I was able to work on this blog post without the Internet.ĭoes this change the use case of the Chromebook? Yes, it begins to.
This paragraph was written online the previous ones were written offline. The result was seamless.ĭocuments are resynced automatically the next time you're online, so any changes are incorporated. Going back online triggers a message box, and you have to click to reconnect and sync with your online documents.
I tried closing all windows, shutting down, and signing on again offline, and new edits and text remained. I was able to load and edit any of these docs offline, and even create new ones. Google Docs doesn't support spreadsheets, but for basic text editing it's working quite well.Ĭlicking the gear settings icon reveals the "Activate offline (beta)" setting, after which all your Google Docs documents (I had 100) sync for offline use. Google Docs Offline is currently listed as being "in beta," but Google always keeps perfectly good services (like Gmail) in beta forever despite them feeling good to go for many.
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Discovering how to go offline is a little trickier: you need to click the gear icon in Google Drive and click "enable offline." It also works on any Chrome browser on a computer. The newest version of Chrome OS is automatically updated on the Chromebook, no installations needed.
Enabling offline Google Docs via the Chrome browser. Yes, I could end up losing this post, but I didn't (I hope). So, how does the Chromebook work when offline using Chrome OS? Well, consider this: I wrote this entire post offline on a Samsung Series 5 500 Chromebook with Google Drive offline, then reconnected afterward. Review: Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550.
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