Tips and Tricks for any Chrome user to browse more efficiently and productively. Become a strategic user of bookmarks, extensions, the omnibox, and keyboard shortcuts.

1. Getting More Out of Your
Chrome Browser
Rich Hovey
Grizzly Youth Academy
Twitter: @teacherhovey

2. Are you...

3. intimidated by technology?

4. too overwhelmed to learn something new?

5. cynical about technology’s advance?

6. My Goals:

7. Be more
“hip”

8. Use tools to their
fullest potential

9. One small trick at
a time.

10. If you’re using
Chrome like
this...

11. ...Why not try it
like this?

12. User Accounts
Sign in!
Customize!
Sync!

13. Bookmark Bar
Rename
items

14. Bookmark Bar
Remember
temporary
information.

15. Bookmark Bar
Save space by only using logos.

16. Extensions
Add some sweet
rims and a spoiler
to your ride.

17. Extensions
My Faves:
➢ Adblock
➢ Cleanprint
➢ Permanent Clipboard
Don’t take my word for it. Google your own!

18. Extensions
Shop in the
Chrome Web Store

19. The Omnibox
Don’t just type URLs.
Search.
Define.
Calculate.
Convert.

20. Omnibox Extensions
Tab to Search
OmniDrive
History Search

21. Keyboard Shortcuts
CTrl Z - Undo
Ctrl Y - Redo
CTrl F - Find
CTrl C - Copy
CTrl V - Paste
CTrl t - Open new tab
CTrl w - Close current tab
ctrl Shift T - Reopen the tab you just accidentally closed

22. Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl R - Reload the current page
CTrl H - History
CTrl A - Select All
Ctrl L - Highlight the omnibox
CTrl B - Bold
CTrl I - Italics
CTrl U - Underline
CTrl P - Print

23. Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl (Click) -
When you hold the ctrl key while clicking links, they
will open in new tabs in the background.
❖ Handy for pre-loading pages
❖ Keeps you from leaving your current page
Or, for the ultra-efficient, simply click your mouse
wheel instead of the standard button.

24. Want to make your own keyboard
Shortcuts?
Ask me how (or Google it).

25. More Goodies
Customize Your Chrome Theme -
Click “Themes” in the Chrome Web Store.
Custom Start-up -
Create a standard set of start-up pages.
Drag to Search -
Highlight any word(s) and drag to omnibox.
Zoom -
Hold the Ctrl key and roll your mouse wheel.

26. Google it!
Keep learning with these search terms:
“Chrome tips”
“Chrome extensions”
“Chrome Power user”

27. Because You probably
spend more time in
Chrome than in most
other things.
Practice!

28. Because You probably
spend more time in
Chrome than in most
other things.
Practice!

29. chromeexperiments.com
Bored?