Do great things with Windows

To open your timeline², select Task View on the taskbar, or press Windows logo key + Tab. Scroll until you find the thing you want to return to, and then click it to pick up right where you left off.

Select any open window, then drag and bounce it against the side of your screen. All other windows you have open will appear on the opposite side. Select a window to have it fill the open space.

Keep distractions to a minimum while you work by sending notifications directly to action center.

Change up your PC by switching to Light or Dark mode.

When working at night, give your eyes a break by switching to night light mode.

Press Windows logo key + Shift + S to open the snipping bar, then drag the cursor over the area you want to capture. The area you snipped will be saved to your clipboard.

Search your photos for a person, place, thing, and text. You can also find favorites, and specific files, or folders. Photos adds tags for you, so you can find what you want without endless scrolling.

On the touch keyboard, select microphone. On a physical keyboard, press Windows logo key + H to dictate what’s on your mind.

Quick Assist lets you view or share a computer and help someone—from anywhere.

Save time searching! Quickly find apps, files, images, and more by using the Windows logo key.

Want to set up a quick action to change a setting or open an app in the future? Action Center makes it easy.

See all your open windows at once. Touchpad Gestures makes it quick and easy.

Search the web with Bing. Select the search box on the taskbar and then type what you want to search.

Get right back to what you were working on without having to search through files. In File Explorer, select Quick access to see your recent files.

Search your photos for a person, place, thing, and text. You can also find favorites, and specific files or folders. Photos adds tags for you, so you can find what you want without endless scrolling. ​

When working at night, give your eyes a break by switching to night light mode.

Be sure the first thing you see each time you start your PC is an image that makes you smile.

Keep your taskbar organized so you can easily find the apps you use the most.

If you're having trouble spotting your pointer on your screen, make it bigger or change the color.
Select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Mouse pointer.

Get free and premium themes for your PC—sets of wallpapers, sounds, and accent colors in the Microsoft Store. Spruce up your desktop with cute animals, beautiful nature shots, creative illustrations, or images from your favorite games.

Start > Settings > System > Notifications & actions to choose notifications. For specific apps, select the app under Get notifications from these senders.

Keep distractions to a minimum while you work by sending notifications directly to action center.

Easily capture and share the best moments in your games by recording clips and taking screenshots.

Capture that thought or to-do on a Sticky Note then incorporate them into OneNote to keep all your ideas and tasks in one place.

Break free of never-ending email chains. If you're working in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, select the Share button. You can enter another educator's email address or copy a link and send it to them. Then they'll be invited into your document to read or edit. If you're not ready for someone else to edit, you can choose to create a view-only link.

You and your guests don't need to sign in or download anything to have a video meeting with Skype. Visit the Skype site to create a meeting link, then share the link with participants—you can invite up to 50 people—then, when you're ready, join the call. If you don't have Skype installed, your meeting will open in Skype on the Web.

In Word, select some text, right-click it, and then click Translate. Choose a language to see the translation. Click Insert to put it into your document.

Quick Assist lets you view or share a computer and help someone—from anywhere.

You can just make the text on your screen bigger or you can make everything bigger. Pick what works for you with text enlargement tools.

Use Magnifier to zoom in on parts of your display, your entire display or wherever you point your mouse. It’s up to you.

Select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Audio, then switch on the toggle under Turn on mono audio. If you're using one earbud or something similar, audio will be combined into one channel.

To minimize visual distractions, you can turn off animations in Windows. Select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Display. Then, turn off the toggle under Show animations in Windows.

Your privacy matters, so make sure everything’s set up the way you want it. Select Start > Settings > Privacy to review your settings.

Hands full? No problem! Let Word and Outlook read your documents and email messages aloud. Text is highlighted as its read.

Magnifier, the screen-magnifying feature that comes with Windows 10, can also read text aloud. To use it, turn on Magnifier in Settings or by pressing the Windows logo key + Plus sign > select Read from here > then use your mouse pointer to select where you’d like to begin.

If you experience color blindness or light sensitivity, you can make the colors on your screen easier to see by using color filters. To find a filter that works for you, select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Color filters.

Get started with Microsoft products and more.

Change a password, update security information, and keep vital account details up to date.

Review your search history, browsing and location activity, and more.

Keep your family safer online and stay connected even when you’re apart.