Computer Tricks and Secrets

Short answer: you can keep working in Chrome without internet by turning on offline mode for Google Docs, Gmail and Drive ahead of time, saving pages for offline reading, and using offline-capable web apps. The key is enabling offline access while you still have a connection . Here is how to set it all up. Enable offline Google Docs, Sheets and Slides Open Google Drive in Chrome while online. Go to Settings (gear icon) and tick Offline, Create, open and edit your recent Google Docs, Sheets and Slides files on this device while offline . Now those files work with no internet, and your edits sync automatically when you reconnect. Enable offline Gmail In Gmail on Chrome, go to Settings > See all settings > Offline tab, and enable offline mail. You choose how many days of mail to store. You can then read, search, and write emails offline; they send when you are back online. Save web pages for offline reading Download a page: Ctrl+S saves a full web page to read lat...

Short answer: to turn a scanned PDF or photo into editable text for free, upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Docs, which automatically runs OCR (optical character recognition) and extracts the text into an editable document. Here is the exact method, plus how to get the most accurate results. The easiest free method: Google Docs OCR Upload the scanned PDF or image to Google Drive . Right-click the file and choose Open with > Google Docs . Google Docs opens with the original image at the top and the extracted, editable text below it. Copy the text or save the Doc, the scan is now editable and searchable. This is free, requires no software, and works on PDFs and photos (JPG, PNG). Other free OCR tools OnlineOCR and similar sites for quick one-off conversions. Microsoft OneNote, paste an image and use "Copy text from picture". Microsoft Lens (phone), scans and OCRs directly to Word. Your phone's Google Lens can copy text out of any photo ...