This is definitely the way to go. You can create documents while offline, and they'll get uploaded to Google Drive the next time you connect to the internet.

This is definitely the way to go. You can create documents while offline, and they'll get uploaded to Google Drive the next time you connect to the internet. If you _must_ send a doc via email as an attachment, it will be converted to a .pdf (at least on my Android 4.1.2 device).