How To Download A Google Doc On Chromebook

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.

How to download a google doc on chromebook. Tap in the bottom right corner of the google doc file. Click the name untitled document. Tap the grey available offline switch. At the corner of your screen click the launcher up arrow. It does not offer the doc format only others.

Trying to save a doc file one i have created on to the chromebook s memory or sd card by using save as. 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. The easiest way to do this is simply to launch docs from the app launcher. Once docs is open the name of your new document untitled document appears in the top left corner as shown.

If you d rather keep the google doc in an editable state you can make it available offline instead. 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.