15 ChromeOS tips and tricks for your new Chromebook

Chromebooks make wonderful computers for many people due to their relatively low price tags and ease of use. Our favorite Chromebooks add other great features to the Chromebook

experience, such as a touchscreen, included stylus, or a fingerprint sensor. ChromeOS, the operating system on Chromebooks, has many fun and useful features that make for a great

user experience. Here are our favorite ChromeOS features that every Chromebook user should know. ANDROIDPOLICE VIDEO OF THE DAY 1. Gesture with your touchpad There are several ways

to move around a Chromebooks, whether you use the touchpad, keyboard, or touchscreen if you have one. ChromeOS makes your touchpad more useful than just using a mouse by including

gestures to make moving around your device easier. Tap the touchpad with two fingers simultaneously to right-click. Put two fingers on the touchpad and move them up or down to

scroll. Put two fingers on the touchpad and move them left or right to go forward and back in Chrome. Swipe up with three fingers to see all your open windows. Swipe down with

three fingers to go back to your last open window. Open a link by tapping it with three fingers. Close a Chrome tab by tapping it with three fingers. Put three fingers on the

touchpad and move left and right to move through your Chrome tabs. Switch between your desks by swiping left or right with four fingers. 2. Control your Chromebook with your

keyboard In addition to the gestures available using your touchpad, you can do a ton with keyboard shortcuts. You can use your keyboard to do anything from refreshing the page to

opening a new tab. To see the list of available keyboard shortcuts, simultaneously press Ctrl + Alt + ?. The most used ones are: Ctrl + T : Opens a new tab. Ctrl + Tab : Closes the

current tab. Ctrl + Shift + Tab : Opens the last tab you closed. Ctrl + Tab and C trl + Shift + Tab : Moves through your tabs. Alt + Tab : Moves through your windows. Search + l :

Locks your computer. 3. Turn on the caps lock without a dedicated key Most people are used to using a Windows or Mac computer, which have dedicated caps lock keys. Chromebook

keyboards are a bit different and do not have a dedicated caps lock key. Still, there is a way to turn on caps lock with the keyboard. Press Alt + Search at the same time, and caps

lock is on. Press that key combination again to turn it off. 4. Take your screen for a spin ChromeOS aims to be a productive and fun operating system, so Google included some

amusing features that don't serve a purpose. The best of these is the ability to do a barrel roll. To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Rotate and watch your screen spin. 5.