(No word from Microsoft on whether a Timeline extension for Firefox is coming.) Similarly, Timeline doesn’t track activities from all your apps, but it does across the apps in Microsoft’s Office suite and more. To get it to record your browsing history in Chrome, you have to install an official Microsoft extension for Chrome called Web Activities. Note that by default, Timeline only shows websites you’ve visited in the Microsoft Edge browser. To access any item, just click its thumbnail, and it will load in the appropriate application or browser. IDG Browse through your Timeline to jump to a document you were working on or a web site you visited. You can scroll back through the thumbnails to find a document or image you were working on, or a web page you visited, and open it again.

This extensive history is organized by date, starting with “Now” and moving back in time. IDG Click the Task View button to activate the Timeline feature.Ĭlick the Task View button, and you’ll see Timeline: a series of thumbnails showing various things you’ve done on your PC recently, such as opening documents in applications and visiting websites. Two of the tools we’ll cover in this story are found under the Task View button in the taskbar. Timeline: Pick up work where you left off The following mini guides show you how to quickly set up and use these features in Windows 10, and how some can be used through your smartphone with a corresponding mobile app from Microsoft. These tools can help you jump right into a document or web page you accessed in the past, organize your opened applications, take notes that you can view and edit on your smartphone, and more. But there are other, powerful features built into Windows 10 that you might not know about or have thought to use.

If you’ve been using Windows 10 for a while, you probably know about Cortana and OneDrive. They may not get much press, but these powerful built-in Windows 10 tools can help you work smarter. 5 hidden Windows 10 features you should be using

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