Tech Help

Touchpad Tricks

  • Click or tap with two fingers for right click or ALT+Click

  • Swipe with two fingers for scrolling

  • Move them up and down to scroll vertically or left and right to scroll horizontally

Chromebook keyboard shortcuts

  • You can press Ctrl+Alt+? on your Chromebook to bring up an interactive map that shows what every shortcut does.

  • Delete Key

ALT+Backspace - delete

CTRL+Backspace - delete word

  • Cap-Lock

ALT+Search key


Screenshots

Hold down the Ctrl and Shift buttons at once, then press the “switch window” button. Chrome’s cursor will be temporarily replaced with a crosshair. Click and drag a square across the portion of the screen you want to save, then release the trackpad or mouse button. The partial screenshot will be saved in the Downloads folder, the same as a full screenshot.

Snap Windows to the Left and Right

Chrome OS will snap windows to the side and fill up half the screen for better use of screen estate by keeping two windows open side by side. Press ALT + [ for left snap and ALT+] for right snap.

Master the Built-In Search Key

This key is useful in three core ways:

  1. Quickly launch any app by typing its name. In this sense, it’s very similar to the Windows 10 Start Menu and Mac Spotlight.

  2. Quickly launch any website URL or search engine query.

  3. Activate a voice search by clicking the microphone button.

A picture is worth a thousand words

Click the Launcher - All Apps

Click Camera

Pictures you take will be saved in the gallery

Save a photo: Click Save, select a folder, then click open.

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Enable Offline Mode in

Google Chrome

  • Go to docs.google.com (or sheets.google.com or slides.google.com).

  • Click on the menu icon at left.

  • Select Settings.

  • Look for "Offline Sync" and click "Turn on." (it is a toggle on/off)

  • Click OK

Headphones Not Working

If the Chromebook speakers will play, but no sound is coming through the headphones, try this:

With the headphones PLUGGED IN, click on the clock on the bottom right

Then click on the arrow by the headphones

Click on the word headphone to select

This will only work if the headphones are plugged in. If they're not, you won't see the headphone icon.

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