Overview
Windows 11 offers some great customization options to help your workflow. This guide will walk you through customizing your Widgets and show you how to Snap Windows in place to increase productivity.
Procedures
Customize Widgets
You can customize your Windows 11 Widgets to improve workflow.
- Open the Widgets screen - Use one of the options below:
- Press the Windows Key
+ W
- Click the Widgets icon on the Taskbar - if you do not have this on your Taskbar already:
To Enable Widgets on the task Bar:
- Right click on the Taskbar.
- Select the Taskbar Settings and then click the slide to the right to turn the Widgets on.
[Opening Windows 11 Widgets]
[Enable Widget]
This will bring up your widget screen. You will have some Widgets by default, and you can change these to add what you like and what you do not want.
[Widgets and news feed]
3. To edit a particular Widget, click the ellipses (...) on the top right of the Widget to edit it.
[Editing Widgets]
4. This brings up options which vary based on the Widget you are editing.
[Customizing Widgets]
5. Example Options for the News Feed Widget.
[Customizing News Feed]
Windows Snap
Windows Snap helps with multi-tasking. Normally you would use each monitor screen with one window at a time. While you may have more than one monitor, you can customize each monitor further using the Snap feature.
1. To use the Snap Feature, you will just click and drag a Browser or App window to the top center of the Windows Screen.
2. This brings up the Snap drop down appears and at the top are window layout options you can choose from.
[Windows Snap-In]
3. Select which window and configuration you will use by clicking it with your mouse.
[Windows Snap feature]
At first glance this may seem a bit unclear. a Real example has been provided below.
[Windows Snap-In 2]
Between your main screen and additional monitors this could provide you a large number of windows you can work from and read data from all at the same time. It is a great tool to help you multitask.
Windows 11 has a lot of great features to help the working professional be more productive. This article only shows two but the two features in this article can save you hours of work time.
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