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Access files offline in Google Drive(1).mp4How to Create a Google Doc, Slide, or Drawing Offline
How to Create a Google Doc, Slide, or Drawing Offline
The offline access to your Google Drive has been enabled on your account. You can use this offline access to create new Google Docs, Slides, Sheets or Drawings by following the steps below:
Locate and select the Google Drive icon in the app tray on your Chromebook home screen.
Select the plus sign next to the word New on the left side of your screen.
The Docs, Slides, Sheets and Drawings icons will be darker than all the others
Choose the type of file type you want to create
Name your file and choose start editing
At the top of your file you will see “All changes saved offline”
Your file will be stored in your drive offline and will sync to your online Google Drive once you log in to the internet on your account at a later time.
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Accessing Google Files Offline.mp4Work on Google Drive files offline on your Chromebook
Work on Google Drive files offline on your Chromebook
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If you know you'll be offline but you want to work on Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you can make Google Drive files available offline.
Step 1: Make Google Drive available offline
Step 1: Make Google Drive available offline
Connect to the Internet.
Open the Google Docs Offline extension.
Click Add to Chrome. (If the button says "Added to Chrome," you’ve already installed the extension.)
In the "Offline" area, check the box. It might take a few minutes for the offline access setting to turn on.
Click Done.
Your Chromebook saves your most recently opened documents so you can work on them offline.
Step 2: Work on a file offline
Step 2: Work on a file offline
When your Chromebook isn’t connected to the Internet:
In the corner of your screen, click the Launcher Up arrow .
Click Google Drive .
Find the file you’d like to work on, and double-click it to open.
Work on your file. Any changes will sync to Google Drive the next time your Chromebook connects to the Internet.
Optional steps
Optional steps
Make specific files available
Make specific files available
When you make Google Drive available offline, only your most recent files will be automatically saved offline. To manually choose files to save for offline use:
Follow Step 1 above to make Google Drive available offline.
In the corner of your screen, click the Launcher Up arrow .
Click Google Docs , Google Sheets , or Google Slides .
On the file you want to use offline, click More .
Click Available offline. A check mark will appear in the bottom left corner to show that the file is available offline.
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