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theswitch under ‘Showbadgeson

taskbar buttons’.

Shrinktaskbaritems

Thetaskbarcan becomecrowded on a

smalllaptopscreen and youmight want

to getrid of th esearchbox tofree up

space. Right-click thetaskb ar,goto

Search and cick ‘Showsearchicon’.It’s

replaced by amagni fying-glass icon,

which youcan click when youwantto

search forsomething.

If youdon’t want even the

magnifying-glass icon cluttering your

taskbar,right -click thetaskb ar and

select Search,then Hiddento remove it.

When youwanttos earchfor something,

click Startand begin typing.

Another waytomakeroomformore

icons onthetaskb ar is to usesmaller

icons. Open S ettings,Personalisation,

Taskbarand enable‘Usesmall taskbar

icons’.Remove theExplorericon–you

canjust pressWindows+E to open it.

Annotatescreenshots

Right-click thetaskb ar an dselectthe

Windows InkWorkspacebutton. Anew

button appears onthetaskb ar and

clickingits hows twooptions:

WhiteboardorFullScreen Snip.

Whiteboardisanapp with various

drawingtools that canbeusedtocreate

and export illustrations,soyou can

sharethem with others.

Full Screen Snip ta kesascreenshot

and opensthe imageint he Snip &

Sketch app, which canbeusedtodraw,

annotate and edit it,before yousave it.

Addpeopletothetaskbar

Right-click thetaskb ar an dselect‘Show

Peopleonthe taskbar’. Click thenew

Peopleicontosee suggested contacts

from Outlookemail,Skype and

Calendar .Ita imstomakeite asierto

access your contacts –you simply click

People, click acontactand seetheir

details or send them anemail. However,

this feature onlyshows contacts stor ed

in your Micros oftappsand services,

notelsewhere, suchas in Gmailand

Google Contacts.

files,folders ,websitesand more.

Thesemakeite asytorevisit awebsite

or reopenafile. If youdon’tsee a

jump list, theprogram mightnot

providethem –tobesure, open

Settings,Personalisation,Start and

turn on theswitch under ‘Show

rece ntly openeditemsinJumpLists

on Startort he taskbar’.

Addtaskbartoolbars

Right-click an empty partoft he

taskbarand select Toolbars followed

by Addres sorLinks.Address adds a

browseraddress boxtothe taskbar

and youcan enterwebsite URLsto

launch abrowser and visi tthe site.

Links showsbrowser bookmarks

stor ed at C:\Users\YourName\

Favorites\Links orC:\Users\

YourName\Favorites\Favorites Bar.

Unfortunately, theseseem to mirror

Internet Explorer’s Fa vourites Bar,

rather than anyofthe usualpopular

browsers.However,you candraga

websiteURL from Chrome’s address

boxand dropit in this foldertoadd it.

Create your owntoolbar

Anyfoldercan beturned into a

taskbartoolbar that lets youaccess its

contents from amenu. Forexample,

right-click thetaskb ar,gotoToolbars

and select ‘New toolba r’.Browsethe

harddrive and select afolder, (the

Documents folderiss electedby

defa ultbut youcan choose another).

Thefolder’s nameappearsonthe

taskbar andclickingthe double-

headedarrownexttoitshows

amenu.Foldersbecome

sub-menusand clickingafile

opens it in theassociated

program.Toremove it,right-

click thetaskbar,gotoToolbars

and deselect theone to hide.

Switchtaskbars

Switch ( bit.ly/switch489)adds

extrataskb ars,which is useful

if themain taskbar is full.Run

it and it appears ontheright

of th escreen.Click an empty

spot andselectaprogram to

add to it.The taskbar au to

hides and pressingAlt bringsit

back. We foundsometask

switchin gbugsbut it’s fine for

starting programs.

ImproveWindowsSearch

Thetaskbarsearchbox canfindfiles,

documents,emailsand even search

theweb.You canextendthe search

parameters to makeitf indmore

things.Open theSettings appand

click Search.Int he Per miss ions &

Histor ysection,choose Strict,

Moderate or Offfor theadult-content

filters, as youprefer. This mainly

affe ctsthe Webtab in thesearch

results panel.

SelectSearching Windowsint he

Settings sidebar,then sele ct

EnhancedunderFind My Files.This

indexesall filesonthe harddrive and

it meansthattaskb ar searches will

find files outsideofthe normal

Documents,Pictures, Musicand

Vide os folders. If thereare foldersyou

don’twantincludedinsearches, click

‘Add anexcludedfolder’.

Usetaskbartasks andjump

lists

Pinning prog rams to thetaskbar

makes it easytol aunc hthem,but you

also getaright -click menuof actions.

Forexample,findthe Calculatorapp

on theStart menu, right-click it,select

More and click ‘Pin to taskbar’. Now,

right-click thetaskbarCalculatoricon

to open amenu that lets youchoose

standar d, scientif ic,programmeror

date-calculation mode.Right-clicking

abrowser’s taskbar icon mayoffer

normaland incognitowindows.

Right-clickingsometaskbaricons

displays ajumplistofr ecen tlyopened

Shrink thesearchbox to an icon to make
more roomon your taskbar

Choosebetween Classi cand Enhanced

searchesinthe taskbar

Addanextra taskbar

to theWindows desktop

Right-clickprogram iconsinthe taskbar

for shortcutstotasksand files