Support Embedding a Google Doc as a Rendered Tab in Another Google Doc

Google Workspace Developers Q&A
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Currently, Google Docs does not support embedding another Google Doc such that the embedded content is live-rendered and viewable within the parent document without duplicating or copying content.

This feature request proposes adding functionality to embed one Google Doc inside another as a tab (or dedicated section), with the following desired behavior:

  • The embedded document should be rendered in-line or as a tabbed section within the parent doc.
  • Any updates made to the original (source) doc should automatically reflect in the embedded view, ensuring real-time synchronization.
  • The embedded section should maintain formatting, hyperlinks, images, and other structural elements of the original doc.
  • Users should be able to interact with the embedded doc (e.g., click links, scroll, or comment, depending on permission levels).
  • If the source document contains multiple tabs, all of them should be visible in the destination document. The user must be able to remove any tab they do not wish to display in the destination where the source document is rendered

This feature would significantly enhance collaborative documentation workflows, reduce redundancy, and support modular content reuse across docs in a dynamic way.

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100% agreed. Similar to the ability to embed a PDF in a PDF but better.

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Must have feature, Teams often work on multiple related documents. Having all relevant docs accessible as tabs or embedded sections would streamline navigation and collaboration.
Currently, we have to manually copy/paste or link to other docs, which is inefficient and prone to versioning issues.
Google Slides already supports importing individual slides into one file. Bringing a similar concept to Docs would make the Google Workspace experience more consistent and powerful.

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