Take a Screenshot

The Chromebook screenshot shortcut is simple to learn: just hold down the Ctrl key and the window switcher key at the same time to instantly take a screenshot of your screen:

To screenshot a specific section of your screen you can add the shift key. This shortcut will let you take a partial screenshot — just use the crosshairs that appear after you press this shortcut to ‘select’ the region you want to snap:

Turn Caps Lock On & Off

Chromebooks don’t come with a dedicated Caps Lock key like many Windows laptops do — so how do you enable caps lock on a Chromebook?

Pretty easily, it turns out. You can Caps Lock on (or turn it off again) using the Alt + search keys:

Mirror Monitor

Connect your Chromebook to an external monitor (or TV) and you can extend your workspace — but what if you want to mirror it instead, so that what you see on the external monitor is the same as what’s on the Chromebook display?

Use the ‘Mirror Monitor’ shortcut, of course!