelve slides.

How carouselgen helps

carouselgen turns the text you bring into designed slides: it reads the PDF or the text, chooses fonts and colours, writes one slide per point and exports a PDF for LinkedIn. It does not stay linked to your Doc, so a later edit in Google Docs does not reach the carousel. Download again and make a new one, or change the slides by commenting on them or editing the text by hand. Posting is up to you: the file you upload to LinkedIn is the PDF.