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10 tips to get the most out of Chromebook in your company

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Home » 10 tips to get the most out of Chromebook in your company

Are you thinking of renewing your company's devices? Are you considering taking the leap hand in hand with technology Chrome OS? Then you already know that laptops Chromebook they are the ideal solution to carry out all kinds of collaborative work in the cloud. At uCloudStore, we want to explain all the advantages that these Chrome devices so that both your organization and your employees get the most out of this fantastic tool of collaborative work. If, on the other hand, you still don't know why you should buy Chromebook in your company, we recommend that you read the article What is Chromebook: 8 Google laptop keys, that we have developed for you.

 

Do you want to increase your productivity at work? Meet Chromebook

 

Table of Contents

  • 10 features to get the most out of your Chromebook
    • 1. How to set Chromebook offline mode
    • 2. How to view your email from offline mode
    • 3. How to work on files offline
    • 4. How to edit Microsoft Office files
    • 5. How to transfer files to Chromebook
    • 6. How to see all the key combinations
    • 7. How to search for any content
    • 8. How to open and edit photos on Chromebook
    • 9. How to switch from one page to another
    • 10. How to take partial screenshots
  • Do you still have doubts about the advantages that Chromebook offers?

10 features to get the most out of your Chromebook

At uCloudStore we want your work environment to take advantage of all the advantages offered by Chromebooks. In this way, we have prepared this article with the most outstanding functions of Chromebook, so you can increase your company's profits and increase the productivity of your employees. Next, we detail the reasons why these devices Chrome OS are the hardware perfect to improve work performance in your institution:

1. How to set Chromebook offline mode

The chromebook computers they have the fantastic option of work offline, a fact that allows your employees the fact of being able to carry out their tasks and follow the work in any location away from the office, regardless of whether the user has a WIFI access point or Internet connection.

Steps to activate this fantastic option we just have to:

  1. make sure that we are connected to the internet
  2. To open google docs
  3. Open the menu and select Setting
  4. Activate the option “Without connection". Then, you just have to click on Accept
  5. The documents that are in google drive they are now ready for the user to edit offline. The files will be updated once the user is back online.

chrome book offline

2. How to view your email from offline mode

Along the same lines as the previous tip, another trick you can use in your Chromebook if you know that you have to open your inbox without Internet is to configure Gmail for offline use. To do this you just have to:

  1. Get in in Gmail (while we are connected to the Internet).
  2. Go to setting
  3. In section "Without connection” click on “Enable offline mail“
  4. Save the changes.

3. How to work on files offline

If we do not have an Internet connection and we want to work or modify our documents without having a WIFI point, Chromebook of Google allows your employees to continue with their work thanks to its way of remote work, which make it the hardware ideal for questions of telecommuting. To be able to proceed to edit documents and files offline is as simple as:

  1. To open google drive
  2. To locate in you Drive the document you want to work with, and do double click.
  3. The changes made will be synchronized when you return to be online. 

4. How to edit Microsoft Office files

The Chrome OS devices they work in the cloud, but are just as compatible with most documents as conventional computers. In addition to having Google's own applications, it also allows us to modify traditional application files, as in the case of Microsoft Office. To edit or open Office files:

  1. go to the Files app, locate the Microsoft Office file you want to modify
  2. you should only open the file, and start with your editing.
  3. The technology Chrome OS will allow us a auto save of the document, in order to streamline the tasks of our team.
  4. Finally, when we finish editing, we can save the file keeping the Microsoft Word format or convert it to a google doc.

Office on Chromebook

5. How to transfer files to Chromebook

information security and agility in data transmission It is essential to improve the performance of our company's tasks. To do this, Chromebooks allow us a senzillo and fast file hosting, whatever the Operating System of our traditional computers. In the event that we have a PC or Mac:

  1. Go to Google Drive: google.com/drive.
  2. Sign in with the same address you use to start your Chromebook
  3. Click on New.
  4. Then, you just have to select the option “upload folder“.
  5. Locate and to select all those files that you want to upload to the drive Drive.
    1. Your employees should only access My unit from their Chromebook, where they will quickly find all the saved documents.

6. How to see all the key combinations

Save time executing tasks It is a transcendental fact for the improvement of the productivity of our team. In this way, if we have key combinations that allow us to immediately open all the functions of our computer, we will gain a lot of work time. Chromebook has thousands! Discover them as follows:

  1. press ctr + Alt + ? on your keyboard
  2. Next, the overview will open with all the key combinations available for task execution.
  3. Write the key combination you are looking for and it will appear on the screen.

7. How to search for any content

Quickly locate information or content allows us to improve productivity in our work, since we dedicate ourselves we do not need to remember the origin of all the files. In addition, the chromebook devices They allow us to find applications, files and elements of the web in an agile, simple and intuitive way. To do a content search, you just have to follow the instructions detailed below: 

  1. press Look for, and then the Search bar
  2. Use the seeker to find files, applications and any content on the Internet.

8. How to open and edit photos on Chromebook

One of the questions most frequently asked by business users is whether they can open and edit photos on a Chromebook. Well, not only that, but an image can be captured and immediately improved in an agile and functional way thanks to the possibilities offered by devices Chrome OS. Follow the steps below to edit photos like a pro:

  1. At Selector, start the application Google Photos. 
  2. We choose a photo.
  3. Click on the icon Edit, located in the center of the screen.
  4. Make the settings.
  5. In order to save your changes, you just need to do click in Ready.

9. How to switch from one page to another

Chromebook It is a dynamic tool that allows us to change the screen very easily, just by sliding our fingers left and right. This it will save a lot of time in the interface change of our navigation. Next, we explain how to change from one screen to another by touch, a process that will save us a lot of execution time in the long run. 

  1. Open the browser.
  2. With the fingers, swipe left at Touch panel for back on a page in the browser.
  3. To move forward, you just have to slide your fingers on the Touch Screen to the right.

10. How to take partial screenshots

For the purpose of expand the information through images and favor dynamic sending of reports, tables and graphs, these Chrome devices have the option to take full and partial screenshots, that is, selecting only the part of the screen that we want to capture to show. To capture an image, we just have to: 

  1. You just have to press ctrl + Capital letter + show windows on the keyboard.
  2. Next, you must select the crop area option, located in the lower center margin  
  3. Drag the cursor over the part of the photo that you want to capture.
  4. Click on Ready and you will only have to save the new image.

 

Do you want to increase your productivity at work? Meet Chromebook

Do you still have doubts about the advantages that Chromebook offers?

Now that it is clear to you how Chromebook can help boost your business, you can access our website and acquire the latest models of this fantastic tool that Ucloudstore puts at your disposal:

On the other hand, if you want to know closely which Chromebook model you should incorporate based on the characteristics of your company and sector, you can contact UCloudstore directly through our contact form, or by directly calling our user service number: 634.887.870, where our experts in IT solutions will recommend the appropriate tool and advise you to carry out the implementation in your company in a practical, agile and functional way.

 

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