Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

9 Where’stheoldActionCentre?

If you’veusedpreviousversionsofWindows,youmaybe

wonderingwheretheoldActionCentreis.Thiswasquitea

differenttoolthathelpedyoumakesureyourPCwassecure.You

canfindtheoldversionoftheActionCentre,anditsassociated

functions,bytypingSecurityandMaintenanceintotheTaskbar’s

searchbox– thisis thenewnamefortheActionCentreofold.

10 What’sthefuturefortheAction Centre?

Microsoftis continuallyfine-tuning the Action Centre in

Windows10,addingnewfeaturesthat make using your PC even

easier.RumourssuggestthatMicrosoft will soon move Cortana

totheActionCentre,enablingyoutoturn it on and off from there.

It appearsthattheActionCentrewillalso offer improved

touchscreengestures– handyfordevices such as tablets. Q

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Windows 10

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Taskbar

The Taskbar runs

along the bottom of

your screen, though

you can change its

position if you like.

On the right-hand

side of the Taskbar

you’ll find the

notification area,

which is where the

icon for the Action

Centreresides.

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Short messages that

pop up, alerting you

tonewevents.

Cortana

Windows 10’s virtual

assistant – say ‘Hey

Cortana’ or type a

query in its search

box to get help.

APP NOTIFICATIONS

Many apps show

notifications, and

the most recent

ones will be shown

in the Action Centre,

grouped by app.

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NOTIFICATIONS

If you have a lot of

missed notifications,

clickandscrollhere

toseeanexpanded

collectionofthem.

TABLETMODE

If youuseWindows

10 ona tabletor

touchscreendevice,

youcanplaceit in

Ta b l e tm o d eby

tappingthisicon.

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Some buttons on
the Action Centre,
such as VPN, will
open a new window
where you can
change the settings.

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