Computer Shopper - UK (2019-10)

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Shortcuts,hotkeysandnavigationtips

WhileChrome OSuses some of the commonshortcuts andhotkeys –Ctrl-Cforcopy, Ctrl-Vforpaste, Ctrl-N to launchanewwindow–
some of thehotkeys you’re used to won’twork. PressingWindows+Left won’tsnapyourcurrentwindowto the left-hand side of your
screen, forexample.CloudReady follows manyof the same ChromeOSquirks; here’s arundown.

There areother quirks thatyoumightappreciate. We foundthatCloudReadywouldn’tletususethesideof our testlaptop’strackpad
to scroll.Instead, itresorted to the Chrome OSstandard of requiring atwo-fingerslideto scroll.Oncewe’dgotused to this, we foundit
more usefulas thetwo-fingerscrollcanscrollleftandrightaswell asupanddown.Atwo-fingertapbringsuptheright-clickmenutoo, so
we quickly found ourselves notneeding to use thelaptop’stwophysicalbuttons.

WINDOWS CLOUDREADYFUNCTION


Snapwindowto theleft

Snapwindowto theright

Maximisewindow

Minimisewindow

Switchbetweenopenwindows

Refreshwebpage

Back(webbrowser)

Keyboardshortcutcheatsheet
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