Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Started with Chromebook 5 Chapter 1: Choosing and Setting Up Your Chromebook 7 Checking Under the Hood of the Chromebook 8 The software 9 The hardware 9 Choosing a Chromebook 10 Setting Up Your Chromebook 10 Turning on your device 11 Selecting a language 11 Connecting to the Internet 12 Agreeing to the Terms of Service 13 Logging In for the First Time 13 Logging in using an existing Google Account 13 Creating a new Google Account 14 Using Chromebook as a guest 14 Transitioning to a Chromebook from Mac, Linux, or Windows 15 Where to Go Next 16 Chapter 2: Working with the Chromebook Desktop 17 Accessing the Chromebook Shelf 18 Using the Launcher: Chromebook''s Start Button 20 Navigating the Launcher 20 Organizing Launcher Icons 21 Setting Up App Shortcuts 21 Pinning app shortcuts to your shelf 21 Removing app shortcuts from your shelf 23 Getting the Scoop in the Status Area 23 Taking Charge of Window Controls 25 Multitasking with Multiple Windows 26 Setting Up a Printer 28 Direct connect printing 28 Wi-Fi printing 29 Cloud printing 30 Chapter 3: Surveying the Chrome Browser 37 Navigating the Chrome Browser 38 Sizing the Chrome window 38 Working with tabs 39 Using the Omnibox and the navigation buttons 40 Saving your place with the bookmark bar 40 Customizing and Controlling Chrome 42 Managing bookmarks 44 Managing your history and downloads 45 Erasing your browsing history 47 Going incognito 48 Changing Search Engine Providers 50 Using Other Browsers 51 Chapter 4: Getting Your Hands on the Keyboard and Touchpad 53 The Chromebook Keyboard at a Glance 54 Using Shortcut Key Combinations 56 Configuring Keyboard Settings 61 Reconfiguring keyboard keys 62 Turning shortcut keys into function keys 63 Changing your keyboard language 65 Using the Touchpad 67 Finger gestures 67 Touchpad and keyboard combinations 68 Customizing Touchpad Settings 68 Changing the touchpad speed 69 Adjusting the touchpad click settings 69 Changing scroll directions 70 Connecting a Mouse or Keyboard 71 Chapter 5: Finding and Exploring Chromebook Apps 73 Exploring Chromebook''s Pre-Installed Apps 74 Storing data in the cloud with Google Drive 74 Word processing with Docs 74 Using spreadsheets with Sheets 75 Making presentations with Slides 75 Taking notes with Keep 75 Organizing and playing music with Google Play Music 76 Communicating with video, voice, and text with Voice and Duo 77 Emailing with Gmail 77 Organizing your schedule with Calendar 78 Remotely accessing with Remote Desktop 78 Reading with Google Play Books 79 Getting directions with Maps 79 Finding More Apps with the Chrome Web Store 80 The Google Play Store 81 Installing apps 82 Managing Installed Apps 83 Updating apps 83 Finding out what apps you have installed 84 Removing apps 84 Chapter 6: Working with Gmail and Google Calendar 85 Gmail for Chromebook 86 Launching Gmail 86 Navigating Gmail 88 Customizing your view 90 Adding a theme 92 Sending Email with Gmail 93 Navigating Gmail email 93 Writing an email 94 Styling text 94 Attaching files to an email 96 Customizing your email view 97 Creating an email signature 97 Reading Email 99 Replying to email 100 Organizing your Inbox 100 Setting up a vacation responder 102 Use Gmail to Access Non-Gmail Accounts 103 Using Gmail Offline 105 Using Google Calendar 106 Customizing your calendar view 108 Creating additional calendars 109 Creating a calendar event 111 Updating and deleting an event 114 Inviting others to your event 115 Sharing Calendars 115 Chapter 7: Finding Your Files 119 Finding Files with the Files App 119 Navigating Files 120 Creating and navigating folders 122 Moving files and folders 123 Searching for files 125 Deleting files and folders 125 Adding and Using External Storage 126 Working with Google Drive 127 Creating a Google Drive account 127 Using Google Drive 128 Uploading files to Google Drive 130 Uploading files to Google Drive from a Mac, PC, or Linux system 131 Using Google Drive with Your Smartphone or Tablet 135 Collaborating with Drive 135 Using Google Drive offline 137 Part 2: Harnessing Business Power with the Chromebook 139 Chapter 8: Writing with Word Processing 141 Navigating Google Docs 142 Surveying the Docs workspace 142 Changing your view 144 Working with Text 146 Moving around your document 146 Copying and pasting text 149 Moving text by cutting and pasting 151 Formatting Text 152 Changing fonts 152 Styling fonts 155 Aligning your text 158 Clearing formatting 159 Saving Documents 160 Naming your document 160 Exporting documents 162 Collaborating in Docs 163 Tracking Document Revisions 165 Using Docs Offline 166 Chapter 9: Summarizing Sheets 169 Navigating Google Sheets 170 Surveying the Sheets menu area 170 Working with the spreadsheet area 172 Customizing your view 174 Working with Data 176 Moving around in a spreadsheet 177 Copying and pasting data 179 Moving data with Cut and Paste 181 Using Autofill to save time 182 Formatting Data 183 Working with fonts 184 Styling your data 186 Changing alignment 189 Wrapping text in a cell 190 Clearing formatting 190 Customizing Your Spreadsheet 191 Adding and deleting rows and columns 192 Resizing columns and rows 193 Hiding columns and rows 194 Merging cells 195 Formatting numbers 195 Grouping cells with colors and borders 197 Making Calculations with Formulas 198 Adding basic mathematical formulas 198 Adding formulas to calculate values in cells 199 Working with spreadsheet functions 201 Saving Documents 202 Naming your document 202 Exporting documents 203 Collaboration with Sheets 205 Tracking Versions of Your Spreadsheet 206 Using Sheets Offline 208 Chapter 10: Preparing Presentations 209 Navigating Google Slides 210 Creating your presentation 210 Surveying the Slides menu area 212 Customizing your view 217 Styling Your Presentation 218 Changing background color or background image 219 Applying a different theme 220 Importing a presentation theme 221 Working with Text 221 Adding and deleting text boxes 222 Resizing, moving, and rotating a text box 224 Copying and pasting text boxes 226 Formatting text 227 Aligning your text 232 Clearing formatting 233 Working with Images 234 Adding images to your presentation 234 Resizing, rotating, and relocating images 236 Cropping images 238 Viewing Presentations in Presentation Mode 240 Presenting on additional displays 242 Using Presenter View 243 Saving Presentations 243 Naming your presentation 244 Exporting your presentation 244 Collaborating in Slides 245 Tracking Revisions 247 Using Slides Offline 248 Chapter 11: Using Other Office Tools 249 Getting Started with Office Online 250 Verifying your Office account 251 OneDrive 252 Outlook Email 254 Outlook Calendar 258 Outlook Contacts 260 Word 262 Excel 264 PowerPoint 265 OneNote 267 Collaborating in OneDrive 269 Skype 269 Checking Out Apple''s iCloud Suite 272 iCloud file storage 272 Pages 273 Numbers 275 Keynote 276 Using Adobe Reader 276 Part 3: The Chromebook Recreational Vehicle 279 Chapter 12: Mustering Your Music 281 Getting Started with Google Play 282 Creating a Standard Account 283 Upgrading to a Premium Account 286 Accessing Music in Google Play 287 Google Play Library 288 Google Play Radio 288 Mini Player 289 Searching for an artist''s station 290 Purchasing music you hear on a radio station 290 Uploading music 292 Creating Playlists 293 Sharing playlists 295 Playing music on external devices 296 Enjoying Streaming Music with Pandora 297 Streaming with Spotify 299 Amping Up Amazon Music 301 Rocking with Apple Music 302 Chapter 13: Having Fun with Photos 305 Navigating the Chromebook Camera 305 Taking a Picture 307 Using the camera timer 307 Viewing Photos Taken with a Smartphone on Your Chromebook 309 Viewing Photos on Your Chromebook 311 Sharing Photos 312 Deleting Photos 313 Deleting photos stored locally on a Chrom.