How To Download A Google Doc On Chromebook
Tap in the bottom right corner of the google doc file.
How to download a google doc on chromebook. It s because the microsoft word document format is proprietary google don t have full rights to use it. You cannot create a copy to the chromebook itself either as this will only offer to save it elsewhere on drive. Tap the grey available offline switch. Trying to save a doc file one i have created on to the chromebook s memory or sd card by using save as. Click the name untitled document.
If you d rather keep the google doc in an editable state you can make it available offline instead. Unlike on desktop you can only download a google doc file as a pdf on an android. Find your file and double click it to open. Google docs can view word documents not perfectly if the document is complex but if you want to edit that docx or doc file in docs it will need to be converted into google doc s file format hence the second file appearing. The easiest way to do this is simply to launch docs from the app launcher.
At the corner of your screen click the launcher up arrow. Once docs is open the name of your new document untitled document appears in the top left corner as shown. It does not offer the doc format only others.