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25 Best Chromebook Tips and Tricks 2021 3. USE CHROME OVERVIEW There is a built-in overview mode on your Chromebook that lets you see every open window at a glance. If you've ever used a Mac, this is just like Expose. It's also just as useful! On the top row of the keyboard, just press the  [ ] ||  button (above the 6 key) or swipe down from the top with three fingers on your trackpad or touchscreen to go into the overview. Clicking any of the thumbnails will open that window, and clicking in a blank space will return you to the last window you were viewing. If you find yourself with a lot of windowed apps running all the time, this is a great time-saver. As a bonus, while in overview mode, you can type to filter what you're seeing. For example, typing "Google" will only show windows with the word Google in the title. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  25 Best Chromebook Tips and Tricks 2021 4. SEE ALL OF YOUR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS By now, you know that Chrome OS is full of  handy keyboard shortcuts  for things like reloading a page or going to your home page in the browser. In fact, there are so many that it's almost impossible to keep track of them all. Finding out just what you can do so you know which ones to remember is easy. Press  Ctrl + Alt + ? , and you'll see a list of all keyboard shortcuts. Soon you'll be a pro and Shift + Alt + L-ing and Alt + Shift + B-ing all over the place. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  Beebom.com:  Tip #6 6. Navigate Chrome OS Through Gestures Unlike Windows and macOS, you don’t have a range of gestures on Chrome OS. However, you can  access the overview window with a simple 3-finger swipe up/down gesture . Also, if you are in the Chrome browser, you can use the 3-finger slide in the left and right direction to move between the tabs effortlessly. This is one of the best gestures I have found on Chrome OS and I use it regularly while multitasking. Apart from that, you can close a tab by simply tapping 3 fingers at once on a Chrome tab. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  Android Police:  18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 1 Gesture with your touchpad There are several ways to move around a Chromebook, whether you use the touchpad, keyboard, or touchscreen if you have one. ChromeOS makes your touchpad more useful than a mouse by including gestures to make navigating your device easier. Tap the touchpad with two fingers simultaneously to right-click. Move two fingers up or down to scroll. Put two fingers on the touchpad and move them left or right to go forward and back in Chrome. Swipe up with three fingers to see your open windows. Swipe down with three fingers to go back to your last open window. Open a link by tapping it with three fingers. Close a Chrome tab by tapping it with three fingers. Put three fingers on the touchpad and swipe left and right to move through your Chrome tabs. Switch between your virtual desks by swiping left or right with four fingers. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.   Click here to read

  Android Police: 18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 16 Get the right screenshot every time With people working or learning remotely at least part of the time, taking screenshots is more important than ever. Chromebooks make taking screenshots easy with many tools that capture exactly what you need. To open the screenshot tool, tap the screen capture button in the quick settings menu or press Ctrl + Shift + Overview (a box with two lines to the right of it). After opening the tool, you have a few options. You can take a screenshot of the whole screen, a section of the screen, or a specific window. You can also record a video of your screen and choose where to save your screen capture. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.   Click here to read more.

   Android Police:  18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 10 Take advantage of virtual desks Chromebooks include a great productivity feature called virtual desks, which allows you to have different desktops for different tasks you are trying to accomplish. For example, you can create a desk for each task if you are working on something but want to play a game. This minimizes the number of windows you have to maneuver around with. To access your desks, swipe up on your touchpad with three fingers. You'll see your desks at the top of your screen and can add a new desk by tapping the  New desk  button. If you want to save your currently open applications as a desk for access later, tap the  Save desk for later  button in the upper-left corner. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.   Click here to read more.

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    Android Police:  18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 5 Reposition your Shelf Speaking of the Shelf, if you don't like it at the bottom of the screen, ChromeOS allows you to move it. To do so, right-click your home screen, mouse over the  Shelf position  option, and select  Left ,  Bottom , or  Right . Note:  The above comes directly from their website.   Click here to read more.

  Android Police:  18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 4 Quickly open pinned apps and websites Much like the taskbar on Windows or the Dock on Macs, Chromebooks have a space at the bottom of the screen to  save apps and websites you access often . This is referred to as the Shelf in ChromeOS, and there are a couple of ways to quickly and easily access these items. You can click them with the mouse to open them or use the keyboard to access the first 10 items on your Shelf. To do so, press  Alt  and the number key corresponding to the item you want to open in order from left to right. For example, to open the fifth item on your Shelf, tap  Alt   +   5 . Note:  The above comes directly from their website.   Click here to read more.

  Android Police:  18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 3 Turn on caps lock Most people are used to using a Windows or Mac computer, which have dedicated caps lock keys. Chromebook keyboards don't have a caps lock key since they have a different layout from a traditional computer. Still, there is a way to turn on caps lock with the keyboard. Press  Alt   +   Search  simultaneously and caps lock turns on. Tap that key combination again to turn it off. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.   Click here to read more.

  Android Police:  18 ChromeOS Tips and Tricks for Your New Chromebook 2 Control your Chromebook with your keyboard In addition to the gestures available using your touchpad, you can get a lot done with keyboard shortcuts. Your keyboard can do anything from refreshing the page to opening a new tab. To see the list of available keyboard shortcuts, simultaneously press  Ctrl   +   Alt   +   ? . Some commonly used ones are: Ctrl   +   T : Open a new tab. Ctrl   +   Tab : Close the current tab. Ctrl   +   Shift   +   Tab : Open the last tab you closed. Ctrl +   Tab  and  C trl   +   Shift   +   Tab : Move forward or backward through your tabs. Alt   +   Tab : Cycle through your windows. Search   +   l : Lock your Chromebook. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.