Chapter 17

Customizing Your Chromebook

In This Chapter

arrow Customizing and adding displays

arrow Adjusting your Shelf

arrow Enabling cloud printing

Ease of use is baked into the DNA of the Chromebook. Out of the box, the Chromebook user can be up and running in less than five minutes. By default, the features and functionality of the Chromebook make the user experience top notch without much customization. However, Google recognizes that all people are different, and although their user-experience designers are some of the best in the world, there’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the way people use technology. For that reason, you have the ability to customize several aspects of your Chromebook.

In this chapter, you learn how to customize your display with your own wallpaper images, change the resolution of your display, and add an additional monitor to your Chromebook. You also find out how to customize the appearance and position of your Shelf. Also, I explain how to utilize cloud printing to print documents from your Chromebook by using printers all over the world.

Customizing Your Display Settings

Out of the box, your Chromebook’s default settings are what the manufacturer found to ...

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