How to Save Google Docs in Your Chromebooks' Drive

It's so easy in Microsoft Word. Once you finish your work, just 'save' it, or 'save as' to define the directory in your computer. The work is done. No sweat.

In Google Docs and using Chromebook, I find it hard to do this. It defaults to save in Google Drive, in the cloud storage, imagine??? Anyone with a link can access the file or appear in a google search.

To save it to your Chromebooks' physical drive, at the file menu, select 'download', specify what kind of file you are saving, in this case docx.

Then navigate to the location under My Files (notice Google Drive is below), name your file then save.

You need to download a gmail document because it is created virtually in the 'cloud' as it is using an application located in the cloud. Maybe you can get round to it if you set the document to be available offline? I do not know yet but I might experiment some other time.

Improving Chromebook's DIsplay

I am beginning to like Chromebook. It is fast and has not given me any major disappointment so far. Anyway I only use it for going online and watching movies on Netflix. Though the monitor has a limited viewing angle and the pictures seem washed out. I cannot do much with this below £ 150 device. I did a little tweaking.

I clicked the settings, device then display. I turned the display size slider to the left at 85% to reduce the size of the magnification. In return it makes the screen accept more pixels. 

I also turned on the nightlight and moved the slider to the right (warmer). 

The result is a more decent picture.

Is there anything more I can do? Please write it down the comment window when you have another tip.

Chromebook Can't Go Online

This is the first time that I have a Chromebook. Out of the box, I plugged in the charger, and the unit turned on without pressing any button. As it needs the internet to work, I tried to connect it to my phone's hotspot. The connection is established without any problem. When I click the Chrome browser, it says I'm not connected to the internet. So I clicked the diagnose  button. It is saying that the device is connected to the hotspot but also says that it is not connected to the internet.

 

 

A window popped open and said use the Chromebook as a guest. I clicked it and the chrome browser is connected to the internet.

The problem with the guest account is it can't download and save anything.

 

I noticed that I have not made any proper account yet so I turned it off and on again. When it is turned on, the window is asking me to log in to my google account. I guess this is the process of setting up an administrator account. After entering my gmail and password, the device is ready and can go online.

What I cannot understand is, how did it make me log in as it is not yet connected to the internet?

 

Or did I forget I did it already?  Anyone who can enlighten me?

Minding the Pennies

 In this climate, when the price of everything is up, we need to mind every penny that goes out of our pocket. A penny saved for everything we buy may not look like a big thing at first, but man, they can become heavy in the long run. 

You might say, there are already store cards when we buy our groceries, win vouchers when we buy our electricals, discounts when we buy on a certain day, so what else are we missing in saving more pennies?

Cashbacks. 

Cashback companies give us cash when we buy from the online stores they are affiliated with. For example, this cashback company is affiliated with the grocery store we have a loyalty card with. When we buy from this store, not only that we get the loyalty points from the store but also cash from the cashback company. It's that simple. You get the usual perk plus the cash. 

How much cash are we talking about?

It depends upon the product we buy and the company we use. Below are some of the examples of what we can get when we complete a purchase.

There are more companies that reward our buying habits like mobile phone providers, bidding sites like ebay, supermarkets, flights, pizza take aways, etc. 

To check all companies that can give us extra cash as we buy their products, click here!