Long-press the document inside the storage, pick Get link, flip the default Restricted to Anyone with the link → Viewer, copy the fresh URL, slap it after gdoc.pub/dl/ and append ?export=download. The ready address pushes the payload right into the browser’s save box, skipping the preview page and chopping transfer time to under two seconds on a 50 Mb sheet.
Sketch Folder Tree Before First Upload Book two hours, open a blank sheet, and draft the hierarchy that mirrors how people already ask for files: "2024-Contracts >Vendor-A >Amendments" beats a generic "Documents" dump every time. Cap depth to four levels–each extra click injects 8 % to search time (UX study, 2023). Prefix top folders with a number so they stay in workflow order: 01-Sales, 02-Ops, 03-Finance. Reserve 00-Archive for anything ancient than 24 months