Linking google docs to Zoho Projects - not working as it should

Linking google docs to Zoho Projects - not working as it should

When I add a document or spreadsheet from my google drive to a project in Zoho, it does not link to the document or spreadsheet on google drive. Instead, it imports a Microsoft file format version of my google doc into Zoho Projects. This is a problem because when you click it, the file downloads to the computer instead of opening directly in Google docs, which is how google docs integration has worked on every other service I've used that integrates with it. 

The only other option I have is to click the icon which imports the document and opens it in Zoho's own document programs, which I'm not at all interested in. I just want to use them directly from Google drive within Zoho, but that doesn't seem to work at all, despite the fact that there is a little chain link icon which appears on the page when you are adding a file. See attached image. Based on the label that you see when you hover your cursor over the chain link icon, this seems to be exactly what I want - to open the file from google docs - BUT it doesn't work. Instead of inserting a link to the document on google drive, it imports a Microsoft format version of the doc which downloads instead of opening up a new window (or tab) with the document from google drive.

This seems like a bug in google docs integration. Quick help with this would be greatly appreciated!


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