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Working Offline With Google Docs, Part 1
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To use this feature, you must installGoogle Gears, a browser extension that enables Web applications to run offline. Google Docs caches your document files onto your computer's hard drive. When you're offline, click the icon that Google Docs installs on your desktop; this will launch Google Docs in your default browser. You can access the most recently saved versions of your documents and make changes. (As of this writing, Google Docs Offline only lets you make changes to word processing documents when not online; presentations and spreadsheets are not yet supported.) When you reconnect to the Internet, changes made are automatically uploaded to and synced with your Google Docs documents online.
PC World' s Ed Albro experiencedsome glitcheswhen he tried Google Docs Offline in early April. In my tests, which began April 21, the Google Docs Offline feature worked well.
Next week: Dislikes and recommendations.
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