Snip & Sketch
Press Windows logo key + Shift + S to open the snipping bar, then drag the cursor over the area you want to capture. The area you snipped will be saved to your clipboard.
Add Emoji From Your Keyboard
Express yourself however and wherever you want. Press Windows logo key + period (.) to open an emoji panel. Use kaomojis to create faces with text, and symbols—like punctuation and currency—to make a statement.
Simplify the Start Menu
Apps in the Start menu sometimes use animations to show updates like new email or your next appointment. If these are distracting, turn them off. Right-click an app (or tap and hold it), and select More > Turn Live Tile off.
Get Visual Alerts for Sound
If it’s difficult to hear audible alerts, switch to visual alerts. Select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Audio, and choose an option under Show audio alerts visually.
Magnify Your Screen
Magnifier enlarges part or all of your screen, helping make words and images easier to see. To start Magnifier quickly, press the Windows logo key + Plus sign (+). To turn it off, press Windows logo key + Esc.
Show Text Suggestions
Save time while you type!!
To see text suggestions while you type, select Start > Settings > Devices > Typing > Hardware keyboard > Show text suggestions as I type.
Use Groove with a Locked PC
When your PC is locked, keep the party going by using the playback controls on the lock screen to play, pause, and skip ahead to another song.
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Make Your Battery Last Longer Save battery power by selecting action center on the taskbar, then Battery saver. | Change Your Power Setting Quickly On your PC, select the Battery icon on the right side of the taskbar, and then drag the slider to the power mode you want. | Reduce Screen Brightness On your laptop or tablet, select action center on the taskbar > Expand (optional), and then move the Brightness slider until you get the brightness level you want. |
Make Your Battery Last Longer
Save battery power by selecting action center on the taskbar, then Battery saver.
Change Your Power Setting Quickly
On your PC, select the Battery icon on the right side of the taskbar, and then drag the slider to the power mode you want.
Reduce Screen Brightness
On your laptop or tablet, select action center on the taskbar > Expand (optional), and then move the Brightness slider until you get the brightness level you want.
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See All Your Open Windows Get a bird's-eye view of everything you're working on. place three fingers on your touchpad and swipe them away from you. | Jump Between Apps Go from app to app in a flash. Place three fingers on your touchpad and swipe left or right to switch between your open apps. | Travel Between Virtual Desktops Place four fingers on your touchpad and swipe left or right. |
See All Your Open Windows
Get a bird's-eye view of everything you're working on. place three fingers on your touchpad and swipe them away from you.
Jump Between Apps
Go from app to app in a flash. Place three fingers on your touchpad and swipe left or right to switch between your open apps.
Travel Between Virtual Desktops
Place four fingers on your touchpad and swipe left or right.
Technology Inventory Specialist / Administrative Technology Trainer
Vanessa Y. Arredondo
