DRIVE

SET UP DRIVE ON YOUR SMARTPHONE

01 DOWNLOAD DRIVE

Visit your device’s app store and search for Google Drive (not all devices are compatible). Download the app and sign into your Google account. All your Drive files will displayed within the app.

02 WORKING ON A DOCUMENT

Open a Google Documents document. There are no restrictions within the Google Docs mobile app, other than its smaller interface. You can edit a document as you would on a computer.

03 OFFLINE MODE

Tap on the three-dot icon next to any file in your Drive list. Here you can adjust your sharing permissions and see when a file was last modified. Under Offline, flick the switch to on.

04 ACCESSING OFFLINE FILES

From your Drive list, tap the menu icon, then ‘Offline’ to display all files that you have been allocated to Offline mode. To remove one from it, tap and hold a file, then tap ‘Remove Offline’.

05 UPLOAD DEVICE FILES

Open an app in your device for which you want its content uploaded to Drive. Tap and hold or tick all folders/files you want to upload, tap the Share icon and select ‘Drive’ to upload.

06 WIDGETS

Open your Widgets window. Each Google app provides a widget and a shortcut. Drag the Drive widget and some Google app shortcuts to your home screen, creating a mobile Google desktop.