Exploring Chromebook Third Edition

The Illustrated, Practical Guide to using Chromebook

Kevin Wilson

• Publisher: Elluminet Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781913151225
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Programming Mobile Devices
• Index: Computer Science

Exploring Chromebook is the perfect companion for your Chromebook. Written by best-selling technology author, lecturer, and computer trainer Kevin Wilson, Exploring Chromebook is packed with step-by-step instructions, full color photos, illustrations, helpful tips and video demos.

Updated for 2019, Exploring Chromebook will help you:

Setting up your Chromebook

Configuring your Chromebook

Transferring data from your old machine

Setting up email and social media accounts

Bluetooth devices and printers

Connecting to Wifi and the internet

Chromebook navigation with touch gestures

Using Gmail, Chrome browser, calendar, contacts

Using Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides

Video chat with Hangouts

Editing photos

Downloading music, films, and TV programs

and more...

In addition, you will learn how to make the most of the new features of Chrome OS on the Chromebook with clear explanations and video demos to help you along the way.

Finally, maintenance tips to help you keep your device running smoothly complete this invaluable guide. You'll want to keep this edition handy as you make your way around your new Chromebook.

Entertainment

Your ChromeBook has a large collection of multimedia apps available. You’ll find these apps on your app launcher, and many more can be downloaded from the play store.

In this section we’ll take a look at taking photos with your camera app, downloading apps, ebooks, movies, tv programmes and listening to music.

For this section, have a look at the video resources. Open your web browser and navigate to the following website

www.elluminetpress.com/chromebook-mm

Google Play Store

Google Play allows you to search for and download digital media such as music, books, movies, and television programs, as well as apps and games.

You’ll find the play store on your app launcher. Click the app launcher icon on the bottom left, then click the arrow in the top middle to open it up fully.

Click the play store icon to start the app.

The play store will open in Google Chrome.

Play Music

Using the play music app you can purchase individual tracks and albums from the play store, or you can stream any music you like if you subscribe to ‘play music’.

Click the app launcher icon on the bottom left, then click the arrow in the top middle to open it up fully.

Click the ‘play music’ icon.

Google play music will open in Google Chrome.

Downloading Music

To download tracks and albums, you’ll need to go to the Google Play Store.

Open the Google Play Store from your app launcher, and select ‘music’ from the selections listed down the left hand side

From here, you can ...

Table of contents

• Exploring Chromebook: Third Edition
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents
• What is a ChromeBook?
• Setting up your ChromeBook
• Getting around ChromeBook
• Using Apps
• Web, Email & Communication
• Entertainment
• Google Docs
• Google Sheets
• Google Slides
• Maintenance
• Video Resources