Press both the Right Spinning Arrow and the Power button at the same time. This will instantly force the Chromebook to power off and restart.

Even if you’re not connected to the Internet, you can still do lots of things with your Chromebook.

Take notes

You can take notes offline using Google Keep. First, if you’ve already taken notes, you’ll need to save them so you can read and edit offline:

1. Make sure your Chromebook is connected to the Internet.

2. In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher .

3. Open the Google Keep app .

4. Wait for a few minutes. Your Chromebook will automatically save your notes so you can see them offline.

After your Chromebook saves your notes, you can edit them or write new notes offline. Any changes you make will show up in Google Keep the next time you’re online.

Other tasks you can do offline

• View, create, and edit documents, spreadsheets, or slides using Google Drive .

• View and edit photos with the Chromebook’s built-in photo editor.

Look for an Add Person at the bottom left on the Chromebook sign-in screen. Click this then log in with the @ncpsk12.net/.com account you wish to add.

On the Chromebook sign in screen, there will be a arrow to the right of the account you wish to remove. Click the arrow and then click Remove Account and again Remove Account.

This will delete just the account on the Chromebook, its files, and any settings made. This is useful for clearing out disk space or corrupt settings.

You may log back in with the same account right after deleting it.

All NCPS Student chromebooks come with this default bookmark folder. Inside are a few sites that NCPS uses for various purposes.

The keyboard layout on your cart laptops may no longer be accurate. Due to how Chrome handles the keys, the icon may not function the way you expect. Listed below is a image of the keyboard and the way the keys now function.

Model: Acer B3/B113

Model: Acer B118

You can use keyboard shortcuts to complete some tasks more quickly. To find shortcuts on this page, press Ctrl + f and enter what you want to find.

Important: This article is only for US Chromebook users with a standard English QWERTY keyboard. If you have an international keyboard, go to Settings  Device  Keyboard  View keyboard shortcuts to find keyboard shortcuts for your device.

Popular shortcuts

• Take a screenshot: Press Ctrl + Show Windows 

• Take a partial screenshot: Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows , then click and drag.

• Take a screenshot on tablets: Press Power button + Volume down button.

• To access more screenshot features: Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows , then select a screenshot feature from the toolbar.

• To access more screenshot features on tablets: Press and hold the Power button select “Screen capture,” or, select time select Screen capture. Learn more about screenshot features.

• Turn Caps Lock on or off: Press Search + Alt. Or press Launcher  + Alt.

• Lock your screen: Press Search + L. Or press Launcher  + L.

• Sign out of your Google Account: Press Shift + Ctrl + q (twice).

• See all keyboard shortcuts: Press Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash)

• Rotate screen 90 degrees Shift + Ctrl + Rotate

• Magnify your whole screen Ctrl + Search + m (or) Ctrl + Launcher  + m

• Magnify part of your screen Ctrl + Search + d (or) Ctrl + Launcher  + d

• Move around in fullscreen-magnifier mode Ctrl + Alt + Up , Down , Left , or Right

• Turn ChromeVox (spoken feedback) on or off Ctrl + Alt + z

• Turn on high contrast mode Search + Ctrl + h (or) Launcher  + Ctrl + h

  
  
  This list and many more shortcuts can be found here:

  https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183101?hl=en

You can change your microphone, speaker, or other volume through quick settings.

Control your microphone volume

You can adjust how loud or soft your voice sounds to others during a call or meeting.

1. At the bottom right, select the time.

2. Next to the volume slider, select Audio settings .

3. Under “Input,” drag the microphone slider left or right.

Tip: To mute the volume, select Microphone .

Change your speaker volume

To control how loud or soft others sound to you, adjust your speaker, headphone, or other output volume.

1. At the bottom right, select the time.

2. Drag the volume slider left or right.

   • Tip: To mute the volume, select Volume .

3. To find your output settings, select Audio settings .

4. Under “Output,” the device in use will have a green check to the right.

A:

1. On the top row of the keyboard, to the left of the volume keys;
2. Click the Small Gear to dim.
3. Click the Large Gear to brighten.

Or
B:

1. Click the time or battery icon on the bottom-left corner to open the notification area.

2. You will now see the screen brightness slider.

3. Click and drag it to the left to lower the brightness

4. Click and drag it to the right to increase the brightness.

1. Right-click on Chromebook

Unlike with typical laptops, simply pressing the bottom-right area of the trackpad will not initiate a right-click on Chromebook. Instead, you should tap the trackpad anywhere with two fingers at the same time to right-click.

Note: If tapping doesn’t work, try pressing the trackpad with two fingers.

Alternatively, you can press and hold the Alt key on the keyboard followed by tapping one finger on the trackpad. And, of course, if you have an external mouse, you can right-click in a regular way.

2. Zoom In and Out

You can increase or decrease the Chromebook’s display resolution without opening settings with the help of the following keyboard shortcuts:

• Press Ctrl, Shift, + to make everything bigger.

• Press Ctrl, Shift, - to make everything smaller.

• Press Ctrl, Shift, 0 to reset screen resolution to the default values.

3. Use Apps in Split Screen

You can work on two different apps at one time with the help of the split-screen feature on Chromebook. This feature splits the screen into two halves where two apps appear side by side. You can use this feature to do multitasking on Chromebook.

1. Open the first app and use the Alt + [ (left bracket) keyboard shortcut or Alt + ] (right bracket) to snap the app window to the left or right side respectively.

2. Alternatively, drag the window to the left or right edge of the screen to snap it to that side. Use the black bar in the center and drag it to increase or decrease the size of the windows.

4. Turn Web Pages into Chrome Apps

The app will behave like a regular app on Chromebook. You can open it in a new window like other apps and you can even pin it to the shelf.

1. Open the required website in Chrome on Chromebook.

2. Click on the three-dot icon and go to “More tools-> Create shortcut.”

3. Enter a name for the app in the Create shortcut pop-up window and check the box next to “Open as window”.

4. Open the launcher and you will find the app shortcut.