software notes

chrome

Press Backspace, or Alt and the left arrow together.

Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.

Alt+Home

Opens your homepage in your current window.

Ctrl+Shift+T

Reopens the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed.

Double-click the blank area on the tab strip.

Maximizes or minimizes the window.

Ctrl+H	Opens the History page.
Ctrl+J	Opens the Downloads page.
Shift+Esc	Opens the Task Manager.

F1	Opens the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).
Ctrl+Shift+M	Switch between multiple

Ctrl+Enter	Adds www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL.
Type a URL, then press Alt+Enter.	Opens the URL in a new tab.
Ctrl+L or Alt+D	Highlights the URL.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E	Places a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine.
Press Ctrl and the left arrow together.	Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar or, rt arrow, ctrl+bkspace = delete key term to the left

F5 or Ctrl+R

Reloads your current page.

Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3, or Shift+Enter

Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar.  w/o shift = forward

Ctrl+U	Opens the source of your current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar	Saves the link as a bookmark.
Ctrl+D	Saves your current webpage as a bookmark.
Ctrl+Shift+D	Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.

Open a file

• Drag the file into Google Chrome from your computer desktop or folder. Your cursor displays a little + sign if the action is successful.
• Type the location, also known as the path, of the file in the address bar, then pressEnter.
• Try these keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+O (Windows and Linux); 

To open a link in a new tab, press Ctrl 
-To move a tab into a new window, click and drag the tab down past the address bar. You'll see a thumbnail of the tab you're moving. Similarly, to move the tab to a different window, click and drag the tab from its original window to the top of the destination window. The tab should pop in automatically.
--To manually allow pop-ups from a site, follow the steps below:

1. Click the Chrome menu  on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. in the "Privacy" section, click the Content settings button.
5. In the "Pop-ups" section, click Manage exceptions.

Force browser processes to close

instructions here