Google Chrome Basics
Understand web apps & extensions
Chrome app launch in their own window, not in the browser, so they don't have the onmibox, tabs, etc. Extensions are small, mostly single purpose, apps designed to add features and funtionality to Chrome.
Chrome help button
Chrome help button, top bar, 3 horizontal lines, help button on bottom of menu
Manage downloads for Chrome
Chrome settings, click on downloads
Search within a webpage (find bar)
Click chrome menu (3 lines in right corner) Select find, type search term in the find bar, press enter. CTRL+F
Omni-box
Has instant search capabilities and can also compute math
Tab management in Chrome (tabs)
Highlight text in a site, pop it into a tab
Create a bookmark for Chrome
In the Omnibox, to the right of the URL is a star, Click on the star bookmark menu opens
Tab management in Chrome (tabs to the right)
Right click on the tab itself, Close tabs to the right button
Pin tabs when Chrome opens
Right click on the tab itself, pin tab button
Access your web history
Top tool bar, 3 horizontal lines, history button
Reopen a previously closed tab
Top tool bar, right corner-3 horizontal lines, history button, recent history
Advantages to signing to Chrome
When signed into Chrome, browsing history, settings and data, apps, etc. are saved to your Google account. Changes are synced.
Set up Chrome sync
When you sign in to Chrome with your Google account, your browsing history, bookmarks, Chrome apps, extensions, and settings are automatically synchronized.
Tab management in Chrome (pin)
Tabs can be pinned to the tool bar- click on the tab itself
Book mark manager
3 horizontal line in right corner, bookmark button,
Chrome settings are located ?
3 horizontal lines in right corner, settings
Understand and leverage Chrome's settings
3 horizontal lines upper right corner, settings button
List of Chrome extensions?
3 horizontal lines, settings, left side menu-extensions button
Difference between extensions and apps
A difference between Chrome extensions and web apps is the fact that while extensions are used to enhance the functionality of the Chrome Browser, web apps run within the browser having a different user interface. Unlike web applications, extensions have little or sometimes no UI component.
Chrome menu access
Access Chrome menu, top right 3 horizontal lines, book mark manager
