Google Chrome has many hidden features that can help you save time and be more productive if you only know about them. Here are 5 tips (plus one quick bonus)... keep reading to discover these hidden gems and how to use them!
1️⃣Create a QR Code
Creating a QR code for any webpage is very easy and requires just a few clicks. This is a great way to share links to people using mobile devices.
In the chrome search bar, click the right arrow.
Under the dropdown menu, choose Create QR Code
Download the QR code & add it into your presentation, email, doc, etc.
2️⃣Create a Link to Highlighted Text on a Webpage
This is a great feature that allows you to send a section of a webpage! Instead of sending your students to a website or article and having them search for the portion you wanted to read, share a link with them that will highlight just that section when they click the link.
Highlight the text you want your readers to see.
Right-click on the text
Choose Copy Link to Highlight
Paste your link for the reader to click on
3️⃣Create Bookmark Folders
Every morning I turn my computer on and I open the same 4 tabs. Instead of typing in each web address, I have these bookmarked into a folder and click Open All. They all open at one time and it is a huge time saver for me.
To create the bookmarked folder, click on the Google Chrome dropdown menu on the right side of the address bar
Scroll down to bookmarks
Click bookmark manager
In the top right corner, click on the 3 dot dropdown menu on the webpage
Click Add Folder and type the name of your folder
Save the folder
Once you open the tabs that you want to put in the folder & bookmark them by pressing the star in the address bar
Choose the bookmark folder to add it to OR
Highlight the link & drag the link into the folder
Watch the video below to see how it's done!
4️⃣Search Open Tabs
I can get in a bad habit of having a bunch of tabs open and not remembering which tab held the information I need. Use the searching open tabs feature to use keywords & find that information quickly!
Click on the arrow in the top right corner of your Chrome Browser (next to the tabs)
Type your keyword(s) in the search bar
Click the tab you want to navigate to & it will automatically take you there.
It's as easy as that!
5️⃣Google Search Hidden Tools
The Google Search bar has some hidden tools (& a few games)... just type any of the following in the search bar & use the dropdown to pick one of the tools Google offers
Roll dice
Spinner
Flip a coin
Google tuner
Calculator
Google Metronome
🌟Bonus Tip!
Have you ever accidentally closed a tab that you needed (🙋🏻♀️all the time)? Here's a quick short cut to help you out!
ctrl + shift + t
Yep... that's it. Hold down those 3 keys at once and your closed tab will magically reopen!
Stay tuned for more hidden features in Google Chrome in the coming weeks!
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