5 Tips For Working More Effectively In Chrome

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More than 3 billion people use Google Chrome. With its wide range of features, easy-to-learn shortcuts, and ability to integrate with so many other applications, it’s easy to see why. Before you start searching for a Google Meet office background, check out these other tips for working more effectively in Chrome.

Common Mistakes

The biggest mistake that people make when using Google Chrome is not signing in to it with their Google account. Google saves a user’s preferences, bookmarks, history, and passwords, which makes it easy to sign in on any internet-connected device and have everything you need. Chrome even allows you to have more than one account, which means it’s easy to separate your work web browsing from your personal web browsing.

Another common mistake that people make is not learning the browser’s basic keyboard commands, even though they make navigating the web much faster. When you hold down the “Ctrl” or “Command” key while pressing another key, you can perform a range of tasks.

  • Press T to open a new tab.
  • Press W to close the current tab you’re on.
  • Press Shift + T to open your most recently closed tab.
  • Press L to highlight anything in the omnibar.
  • Press Tab to move to the next tab on the right.
  • Press Shift and Tab to move to the next tab on your left.

How To Make Your Work Day Easier

Customizing Google Chrome is one major way that you can make your workday go easier. As soon as you begin to use Chrome, go through all of the settings to make sure they are to your specifications. From there, you’ll want to add extensions.

There are extensions for nearly anything you can think of. Do you use Google Meet? Use it in combination with Chrome’s extensions to integrate it with classrooms, enable push-to-talk features, and much more. Of course, you’ll also want to remember to add a Google Meet custom background, which will allow you to have a more professional-looking meeting. 

If you spend a lot of your workday filling out forms, be sure you’re using Chrome’s autofill features. In addition to holding all of your many passwords for you, it will automatically fill in information such as your name, address, phone numbers, email address, and much more, saving you plenty of time along the way. Speaking of passwords, Chrome even offers to generate hard-to-guess passwords for you when you’re signing up for new websites.  

Organization Is the Key

The more organized you are, the more you’ll thrive during your busiest workdays. Your Chrome tabs are the best place to start. The feature allows you to group different websites into categories, such as research, shopping, or emails. Using the feature is simple. Just right-click on a tab and choose “Add tab to new group.” From there, you can either create a new group or add the tab to an existing group.

Now that you know how to use Chrome more effectively, all you need to do is implement what you’ve learned. Grab your virtual office backgrounds, set up your tabs, and get to work.