Notch up your productivity and put your Chromebook to its best use with the help of these following shortcuts and tips.
1. Press to make a touchpad click.
You forgot your mouse? Not an issue. Enable “Tap to click” in your touchpad settings to accomplish a lighter, faster movement for copying and pasting, inserting emojis, and much more. Once it’s configured, you can use two fingers to softly tap your trackpad to click right or left.
2. Personalise your mouse.
You may personalize your mouse to have the capabilities you need on a daily basis. With just one click, you may snap a screenshot, mute or unmute your microphone, or enable dictation. To begin, select the Devices tab in your Settings and select “Customize mouse buttons.”
3. Scroll as you please
Double-directional scrolling is supported by Chromebooks, so you can swipe down to scroll up or up and down, respectively, on your touchpad. You can customize it to your preference by turning on “Reverse scrolling” under the touchpad options.
4. Typing accented letters is simple
You probably need to input accented letters frequently if you write or work in various languages (é, ö, û, anyone?). Turn on “Show accent marks and special characters” in the Keyboard Settings to facilitate this. Then, you’ll get accent possibilities when you long press a letter. You may type café like a native by simply pressing the number that corresponds to the accent you require.
5. Locate and personalize your preferred shortcuts
Chromebooks are plenty of shortcuts, which can save a significant amount of time. Press “Launcher+Ctrl+S” to access all accessible shortcuts. Then, search for the activity you wish to perform—for example, opening a new tab—across all active tabs, and locate the matching shortcut.
We can help if your perfect shortcut doesn’t exist. whatever key combination for a particular action can be changed to whatever combination you choose. Just press “Launcher + Ctrl + S” to launch the Key Shortcuts app, then select the pen icon next to the action you wish to modify. You can then modify the key combination used to perform that action. Soon available for all Chromebooks.
6. Adjust the screen’s display for a more cozy viewing experience.
Must stay late at work? For added comfort, try turning on the Dark Theme and Night Light. While Dark Theme helps reduce screen glare, which can help reduce eye tiredness so you can work in any sort of light, Night Light lessens the blue light of the screen and shows warmer tones, which better corresponds with a natural sleep schedule.