This week's top tips

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I'm off on vacation this week, but I am here in your inbox through the magic of a scheduled email newsletter. Today, I've got a great reader-submitted tip to share — an especially useful little trick that unlocks a powerful Windows desktop feature, making it less clunky to use. Now let's get to the good stuff. ⌚ This entire email will take you two minutes to read. Remember: If you'd rather not receive these Monday tip roundups, [you can easily opt out of them](=) without affecting the rest of your subscription. ☑ [Got it — don't show this again](=)​ This week's reader suggestion ⌨️ Virtual desktops are an especially useful feature on Windows 11 and Windows 10. Each virtual desktop has its own set of open windows. But they can be a little clunky to use. Normally, you have to press Windows+Tab or click the "Task View" button on the taskbar and use the virtual desktop thumbnails to switch between them. 💻 This works on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. ➜ Windows Intelligence reader Darren S. wrote in with a useful tip — a keyboard shortcut that helped him unlock the power of virtual desktops and made them "click" for his workflow. To switch between virtual desktops, just press Windows+Ctrl+Left arrow or Windows+Ctrl+Right arrow. (If this doesn't do anything, press Windows+Tab and use the virtual desktop bar to create a new virtual desktop or two.) 👀 Here's a bonus tip: On most modern Windows laptops with a touchpad, you can place five fingers on the touchpad and swipe to the left or right to switch between virtual desktops. [The virtual desktops bar at the bottom of the Task View interface on Windows 11.] You can open windows on a new virtual desktop — but you can also move existing windows to a different virtual desktop from the Task View interface. Just use drag and drop. With the keyboard shortcuts, you can switch between [virtual desktops]() extremely quickly — no slow mousing around! It's what finally made this feature click for Darren's workflow, and it may be just the trick for yours. 🗺️ Looking for this week's Android Intelligence reader tip? It's all about how to check travel times in the future — don't get caught off guard by rush hour. [Read it here!]()​ ​ 💡 Got a useful tip you'd like to share with other Windows enthusiasts? [Submit it here](=) — or just reply to this email and share it with me! I'd love to feature your useful advice in a future newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------- Some tips you don't want to miss Now, a rapid-fire summary of the best useful tips from our most recent issues — just in case you overlooked something or haven't explored it yet! ✂️ Trim a video without using Clipchamp: Microsoft now includes its modern Clipchamp video editor with Windows. But you can [use a quick-and-easy video editor hidden in the Windows Photos app](=) to trim a video file, cutting out sections of it. ⌨️ Snap Windows to the top and bottom of your screen: On Windows 11, you can press Windows+Alt+Up arrow and Windows+Alt+Down arrow to snap windows to the top and bottom halves of your screen. It's just like pressing Windows+Left arrow and Windows+Right arrow. Learn [more tricks for the Windows Snap feature](=). 📋 Use OCR and other AI tricks on your current PC: The Snipping Tool on Windows 11 can detect words in photos and let you copy-paste them. To use it, press Windows+Shift+S or Print Screen, capture a screenshot, click the Snipping Tool notification, and then use the "Text Actions" button. Check out [other AI features you can use on your current Windows 11 PC](=). 🍹 Travel worry-free: What do you do when you're on vacation and a suspicious activity alert pops up on your phone? Continue enjoying your drink, because you have [Vivint](, the smart security system that lets you check live video feeds, lock doors remotely, and even contact emergency services — all while you’re away from home. Oh, you don’t have Vivint yet? No worries! Sign up for Vivint today and [get up to four months of free home security monitoring and free home installation](! [SPONSORED] 📶 Find free high-quality Wi-Fi, wherever you are: A pair of free apps can [help you find and then sign into public or semi-public Wi-Fi networks]( all around the world — a great resource to have handy for the next time you find yourself in an area with weak mobile data or a metered mobile connection. 🦸‍♀️ Fly around your phone with out-of-sight app shortcuts: Android has a sprawling and supremely helpful system of step-saving shortcuts that'll let you hop directly into individual actions or areas within an app without all the usual effort. They're out of sight and out of mind, but [this collection of 30 worthwhile Android app shortcuts](=) will help put some of the most useful options back on your radar. 🪄 Expand your app shortcuts with custom additions: Once you've got the standard app shortcut system mastered, take your Android efficiency to the next level with [a power-user add-on that lets you create custom advanced actions for the things you do the most](=). 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