Chromebooks

Chromebooks "hide" many of their incredibly useful features in the form of keyboard shortcuts. Concerned you can't memorize them all? Fear not! This video shows you how to activate a searchable list of shortcuts to help you find the one you want. 

*Along with showing you where to find: Cut, Copy, Paste, Screenshot (whole screen), and Screenshot Region (snipping a specific part of your screen)

To fix:

• Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Search (Magnifying Glass) + h

• Click on the Settings/Clock section at the bottom right of the screen

• Click the gear icron

• Scroll to the bottom of the list and click "Advanced"

• Scroll down to the "Accessibility" Section

• Click on "Manage Accessibility Features"

• Click the toggle for "High Contrast Mode"

To fix:

• Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Refresh ('spinny arrow' above the 4 key)

• Click on Settings/Clock section at the "bottom right" of the screen

• Click on the gear icon

• Scroll down to "Devices" section, click on "Displays"

• Set the "Orientation" back to "Standard"

If something seems "off", see if you can deactivate settings to fix it

• Click on the Settings/Clock section at the bottom right of the screen

• Click the gear icron

• Scroll to the bottom of the list and click "Advanced"

• Scroll down to the "Accessibility" Section

• Click on "Manage Accessibility Features"

• Look through to see if any are activated (blue) and deactivate to see if that solves the problem

• It may require restarting the Chromebook to take effect