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