

Same goes if you’re in a document but the connection drops. This will sync your work to your PC’s hard drive so that if you’re without Internet access you’ll be able to keep working. To do this, in Google Drive go to Settings > Offline. So you want your Drive apps to be ready for offline work, just like Office will always be at the ready even if you’re offline. The highlighted area is what you need to pay attention to for getting your files to save offline. There’s an adage about things happening in threes, and it always seems to always occur with connectivity: The hotel network will go down while you’re in a building that blocks your wireless carrier’s coverage. Unless you live in an Internet fantasy world with ubiquitous LTE or Wi-Fi, there’s bound to be some times when you don’t have Internet access. Now it’s always at the ready, just one click away. Once you’ve opened it, right-click the icon on the Windows taskbar and select Pin to Taskbar.

Save a Chrome app for use in a separate window. So do your work with PowerPoint and if you need to embed the file online or use other Slide features, the file will be consistent with Microsoft’s design. However, they tend to transfer over nearly the same into Slides. That’s because PowerPoint has a number of proprietary styles and themes. With Slides, one good practice is to build your file in PowerPoint if you know that you’re going to be sharing it with others who also use Office.

Not doing this isn’t likely to cause any major issues, but it’s always nice to be on the safe side. When you download it to share with others, you need to use File > Convert to ensure it’s fully compliant with all of Word’s features. One other matter to keep in mind with Google Docs. If there’s another font or menu style you use regularly, you can use Google Docs’ ability to change the default to make that match with Word. I’ve found it’s useful to do the same for Heading One and Heading Two, which are Calibri 16 and 13, respectively. Make Google Docs look more like Microsoft Word. Click the arrow next to Normal Text and select Update ‘Normal text’ to match. To do this, highlight text and click the Styles toggle. (Word uses Calibri Light, but this is the closest we can get for now). In Docs, you want to change the “Normal” font to Calibri, font size 11-pt. It’s unfortunate that this isn’t the case already, but it’s a rather easy fix.
