Instead of opening Google Docs directly in your browser, you can click on a shortcut on your taskbar or desktop and open the app that way.

To do this, open Google Chrome and go to docs.google.com.

Then go to the setting menu in Chrome (the three horizontal lines at the top right of your browser), More Tools, and Create Application Shortcuts.

Once you click Create, the shortcut will be added and you can open it just like you would any app on your desktop.

Itll open in its own app window, which you can resize and work with as you do other app windows.

Even better: If you have your most important or most used files starred in Google Drive, you can click on the Starred menu to see those files in Chrome, then use the same Create Application Shortcuts option to pin this window to your taskbar.

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If you dont have a sync client however, youll need an internet connection to access it via your web browser.

This can be a problem if you cant get a decent connection for any kind of reason.

That means you no longer need to keep switching between accounts on your web browser Simply add a Google Drive account via the Insync app and youll now be able to see the contents of multiple Google Drives in one app interface.

This is useful if you rely heavily on Google Docs and need to backup your work locally or on an external hard drive.

Shared Drives are shared spaces where teams can store, share, and access files.

Insync lets you sync Shared Drives easily so that team collaboration is seamless and productive.

This allows you maximum productivity by removing the browser tabs and keeping all the important files in the best place to access them -- your desktop.

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