Welcome to Chrome Story’s Chromebook / Chrome OS user guide.
We have written various How-to guides over the years to help you operate your Chromebook. This page lists the best of such guides.
Here are a few resources that will help you get started. Let’s get started by taking screenshots, changing the wallpaper, and taking some photos.
Chrome OS has a keyboard shortcut to take screenshots. Learn how to take screenshots and how to annotate them here.
Time to customize your Chromebook and give it a personal touch. Begin by changing your wallpaper.
Want to take a selfie and share it with your friends? Here is how to pictures using your Chromebook.
Your Chromebook’s keyboard has a different layout compared to a PC or a Mac. Let’s get to know these keys.
You can install the Android app or Web App on your Chromebook to use WhatsApp
Zoom has a Chrome app that you can use on your Chromebook.
Use the Microsoft Teams web app or Android app to schedule and join meetings.
Customize
Let’s change the wallpaper, screensaver, and more. Add some color and give your Chromebook a touch of your personality. This is where the Chromebook user guide gets interesting.
Turn off the blue light on your screen. Chrome OS can automatically enable this from sunset to sunrise.
Don’t like the current size of your mouse cursor? Here is how to change the cursor size.
You can show photos from your Google Photos albums when your device is idle. Here is how.
Now that you know the basics about Chromebooks, here are a few things that you might want to learn.
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You will need a Google account to use Chrome OS. You can later create local accounts called Supervised Users for specific use cases. However, a Google account is required to set up and manage Chrome OS.
To add a new Bluetooth device:
To connect to a device that is already added, click the device from the Add Bluetooth device popup menu and click Connect.
What if you get your hands on a Chromebook with a user account already logged in? If the user has blocked signing in of new users from the login screen, you cannot format Chrome OS to change the owner or to get yourself in. In such a scenario, you need a way to reset without logging in.
At the login screen, press ALT + CTRL + SHIFT +R and tap the Restart button. You will get the prompt to Powerwash the device. After the powerwash, log in using the new account.
Experiencing problems with your device? Here is a section with troubleshooting help for Chrome OS.
This is a collection of things you can try if you are a power user and wants to tweak your device and play with it.
Chrome Story recently started a YouTube channel to share Chrome OS tutorial videos. Here is a collection of our how-to videos:
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