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Keyboard Shortcuts in Chrome: Four Quick Tips to Try Today

Today I want to offer a few keyboard shortcuts that will hopefully make navigating Chrome and other web browsers much easier! How many times have you accidentally closed a window because of a sensitive track pad or a stray click? Don't fear, there is a quick and easy way to reopen the last closed tab in the Chrome browser. (It also works to see what students just closed as you walked by them! 😉). If you want to  reopen a closed tab you can press these three keys together: Ctrl + Shift + T  (Ctrl + T opens a new tab) To close the current tab or window you are viewing press: Ctrl + w  To move to the next tab in the Chrome window press: Ctrl + Tab  To move to the previous the tab open in the Chrome browser window press: Ctrl + Shift + Tab  If you are interested in more shortcuts in Chrome, check out this help page . If you want to learn more Gmail, Drive or other Google tools the Google Product Forums are a good place to bookmark. Similar forums exist for