Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

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Boost productivity

with virtual desktops

“Addinga secondmonitortoyourcomputeris one

waytogetmorespacetoorganiseyourwork,but

youcanalsousevirtualdesktopsforfree!”

irtualdesktopssolvea

perennialproblem:howto

dealwithmultiplehome/

workprojectswithoutbeing

overwhelmedbythesheernumber

ofappsandwindowsyouhaveopen

• especiallywhenyou’reworkingon
  a crampedlaptopscreen.
  FreeinWindows10,virtual
  desktops(akamultipledesktops)
  enableyoutoseparatework-oriented
  tasksfromyourmorepersonalones,
  andtheneasilyflipbetweenthem,
  allwhilekeepingyourdesktop
  organisedandrelativelyclutter-free.
  Andyoudon’tneeda third-party
  appsora secondmonitortodoit.
  Soundgoodsofar?Excellent.So
  howdoyougetstarted?Luckily,
  we’reheretowalkyouthroughthe
  entireprocess,andwe’llsharesome
  experttipsalongtheway.Bytheend
  ofourwalkthroughyou’llgofrom
  virtualdesktopnovicetoa multi-
  taskingmaster.Ready?Let’sbegin!

1 Creatinga newdesktopviaTaskView

Thereis morethanonewaytocreatea newdesktop,so

choose theonethatworksbestforyou.Thefirstoptionis toclick

the Task ViewbuttonintheTaskbar,whichshouldbenexttothe

Start buttonortheCortanaiconif youhaveit enabled.Nowyou

can click ‘Newdesktop’atthetopofthescreen– youcanclick

several timestocreateasmanydesktopsasyouneed.

2 Use keyboard shotcuts

If you are a fan of keyboard shortcuts, there are a couple

that you can use in relation to multiple desktops. The first is to

press the [Win] + [Tab] to bring up Task View / Timeline and you

can then – as in the previous step – use the ‘New desktop’ button

to create new desktops. To create a new desktop more quickly,

use [Ctrl ]+ [Win] + [D]. This creates a new desktop immediately.

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Step-by-step Getting started with multiple desktops

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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