Chromebook For Dummies

Chapter 2

Working with the Desktop

In This Chapter

Navigating the Chromebook shelf

Adding and organizing apps

Modifying Chromebook settings

Getting a handle on Chromebook window controls

The Chromebook desktop is a visual interface that uses a system of windows to control, organize, and manage files, data, and applications. You can interact by using a mouse, keyboard, touch screen, or your voice. Lastly, your desktop has a launching point where you can manually navigate your computer’s file system. Other operating systems have similar launching points: Microsoft Windows uses the Start button or the taskbar, and Macintosh has the dock. On your Chromebook, this launching point is called the shelf.

In this chapter, you explore the Chromebook desktop and the shelf. You learn how to find, add, and organize apps, as well as how to modify basic Chromebook settings and navigate the Chromebook window system.

The conquering desktop

With your desktop, you can create, edit, and otherwise manipulate files by dragging, dropping, and clicking filenames or icons. However, this wasn’t always ...