How to download your Google Docs documents Downloading a Google Doc document lets you open it in desktop word processors (for example, Microsoft Word) and transfer it to physical storage mediums.

If you'd rather just dump all your Google Docs documents to a Zip file for archiving on your PC, now you can. All you do is select all your files, then right-click anywhere in the document area ...

Here’s how. On a desktop or laptop computer (Windows, Linux, MacOS) For offline mode in Google Docs or Google Sheets to work, you must use Chrome or Edge in standard mode.

But did you know that Google Docs has keyboard shortcuts as well? Here's a list of the 35 best keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs, with guides for both Windows and Mac use.