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There may be occasions where you don’t have access to an internet connection and still need to work on your documents in Offline mode. Below are the steps taken from Google’s site on how to do it.

If you aren’t connected to a Wi-Fi or mobile network, you can still view and edit files, including:

  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Slides

Open files offline

To turn on offline access:

Open your Google Drive files offline

  1. Open Chrome. Make sure you’re signed in to Chrome.
  2. Go to drive.google.com/drive/settings.
  3. Check the box next to “Sync Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Drawings files to this computer so that you can edit offline.”

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en