Thursday 19 July 2012

Editing Documents Offline !!

It will be possible to edit & comment on Documents offline from July 24th with a number of caveats;-
  1. you must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to edit offline.
  2. Offline editing is only available for Google documents at this time. It is not yet available for Google spreadsheets or presentations.

There is a sequence of steps to be followed;-

1. Allow offline access for your computer

see http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1628469

2. Sync items to view offline
see

http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1628512


Tip: use offline editing just for documents that you own since any modifications made by the Document Owner have precedence !!

For more information see 
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=107972