[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Windows 11 presentation topic requests

Drew King dking65 at kingconsulting.us
Mon Jun 12 08:12:45 PDT 2023 

Thanks, Bob,

Tabbed File Explorer, AND NOW Tabbed Notepad!! If you need 4 notepad 
files open you don't need to have four windows open, you can have them 
all in one window and four tabs.

Funny thing, you mentioned dark mode. Windows 11 has two forms of dark 
mode. On/Off (for everything), and Custom. The operating system can be 
set to light mode, for example, and applications can be set to dark 
mode. I had mine set that way until this morning.

I find it easier to read the text in light mode, but we will show them 
off so that everybody can see both.

As far as configurations for the iphone go, I presume that everything is 
done through the same application that is used to connect an Android 
phone. It's called Phone Link. There is a companion app that runs on the 
Android device, so I presume that there might now be something in the 
Apple App store related to Windows and phones.

I just asked Bing Chat and here is the answer:

Microsoft has launched its Phone Link app on iOS, which allows users to 
connect their iPhone with their Windows 11 PC. The app is called *“Link 
to Windows” on the Apple App Store.* To use Phone Link for iOS, users 
will need a Windows 11 device with a Bluetooth connection and the latest 
version of the app, plus an *iPhone running iOS 14 or higher.*

If it runs the same way for an iphone as it does for an Android phone, 
it makes for a very nice and convenient way to take recent photos and 
add them to email.

It looks pretty straight forward! Just choose iPhone on the first run menu.


Drew.


On 6/12/2023 10:04 AM, Robert Primak wrote:
> Drew --
>
> Looks like a good plan, and a lot of features.
> \
> Also let's make sure people see the tabbed File Explorer features. And 
> briefly discuss setting Windows 11 into Dark Mode vs. Light Mode for 
> Appearance and Theme.
>
> We do have a few people in our group who have iPhones -- maybe they 
> would be interested in instructions for connecting iPhones with 
> Windows 11 PCs.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
> On Monday, June 12, 2023 at 01:22:20 AM EDT, Drew King 
> <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>
>
> All,
>
> As I am in the process of finishing the presentation for Windows 11 
> for the group, and I am wondering if anybody has any requests 
> regarding specific Windows 11 features you are particularly interested 
> in seeing or learning about.
>
> There will be a demo of how to install Android software via WSA - 
> Windows Subsystem For Android. There aren't a lot of Android programs 
> that you would want to run on windows. However, for example, I like to 
> play the game backgammon and there's a very nice backgammon game on 
> Android and rather than playing it on my cell phone I can play against 
> somebody else on the Internet on my laptop. Google makes a very nice 
> Android photo editor called Snapseed. Rather than running it on your 
> cell phone, you can run it full screen on windows and edit/enhance 
> your photos. These are just two examples that I will show.
>
> I will very briefly mention the LSW - Linux Subsystem For Windows. My 
> default installation is Ubuntu Linux.
>
> I can't demo Apple products, but Microsoft has recently added support 
> for the iphone in addition to Android phones for connectivity.
>
> File Explorer and Notepad have new features that are long overdue.
>
> Voice recognition has been enhanced a little bit thanks to Microsoft's 
> acquisition of Nuance.  Although, there is still a long way to go.
>
> Microsoft's acquisition of the voice recognition company Nuance has 
> made inroads into improvement for voice recognition in Windows 11. 
> It's not dragon naturally speaking, but it is really good for writing 
> email and most importantly online chat technical support which is 
> becoming more and more prevalent. It's a lot easier to talk to your 
> computer when dealing with a remote technician over chat.
>
> We'll see what is referred to as "God Mode". It may not be godly only, 
> it is an easy way to access a lot of functionality that people often 
> need but don't know how to locate. It puts a lot of windows 
> customization features at your fingertips. Say you want to change what 
> happens when you insert a USB flash drive into a port. You may not 
> know where in windows now that feature is, only it is right in front 
> of you in the God mode window.
>
>
> I'll also show off a few features from the power toys software kit 
> from Microsoft. One of its most powerful/useful features is the 
> ability to OCR text in a picture or file you can't select/copy on the 
> screen and convert it into regular text. This applies to both Windows 
> 10 and 11.
>
> Google  has a new, (still in beta) feature for Windows that adds 
> Android's default nearby sharing feature to Windows computers, so you 
> can easily transfer text, hyperlinks, and downloads from Android to 
> Windows. I'll give you a quick demo of a similar product that works 
> across all platforms including the iphone, so you can share photos 
> from the iphone to Windows for example with very quick access and 
> transfer. You can open a web browser window on your cell phone and 
> pass it off to your Windows computer and continue reading.
>
>
> Of course, I'll be covering some pleasant changes MS has made over the 
> last 2 years from customer feedback. One of those is pinning 
> applications to the taskbar by dragging them to the taskbar.
>
>
> *Either reply to the group, or send me a direct email to 
> dking65 at kingconsulting.us <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us> if you 
> have a topic that you, and others perhaps, would like to have covered.
> *
>
>
> Drew King
>
>
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