Web User - UK (2019-11-13)

Workshop 2

13 - 26 November 2019 55

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NotificationsarenowdisplayedatthetopoftheAction

Centre, whichmakesthemeasiertokeepaneyeon.Click

theActionCentre,^1 then‘Managenotifications’.^2 The

Notificationssectionhasa newtickbox‘Allownotificationsto

playsounds’,^3 whichis applieduniversallyratherthanonan

individualper-appbasis.

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Stayingin the‘Notifications& actions’window,scroll

downto‘Getnotificationsfromtheseapps’.^1 Youcan

sorttheapplistby‘Mostrecent’^2 andName.Clickany

apptoseehowupdateswillappear.Youcanchoosebetween

banners^3 andActionCentrenotifications,^4 or untick both to

stop seeing them at all.

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The final updatetonotificationscomesin theformof

dismissals. Whenyougeta notification,eitherasa banner

or in the ActionCentre,right-clickit. Previously,youwere

given the option toturnoffspecificnotifications; now,it lets

you ‘Go to notificationsettings’or‘Turnoffallnotificationsfor’

that particular app.^1

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File Explorer has also received an upgrade. Now that it’s

poweredbyWindowsSearch,whichmarriesOneDriveto

traditionalindexedsearch,it’sa lotquickerandmore

intuitive.Whenyoustarttypingin thesearchbox,^1 a listof

matchesappearsbelow^2 so you no longer have to wait for

individual results to come through.

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OpentheStartmenu^1 toseethefamiliarapplist

andlivetiles.^2 Thenavigationpanelontheleft^3

containsfiveicons– Account,Document,Pictures,

SettingsandPower.^4 Previously, you had to hover over these

to get an individual tool tip; now, you get a section describing

every icon.

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The Narrator app can ‘read’ your keyboard’s function keys

and knows whether the Function Key Lock is activated.

To check it’s working, search for narrator. When the

app loads,thenewchangesareexplained.Youdon’thaveto

make anyotheradjustments,justmakesureyoutick‘Don’t

show again’^1 and click OK^2 or it’ll pop up every time.