You can tell if it’s already on by checking if the toggle switch on the menu item is already blue, as shown in the following screenshot. Right click on the file and click on the Available Offline option from the menu. Using the Chrome browser, locate the spreadsheet you want to make available offline in Google Drive Step 2 To select specific files to save for offline use, follow these steps: Step 1 If you have enough storage space on your harddrive, the extension will automatically save some of your recently viewed files for offline use but it’s not guaranteed that any given file will be saved.

In the Settings window that opens, click on the checkbox next to the word Offline, then click DONE to save the setting Saving Spreadsheets for Offline Use Open Google Drive and click on the gear icon in the upper right corner, then select Settings from the menu that appears Step 2 Once you have the Google Chrome browser with the Google Docs Offline extension added, here’s how to activate offline mode: Step 1

To add the extension, navigate to the following link in the Chrome browser and click the blue Add to Chrome button: You need to use the Google Docs Offline Chrome extension. You can download it here if you do not have it: Step 2 You must use the Chrome browser for offline mode. Before Activating Offline Modeīefore you can use Google Sheets offline, there are some setup steps you need to follow: Step 1 Read on to learn how to take advantage of the power of Google Sheets when you don’t have an internet connection. Google Sheets is great for collaborating in real time over the internet and saving files in the cloud, but you can also use Google Sheets when you’re offline.Īny edits you make to spreadsheets while offline will be synced to the cloud when an internet connection is available again.

Google docs offline extension