3 great tips for Microsoft Edge
Lisa Du is director of ReadyTechGo, a service that helps people gain the confidence and skills to embrace modern technology.
Microsoft Edge is an internet browser that is included in Windows 10, replacing Internet Explorer as the default web browser. Microsoft Edge gives you new ways to find information, read and write on the internet, and get help from personal assistant, Cortana.
Windows 10 certainly has a lot of us baffled so we were absolutely delighted when one of our readers Ian Adair sent through some of his favourite tricks that are available in Microsoft Edge.
Ian’s top tips for using Microsoft Edge:
1. Strip the junk from articles with reading mode
My pet hate is when I'm trying to read a news article, and giant banner ads push the text down, or videos pop up on the page. Take all this junk away by enabling Reader Mode. My personal favourite!
2. Make a web note
Microsoft Edge is the only browser that lets you take notes, write, doodle and highlight directly on pages that you reading. For example, you could make a note on recipes, or doodle a moustache on celebrities!
Click on the Make a web note icon in Microsoft Edge, and use the Pen to write with your touchscreen or mouse, Highlight, or Type a note and then Share it.
3. Save your web note to the reading list
Click on the floppy disk icon to save your Web Note into the Reading List.
To open your Reading list again, click on The Hub, and then click Reading List.
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