How To Download A Google Doc On Chromebook

Click the name untitled document.

How to download a google doc on chromebook. Trying to save a doc file one i have created on to the chromebook s memory or sd card by using save as. A chrome web browser opens and loads docs and a new document automatically. You cannot create a copy to the chromebook itself either as this will only offer to save it elsewhere on drive. 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.

Tap the grey available offline switch. The easiest way to do this is simply to launch docs from the app launcher. Unlike on desktop you can only download a google doc file as a pdf on an android. 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. Tap in the bottom right corner of the google doc file.

Open google drive and sign in if necessary. It s because the microsoft word document format is proprietary google don t have full rights to use it. If you haven t yet download the office file to your chromebook.