How to use Google Docs or Google Sheets offline

A lack of internet doesn't have to kill your productivity.

- ALAINA YEE

Cloud-based productivity apps are incredibly handy. They sync your info across all devices and, more important, they auto-save every change. (If you've never known the dark days of losing work because you forgot to click Ctrl+S periodically, count your lucky stars.) The nifty part about Google Docs, Google Sheets, and even Google Slides is that you can edit your files offline. When you're not connected to the internet (or you're on a limited or bad connection), you can continue what you're doing. When you reconnect later, the changes will sync.

Turning on the feature is quick, which is handy since you have to enable it per device. Once you do, you can then toggle it per document with a single click. Here's how.

ON A DESKTOP OR LAPTOP COMPUTER (WINDOWS, LINUX, MACOS)