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Shortcuts are for Pros! that’s my motto. So here some very sneaky shortcuts for your new pal Chrome which will fasten up your browsing experience further. They’re easy to remember and make sense!

Ctrl+N Open a new window

Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito mode

Press Ctrl, and click a link Open link in a new tab

Press Shift, and click a link Open link in a new window

Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen last tab closed (remembers 10)

Drag link to tab Open link in specified tab

Drag link to space between tabs Open link in a new tab

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip.

Ctrl+9 Switch to the last tab

Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switch to the next tab

Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switch to the previous tab

Address bar shortcuts

Do one of the following actions in the address bar:

Type a search term Perform a search using your default search engine

Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you’re trying to use.
F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D Highlight content in the web address area

Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter Open your web address in a new tab

Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features

Ctrl+B Toggle bookmarks bar on and off
Ctrl+H View the History page
Ctrl+J View the Downloads page
Shift+Escape View the Task manager

Webpage shortcuts

Drag link to bookmarks bar Bookmark the link
Ctrl++ Make text larger
Ctrl+- Make text smaller
Ctrl+0 Return to normal text size

Other Miscellaneous Shortcuts

Press Alt and the left arrow together Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab

Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow together Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab

Place a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ Perform a search using your default search engine.

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow together Jump to the previous word in the address bar

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow together Jump to the next word in the address bar

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+Backspace Delete the previous word in the address bar

Stay tuned guys.. will completely explore this thing called Chrome !

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