Surface Tips and Tricks

stilldrey
1 min readJun 3, 2019

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What would be your Microsoft Surface Tips and Tricks for a new user? My advice would have to fall into these categories:

  1. Hardware tips and tricks
  2. Software (Windows 10) tips and tricks
  3. Applications (Office 365, and Windows Store apps) and Websites/Microsoft Edge tips and tricks

What format would you provide these tips and tricks? If you had a one pager, what would make the cut? I would probably lean towards video/PowerPoint/tools/websites because there is NO WAY you could cover even one of these categories in a one pager (MAYBE the hardware tips and tricks if you went with a really small font!). Between the two built in cameras, the Surface stylus, the Surface connect power/dock options, type covers (different options, colors and even layouts for international/various keyboards), trackpad gestures, keyboard shortcuts, kickstand, microSD expansion.

The Microsoft Tips app (https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRDTBJJ) or website (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/tips/surface) would be a perfect combination with WHATEVER you decide to put on a one page intro. Do you have a #MicrosoftTeams team for tips and tricks? What about a #SharePoint website? A set of videos for training?

Get the Tips app — Surface tips and tricks (as well as the handwriting panel besides the other onscreen keyboard options

What would make your list? What additional resources would you point someone to besides your sheet?

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stilldrey
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