This week's top tips

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It marks the launch of a new promotion to reward the awesome readers who submit the useful Windows tips I share each and every week. Here's how it'll work: If you share a useful tip that I choose to feature in one of these Top Tips newsletters each Monday, I'll send you a free month of [Intelligence Insider membership]( so you can explore everything the community we're building has to offer. I'm excited to recognize the awesome readers who take the time to share their useful advice each week. Next week's newsletter could feature your tip! ​[Submit a tip here!](=)​ Now let's get to the useful tips. ⌚ 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 📸 I recently covered the Snipping Tool (on Windows 11) and Snip & Sketch tool (on Windows 10.) Both of them have some convenient annotation features for drawing on and otherwise marking up a screenshot. And you can launch them by pressing Windows+Shift+S. But you don't have to remember that keyboard shortcut! And why should you? There's a standard screenshot key on your keyboard: It's called Print Screen. You'll often find it near the upper-right corner of your keyboard, and it may be labeled something like "PrtSc." 💻 This works on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. ➜ Windows Intelligence reader Don B. points out that I should mention you can also ensure Windows launches this modern screenshot experience when you press the Print Screen key. On Windows 11, this may "just work" — if you press Print Screen, you may see that modern screenshot experience — complete with a toolbar at the top of your screen — pop up. If not, you can make the Print Screen key launch this experience by opening the Start menu and heading to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard. Scroll down to the "On-screen keyboard, access keys, and Print screen" section and activate the "Use the Print Screen key to open screen capture" switch. [The "Use the Print screen key to open screen capture" option on Windows 11.] 🔟 On Windows 10, this option isn't enabled by default, but you can activate it! Just open the Start menu and head to Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard. Scroll down to the "Print Screen shortcut" section and active the "Use the PrtScn button to open screen snipping" option. [The "Use the PrtScn button to open screen snipping" option on Windows 10.] You may also want to head here and disable this option if you want the old Print Screen experience — traditionally, pressing Print Screen just took a screenshot of your entire screen and put it in your clipboard so you could paste it in any application. But, for the average PC user, these modern screenshot tools are a big upgrade. 🌎 Check it out: This week's Android Intelligence reader tip is all about [a simpler way to see shared locations on Android](. ​ 🎁 Share your knowledge, get a free gift in return Hey — let's feature your advice next! If you've got a useful shortcut you rely on, an off-the-beaten path application that makes your life easier, or any other Windows-related suggestion you'd like to share with your fellow Windows Intelligence readers, [share it with me here](=). If I end up using your tip in a future issue, I'll send you a [free month of ​Intelligence Insider membership]() as a special thank you gift for your submission! --------------------------------------------------------------- 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! ⭐ Stop Windows from opening Edge (and Bing): Windows often ignores your preferred web browser and search engine — for example, when you search in the Start menu. You can put a stop to this and make Windows respect your choices by [installing a quick tweaking tool named MSEdgeRedirect](=). ☝️ Install Android apps on your Windows 11 PC: If you have a Windows 11 PC with the appropriate hardware and you're in a supported region, you can [install the Amazon Appstore from the Microsoft's Store](=) and then install Android apps — it will "just work." Here's one potential use for Android apps on Windows: One Windows Intelligence reader just told me he thinks the Kindle Android app is a much better experience than the Kindle app for Windows on a Surface Pro — it has better support for touch input. ⌨️ Reopen your closed browser tabs: Want to reopen a closed tab in your web browser? Just press Ctrl+Shift+T — and keep pressing it to reopen multiple closed tabs. You can also right-click an empty spot in your browser's tab bar and select "Reopen Closed Tab." This works in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and other browsers. 🎉 Kick off 2024 with an organized inbox: It’s not a myth: You can achieve inbox zero — or something refreshingly close to it — when you follow these six simple tips, including using [SaneBox](), AKA “the best thing that’s happened to email” by PCMag. SaneBox saves you 3-4 hours each ~week~ by turning your inbox from chaos into the productivity tool it was always meant to be. [Follow these tips to take back your email and get $25 off any SaneBox subscription](). [SPONSORED] 📃 Step up your list-sharing game: A free service called [Listium]() makes it impressively easy to create slick-looking visual lists around any subject and then share 'em — either publicly, for anyone to find and discover, or with specific people you choose. It's completely web-based and compatible with any type of device. 🌒 Upgrade your Android dark mode experience: Somehow, by default, Android's system-wide dark mode doesn't extend to the web. But we can fix that — thanks to [a super-simple hack JR stumbled onto]() the other day. 🤚 Raise your hand for simpler selfies: Say so long to awkward finger-fumbling. This [easy-to-follow guide to Android's gesture-driven selfie-snapping system](=) will have you capturing photos from your phone's front-facing camera like the total tech magician we all know you are. 📊 Design charts and graphs like a pro: If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many words is a compelling chart effectively communicating your data worth? The Hustle’s free [Introduction to Data Visualization course](=) will teach you how to turn raw data into charts, maps, and graphs to tell stories and convey ideas, just like the pros. *No Stats PhD required.* Ready to WOW your colleagues? Download the [FREE Introduction to Data Visualization course](=) today! [SPONSORED] --------------------------------------------------------------- What did you think? Was this email worth your time? Did you enjoy reading it? [Thumbs Up]( [Thumbs Down]() Hit the thumbs-up or thumbs-down above to let me know what you think. Thanks as always for reading, and I hope you have an awesome week! 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