Teleworking has suffered, especially as a result of the pandemic in 2020, a boom that has allowed a new work model for employees of companies around the world. However, although it is true that it brings flexibility like never before seen for the worker, it can pose significant challenges for productivity.
The classic work environment is, in the vast majority of cases, far from resembling our home, and that is why the tools we have at our disposal along with our mentality play a fundamental role if we want to successfully meet work requirements. Therefore, today we bring you different features in Windows to increase your productivity.
Our tricks for Windows 11
Activate the Clipboard History feature. It is a really simple process, you just have to press the “Win+V” key combination and the clipboard history will be displayed before you with your last available copies. To do this, you just have to activate it from the button that you will see and that’s it, You can now have a compilation of your copied texts.
Memorize keyboard shortcuts. These commands will facilitate your navigation through the Windows interface, replacing a specific search on certain routes with a combination of buttons that will be a direct gateway to your destination. Of all of them, we have selected a few that may be useful to you:
- Win + E: will open file explorer
- Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V: Copy – Paste, respectively.
- Win + D: Minimizes active windows and shows the desktop.
- Win + I: open the Windows settings section
- Alt + Tab: Running applications selector.
- Win + Tab: Opens the task view and allows you to generate virtual desktops.
- Win + Shift + S: Open the screenshot snipping tool
Try Microsoft To Do. This application that you will find in the Microsoft Store will help you organize any type of tasks. It has customization elements that delve deeper into each of them along with the list that you decide to establish daily or on the calendar.
Virtual desktops. As we mentioned before in the selection of keyboard shortcuts, there is a functionality that creates virtual desktops so you can organize your workspace to your liking. You just have to press the combination Win + Shift + S to access it. Don’t worry, accessing another desktop will not close the processes open on another desktop. You can see it in the following image:
Concentration assistant. Windows 10 and 11 versions have this tool already integrated, through which you can block notifications that distract you from your task at hand. You just have to access it through the file explorer search engine and enter its context menu.
Once in the menu, you can configure each parameter individually, responding to the needs you have.
Microsoft PowerToys. With this tool, also downloadable from the Microsoft Store, you will find a set of utilities that combines many of the operational functionalities of Windows, such as a window organizer or an application launcher that acts as an alternative to the Windows search engine.
Windows Task Scheduler. The classic and simple tool that all Windows has built-in. It is designed to remind you of basic and advanced tasks, and in its configurator for each of the reminders you can order it to, at the indicated time, open the program that you can indicate. This way, you can open Photoshop in your free time on a scheduled basis to improve your digital design skills.
Seven compatible and easily manageable alternatives that we are sure will make your workload significantly easier.
