Chromebook tips and extensions
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Get the most out of your Chromebook with these tips, tricks, useful open source extensions, and apps.
Chromebook's simplicity means that you can master its basics in a matter of minutes. To get the most out of it, however, you might want to learn about Chromebook's less obvious features and turbocharge the Chrome browser by adding extensions and apps. This article will help you with both.
Bag of Tips and Tricks
No matter what you use the Chromebook for, you will sooner or later need to take screenshots, and Chrome OS conveniently provides two keyboard shortcuts for that. The Ctrl+Cmd (the Command key has an icon that looks like stacked windows) shortcut lets you take a screenshot of the entire screen, whereas the Ctrl+Shift+Cmd key combination can be used to take a screenshot of a selected area. The Command key is also useful for getting a quick overview of all opened windows and switching between them. Press and hold the Command key to evoke a window overview and switch to the desired window by touching it.
Because Chromebooks lack the dedicated Caps Lock and Delete keys, their roles are relegated to keyboard shortcuts: The Alt+Bksp (backspace) key combo replaces the Delete key, and Alt+Search toggles the all-caps mode. The same applies to the Page Up/Down and Home/End keys: Their functions are performed by the Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down and Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down shortcuts.
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