Thursday, October 8, 2020

Learning With Chromebooks: Keyboard Shortcuts

Hello Team Remote Families! Today's blog post is the next installment of tips and tricks to help students get the most out of their Chromebooks.

Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and clicks that you can use to do things, like taking a screenshot or copy and paste text. Check out some common keyboard shortcuts below and click here to view a full list.

Text Editing
Select AllCtrl + a
CopyCtrl + c
PasteCtrl + v
CutCtrl + x
UndoCtrl + z
RedoShirt + Ctrl + z
Page & Web Browser
Zoom inCtrl and +
Zoom outCtrl and - (minus)
Reset Zoom LevelCtrl + 0
Search pageCtrl + f
Reopen tabsCtrl + Shift + t
Take a screenshotCtrl + 

Split Screen Keyboard Shortcut


There may be occasions where it would be helpful to see two windows or applications simultaneously on the Chromebook screen. In the video below, learn how to use the Alt and [ ] keys to split your Chromebook screen to view Zoom and the Chrome browser at the same time as well as how to view two different browser tabs at the same time.