Downloading Google Docs vs Google Docs Offline Mode

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(1) Navigate to Google Drive. You can access drive from the Apps Menu. Click

“Drive” to go into your Google Drive.

(2) You will need to enable Google Drive offline. To do this,

click on the “ ” icon to access the Google Drive settings. Then

scroll down to the “Offline” section and enable offline.

(3) Navigate to the document you

want to edit offline.

(4) Right click on the doc you want

and click “Available Offline.”

(5) Verify by turning on

airplane mode in the lower-

right-hand corner under

network settings.

(6) Access your

documents as normal from

Google Drive within Chrome while offline.

(7) Completely shut down the device before taking the

device offline.

Troubleshooting Tips

Issue

Google Drive or Google Docs does not allow you to load the page when

offline.

Common

Resolution

(1) Reconnect to the internet and navigate to Google Drive

(2) Toggle offline mode off by following step 2 of the section above.

(3) After turning offline mode off completely close out of Chrome.

(4) Reopen Chrome and navigate to the offline drive setting and re-

enable offline drive.

(5) Test that the files are now available by following step 5 found in the

section above.

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How to Download Google Docs to Microsoft Word

(1) Navigate to the Google Doc you want use in MS Word and

open it. (NOTE: Google Docs and MS Word are used as an

example. PowerPoint/Slides and Excel/Sheets are identical

processes.)

(2) Download the file by clicking File > Download > Microsoft

Word (.docx)

(3) Click on the

downloaded file

located in the lower-right-hand corner of the

Chrome window to open the file.

(4) The file will open in protected view. You

must click on to edit the document.

(5) You can now edit the document, be sure

to save periodically in Word while offline.

(6) When you are back online and ready to upload, open

Google Drive and Click New > File Upload.

(7) Navigate to the document file in the File Explorer

window then click on open. The file will automatically be uploaded to Google Drive.

(8) Once the file is uploaded, locate the file within Google Drive and open it.

(9) Once the file is open, you can share the document or upload it to Classroom as you

would with any Google Doc.