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The Fun(damentals) of ICT

Webinar 1: How to make the most of the tech you’ve already got Resource Pack

Chrome – Top General Tips

Customise the page you see when you open a new tab with:

• Most visited sites • Chosen links • A picture/logo • Set the background

colour

Set a group of tabs to open with Chrome chrome://settings/onStartup

Log in to Chrome For syncing settings, bookmarks, history, passwords, extensions, and more. ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + M

Setup Chrome’s password manager chrome://settings/passwords

Set language for Chrome’s spell-checker Control whether text is sent to Google chrome://settings/languages

Open the Clear Browsing Data options ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + DELETE chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

Cycle forwards through clickable items TAB

Cycle backwards through clickable items SHIFT + TAB

Text selection

Select word Select Paragraph Select between two points Extend selection 1 char Extend selection 1 word

Double click Triple click

Click hold SHIFT then click SHIFT + Right Arrow

CTRL + SHIFT + Right

Paste as plain text ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + V

Save selected part of page as PDF

⌘ / CTRL + P

Chrome - Tabs and Windows Undo close tab: ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + T

Open a new tab: ⌘ / CTRL + T Drag a link to the tab strip

Close a tab: ⌘ + W / CTRL + F4 Middle Click on tab

Cycle through tabs: CTRL + TAB

Move to tab number (counted from left) ⌘ / CTRL + 1-8

Move to rightmost tab ⌘ / CTRL + 9

Open a new tab via the middle click on: Open a new background tab by ⌘ / CTRL + CLICK: Open a new tab in focus by ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + CLICK:

Open a new window by SHIFT + CLICK:

Links in pages A Bookmark

Entry in History Back

Forward Reload

Open an Incognito window ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + N

Perform actions on tabs via right click on the tab

Create a tab group via right click on a tab

Right click on the group to perform actions on a tab group

Left click on the group to expand/collapse the group

Chrome - Search the Internet Type into the omnibox to search: ENTER

From the omnibox open the search in a new tab: ⌘ / CTRL + ENTER

Use double quotes to specify a word or phrase is required in the results: Results must include “example”

Change the default search engine: chrome://settings/search

Chrome - Find on Page Find on page ⌘ / CTRL + F

Find next ⌘ / CTRL + G

Find previous ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + G

Link to text fragment: Requires extension to be installed (link right). 1. Select text on any page. 2. Right click and Copy a link to

that place in the page.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/link-to-

text-fragment/pbcodcjpfjdpcineamnnmbkkmkdpajjg

Chrome - Recalling Resources

Show/Hide Bookmarks bar ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + B

Open the Downloads page ⌘ / CTRL + J

Save the current page as a bookmark

⌘ / CTRL + D Drag page to bookmark bar

Click star

View browsing history

⌘ + Y / CTRL + H Click and hold back and

select view full history

Chrome - Navigation Go back ⌘ / ALT + Left Arrow

Go Forward ⌘ / ALT + Right Arrow

Reload ⌘ / CTRL + R

Reload full page (ignores any cached data) ⌘ / CTRL + SHIFT + R

Display tab history Click and hold Right click on Back

Scroll horizontally on the page (Windows only) SHIFT + Scroll-Wheel

Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time SPACE

Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time SHIFT + SPACE

Go to the top of the page HOME

Go to the bottom of the page END

Reload Frame

When a page is written with frames, you can reload a single frame and retain the information in any other frames.

Chrome - From the menu Open the Chrome menu: (Windows only) ALT + E

Zoom in CTRL + Scroll-Wheel (Windows only) ⌘ / CTRL + +

Zoom out CTRL + Scroll-Wheel (Windows only) ⌘ / CTRL + -

Reset Zoom CTRL + 0

Save the page Print to PDF is often more suitable. MHTML single file captures full page. ⌘ / CTRL + S

Chrome - Of Interest Google’s tips on Chrome usage https://www.google.com/chrome/tips/

Open the Chrome Help Centre (Windows only) F1

Turn full-screen mode on or off ⌘ + CTRL + F / F11

Remove an auto-suggestion

Manage extensions

Extensions of interest: • Traffic light • VT4Browsers • OneTab • ChromeRemoteDesktop

chrome://extensions/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore

Turn page into web app

Experimental features chrome://flags/

Set Sync preferences chrome://settings/syncSetup/advanced

Display your screen, or a tab, or a video, or a file on another screen via Chromecast

Open the Chrome menu, then choose Cast…