Six Quick Tips For Windows 10 From Microsoft
Once in while Microsoft surprises us and provides some really useful tips for Windows 10 users. And today we’re featuring six easy Windows 10 tips – complete with videos – from Microsoft – that can help you get the most out of your Windows 10 PC.
Here are the six quick tips from Microsoft … and they are are all posted on one page.
How to use the Action Center
We use the Windows 10 Action Center a lot. You should be using it to. It’s a time saver and you can customize it so it works the way you want it to. Add or remove “quick actions” so only the actions you use will show in Action Center… and more.
How to save battery life
If you have a laptop computer, you’ll find this useful…
How to manage updates
Not much control over update is afforded to Windows 10 Home users, but still this is worth a look.
How to set up your Onedrive folder
Darcy is a big fan of Onedrive. She uses it every day. Me? Not so much. But if you are not familiar with Onedrive or you use it but want to see some tips for using Onedrive, this is for you.
How to quickly add emojis
Not sure how useful this one is, but hey! if you like emojis and use them, then you might just want to take a look at this.
How to use keyboard shortcuts
This one is worth the trip the the page. Watch the video and see how you can save time using shortcuts. We love shortcuts… and you should too.
You can view any or all of the above tips – in video form – just by visiting this Microsoft page.
When I am trying to download a file from the internet, an Edge window screen comes up with a screen showing a PDF file. I use Word from Office for text documents. How do I get a PDF file to open in Word?
I don’t even know if I have a PDF program. The Edge screen does not give me a way to use Word.
I have the Windows 10 newest download on my computer.
Thanks for any help you might be able to offer.
Susan
There is no default for open PDF in Microsoft Word. Word opens doc, docx by default. On Windows 10 Edge is the default handler for PDF files. Edge does give you the ability to save the PDF file. You can save the PDF file to your computer. You can then open MS Word and open the PDF file by using the file > open dialog.
Thank you for all you’ve done to help me. I’d be lost without you. I keep seeing comments about downloading the latest ver. of Windows 10. I don’t know why people worry about it so much. I decided to let Microsoft download it in it’s own time. It downloaded about a week ago and all is well. I happened to open the computer while it was downloading, and I could tell by the messages that it was putting in the new version . Maybe I’m more patient than most people. Folks, you don’t have to do it yourself.