Summer Greetings! In this blog I am going to give you some helpful Chrome Browser shortcuts. Chrome is the best browser to use if you are using Gmail or Google Docs or most any other Google tool. These handy dandy shortcuts will get you around your web browser a little quicker and save you some time! Enjoy!
8 Really Useful Chrome Shortcuts
CTRL + T = Opens a new tab
CTRL+ W = Closes the current tab.
CTRL + SHIFT + T = Reopens the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed.
CTRL + H = Opens your browsing history
CTRL + SHIFT + DEL = Takes you directly to the page to clear browsing history, cache and cookies.
CTRL + J = Opens the downloads page
CTRL + D = Saves your current webpage as a bookmark.
CTRL + SHIFT +V = Paste content from the clipboard without formatting (ie, pastes plain text)
Here is a short fun Chrome vid you will like!
If you would like to work with me on a 1 on 1 basis to get some tech relief, I have three 1/2 day spots available and would love to help you get your technology organized, help you answer some questions that have you stumped with your computer, or do some training in an area that would make you feel so much better to get it handles and figured out.
Tech-Tip-o-the-Day! How to organize your usernames and passwords! Save yourself a lot of headaches later!
I visit with clients
and am always fascinated at the methods that people have for saving their
important usernames and passwords. Some
people have sticky notes under their keyboard, or a book next to
their computer with all their important login information. One friend, has a little notebook
that he keeps in his shirt pocket. He
doesn’t go anywhere without it! One
method that I see all too often is that people use the same username and password
for all their logins which is not secure.
This week I want you
to start a spreadsheet to keep track of all of your website and other userid/logins
and passwords. As you probably know with all the online resources and programs
that you use on your computer, there are more and more logins and passwords to
keep track of. These can add up FAST and
keeping track of where you have accounts can get cumbersome quickly.
First, create a
spreadsheet with the software of your choice that contains columns for site
name, URL, username, password, and any notes you want to add. Here is a short
video on how I created a spreadsheet in Google Docs to store this information.
Now start going
through your existing password-keeping system and entering your info for sites
onto your spreadsheet. Remember sites such
as Facebook and Twitter, any forums or private groups that you're a member of, any
online class logins, any websites you do business on, and any other sites that
you may use. If you've lost your username or password on
any of these sites, take a moment to use the "lost password" feature
and grab it. Better to take the time now than be frustrated when you need it!
Whenever you sign up
for a new site, make sure to add it to your spreadsheet. When you want to
update your profiles you now have one central document to go to - no more
outdated info living all over the web.
Drinking the Google Juice!
I am off next week to
sunny California to Google Apps for Education Summit California! This event is sold out so I am sure there
will be lots of fantastic new information that I will be acquiring there. If you have any questions you would like me
to find out about, please leave me a comment or send me a message and I will do
my best to help.
Talk with you when I
get back!
Peace, Jean
If you need some techie help online or in person, please get in touch!
