My Google™ Chromebook

3. Using Chrome OS

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to turn your Chromebook on and off, and how to enter and emerge from sleep mode.

• Starting Up and Shutting Down

• Navigating Chrome

• Understanding Chrome’s Status Icons

• Navigating Tabs and Windows

• Using the Customize and Control Menu

Using a Chromebook is similar to using a traditional notebook computer, but faster. Because there’s less operating system overhead involved, as well as fewer internal components, a Chromebook boots up much quicker than a Windows or Mac machine; it wakes up from sleep mode almost immediately.

What you find after you start up your Chromebook, however, may not ...