Tech Tips

1. Make sure you SHUT DOWN (not just close the cover of) your Chromebook completely at night before charging.  If you don't, it stays on, charging more slowly and using battery when it's not plugged in.)

2. Make sure your keyboard is to set US, not INTL. 

3. If it won't start, try plugging it in and pushing the Power button (give it a couple of seconds).

4.  If you're having Chromebook issues, trying holding the power button down for 20 seconds (this reboots the device). 

5. Still having issues? Turn off/remove any extensions you've added (they can often interfere with Chrome). 

1. In the address bar, type doc.new (or slides.new or sheets.new or forms.new) to instantly create a new document (or slideshow or spreadsheet or form).

2. Want to show someone a specific section inside a webpage? Highlight it, right click, and use "Copy link to highlight" - you can email this to others, and it will bring them to the webpage, and jump them directly to the section of the page you want them to see.

• Something not loading correctly? Try turning off your extensions! They frequently block normal operation of your browser.

• View your Extensions by clicking the puzzle piece in the upper-right corner. 

• Make an Extension appear next to your address bar by clicking  the pushpin next to it - it will turn blue.

• The Extensity extension gives you one-click control over which extensions are running or appearing in your Chrome browser. Great for quickly toggling extensions on and off (especially when they cause your browser to not function correctly). 

• With the Google Keep extension, highlight part of a webpage you want to save, click the Keep extension button, and the section you highlighted (and a link to the page) will be automatically saved as a note in your Keep account.