THE WINDOWS 11 FEATURES LIST :
Microsoft windows 11 futures and functions
The best hidden features and tricks in windows 11.
We're going to start with features that are brand new to windows 11 and then,we'll continue on to features that have
been around for a while but,just aren't that well known alright.
New shortcut keys :
let's check these out first up windows 11 has some new shortcut keys.
- When you press the [windows logo key together with the w key ] w as in widget that opens up the new widgets panel over on the left hand side,
- You also have [windows logo key plus a] a is in action and on windows 10 that opened up the action center, but that is no more now that opens up quick settings that's,
- where you can adjust your monitor brightness and also your volume levels [windows logo key together with the n key]
and as in notifications opens up the notification panel and also your calendar and lastly the,
- [Windows logo key together with the z key z as in zulu opens up snap layouts]
so, you can easily position your windows around your screen the alternative is you hover over the maximize button to access snap layouts but,hey shortcut keys are just easier and they'll help you save time next up windows 11 comes with some beautiful themes directly out of the box but they're only about let's say seven or eight of them,
Add more themes :
If you want even more themes to personalize the experience simply open up settings then click on personalization then,select themes and then select browse themes.
You'll have access to hundreds of different themes that, you can click on and install and then you can personalize your experience to whatever you want it to be next up.
Shortcut to launch task manager :
we have the task manager the place.where we all go to close apps that are just being somewhat uncooperative to launch the task manager a really nice shortcut key to know you simply press,control, shift and escape and there you go you have the task manager you no longer have to press ctrl,alt, delete and then,
click on task manager that, just takes too many clicks hidden feature number four is the night light and unfortunately the computer doesn't include a physical night light although that would be really cool.
Night light :
You can turn on warmer colors as it gets later at night this makes it easier,to fall asleep to turn it on simply right click on your desktop and select display settings within display settings.
you can turn the night light on or off and you can even set up a schedule for,when it starts and when it turns off again feature number five.
Make mouse cursor more visible :
You can make it easier for your audience to see your mouse cursor also within settings click on accessibility and then, mouse pointer options there you can change the size of your mouse pointer and you could also, adjust the color.
If you use microsoft teams or zoom or maybe you're recording your screen using obs all of those will pick up those changes and that wasn't possible in windows 10.
Hidden feature number six and this is a really nice one.
Hide desktop icons :
When you're presenting and people are gonna see your desktop you can hide all of your desktop icons that way no one's gonna think you're a hoarder to use this simply right click on your desktop.
Hide desktop icons :
Go to view and then toggle off show desktop icons and look at that,it's now. completely clean hidden feature number seven and this is a fun one.
Re-designed Emoji picker :
You can press the windows logo key together with the semi-colon key and that'll launch the emoji picker and it's
been redesigned in windows 11.
Not only can you choose emojis but you could also pick from gifs eimoji's and even symbols.
Hidden feature number eight.
Copy & paste multiple items :
We all know the standard copy and paste shortcut keys ctrl c and ctrl v but did you know that, you can copy and paste multiple items simply copy an item like.
you normally would press,ctrl c but instead of pressing ctrl v to paste press windows logo key and the v key and that'll allow you to,choose all of the different items that you've copied onto your clipboard and you can decide which item you want to paste.
Hidden feature number nine.
Start menu navigation :
When you click into the start menu and you click on all apps.you just have a massive list of all of the different apps.you can click on the different headers and that'll allow you to quickly navigate to a letter of the alphabet.
so, let's say that i'm looking for the snip and sketch tool i simply click on s and then,i can see all the different apps on my computer that start with an s.
Hidden feature number 10.
snip and sketch :
Windows 11 includes an awesome screenshot tool called snip and sketch to launch it simply search for snip and sketch and then you can take a screenshot of whatever area of your screen that, you want now to launch it.
you can search for it or you could press windows shift and s but that's kind of complicated one thing.
you can do is when you go into settings. click on accessibility click on keyboard and then,you can toggle on so when you press the print screen button on your keyboard. which traditionally takes a screenshot of your entire desktop.
you can set that key. So, it launches the snip and sketch app.
so,that way it's even easier to access.
Hidden feature number 11 on windows 11 and it's the steps
recorder.
Steps recorder :
Let's say you're trying to pull together documentation or you want to help a friend with a computer problem and you want to document the steps that they should follow the steps recorder will help with that,
simply search for steps recorder and click on the best match.when the steps recorder opens click on record run through all of your steps,it'll take screen shots as well as describe every single step that you took and then,
you can share that out number 12.
Add additional clocks :
You can add additional clocks to windows maybe,you have friends or family who live in different time zones and it's hard to remember.
what the time difference is,
you could simply add another clock in the bottom right hand corner right click on the time and click on adjust date and time on the next screen.once again click on date and time and at the very bottom there's the option to add additional clocks.
You can add two more clocks and have a total of three different clocks visible and the next one.
Dark theme :
You can turn on dark theme in windows within settings click on personalization and then select colors and here.you can set a dark theme you can set it for windows as well as all of the different apps the neat thing is a lot of apps will inherit this setting.
so, if you use say microsoft office or you use a web browser they will all start to display in dark mode.
so, finally your eyes can get a break trick number 14.
Startup apps :
You can configure what apps start up.when your computer starts up.
If you find that maybe your computer's starting up a little slow chances are it's because,lots of apps are trying to start up within settings on the left hand side.
click on apps and within apps at the very bottom click on startup then you'll see all the apps that are currently starting up with your computer.
you can turn them on or off hidden feature number 15 :
Windows sandbox :
The windows sandbox what happens in the windows sandbox stays in the windows sandbox let's say maybe you have an application that you want to run or maybe, you want to open a file that might be a little bit sketchy and you don't trust opening it on your computer.
you can open it within the sandbox and,if it screws things up.you just close the sandbox and it won't affect your computer at all to turn it on using search for turn windows features on or off make sure that windows sandbox is checked on to launch windows sandbox simply search for a windows sandbox and then,you can launch it it's a virtual computer on your computer and once again it's separate from your actual computer next up.
Sticky notes :
You can create sticky notes on windows within search simply search for sticky notes and you can add post-it notes directly to your screen.
one of the neat things is these notes are also synced in the cloud.
so, you can access them on your iphone or in your android phone using the one note app you could also, get to them on the web through the one note website and, you can also view all of your notes in outlook desktop by clicking into notes.
so, your notes are synced everywhere number 17.
Dictation with auto punctuation :
You can dictate to your computer and it'll write down everything that you're saying.
simply press the windows logo key together with the h key h as in hotel on windows 11 one of the new neat features is it'll automatically add punctuation.
Hidden feature number 18.
Video editor :
Windows includes a video editor and it's buried within the photos app.simply search for a video editor and you can start a new project you can drag in video files.
you can pull them,down onto your storyboard and you can start pulling together your video now it works well for just casual video editing. if you're serious about video editing this probably isn't the tool for you it only renders at 1080p and you can't add any transitions but otherwise it's not bad
Screen record with Game Bar :
Next up,you can screen record using an app that comes for free with windows 11 and it's called the xbox game bar.
You can press the windows logo key together with the
g key g is in game and that'll launch the game bar.
so,let's say you want to record a game or maybe you want to record a powerpoint presentation you can do all of that all in all it's a decent screen recorder the only thing that it can't record is your desktop and file explorer but, otherwise everything is fair game and the last hidden feature of today i know. So sad that we're almost done it's the quick assist tool.
Quick assist :
If you've ever had a friend or a family member who's needed help with the computer.you know that walking through it on the phone can be a pretty miserable
experience instead with quick assist.
you can generate a code.you can provide that code to the other person and then, you can access their computer so you can take control.
you can see what they're seeing it makes it a lot easier just to do it than to try to explain what they need to do to solve a computer issue all alright well that wraps up the best hidden features.
