windows-chapter 8

How To make a different browser your default

Settings > Apps > Default Apps.

do The new Microsoft Edge has a menu bar if not what is instead

No, instead, it has navigation controls and commands on a toolbar

Favorites

To add a shortcut for the current page to Favorites,

settings: Profile

for profiles where you don't sign in.

settings: Work

for those associated with Azure AD via Microsoft 365 business subscriptions

settings: Personal

for those associated with Microsoft accounts

how To open a link in a new tab and shift focus to the newly opened tab

hold down Ctrl+Shift and click

profile

it uses to keep track of your settings, privacy preferences, saved passwords, browsing history, and so on.

password manager

keep track of those secrets and fill them in automatically when you visit a site

how To close any open tab

point to its tab heading and click the X at the right side. To close the current tab, press Ctrl+W.

how To duplicate a tab

press Ctrl+Shift+K, or right-click the tab and choose Duplicate from the shortcut menu.

how To open a new tab

press Ctrl+T, or click the New Tab button, just to the right of the current tabs.

how to use keyboard shortcuts to cycle between tabs

press Ctrl+Tab to move from left to right or Ctrl+Shift+Tab to go from right to left

What do About dialog box do?

provides version information and alerts you if an update is ready to install

how To pin a tab to the browser window

right-click its tab heading and choose Pin from the shortcut menu

what do Browse As Guest option do?

uses a temporary profile,

Do Microsoft edge update itself through the same channels as the operating system or Store apps.

No, Instead, Edge has its own updater, which runs as a scheduled task.

Tracking Prevention level: Balanced

The default level blocks trackers from sites that you haven't visited directly while minimizing the risk of compatibility issues.

What are the differences between chrome opensource engine and edge's

Edge has Tracking Prevention feature

how The update is applied in Microsoft edge

The update is applied automatically when you restart Edge.

Tracking Prevention level: Basic

This is the least restrictive level

Tracking Prevention level: Strict

Turning on this setting delivers the maximum privacy benefit and effectively turns the Tracking Prevention feature into an ad-blocking tool. In the process, you can expect some web pages to break.

How to check for the presence of an update

by going to edge://settings/help,

how Silence a noisy tab

by press Ctrl+M to mute the audio.

how To open a link in a new tab without shifting focus from the current tab,

right-click the link and choose Open Link In New Tab, or hold down Ctrl while you click the link.

Clicking that profile picture displays a pane like the one shown in Figure , where you can what?

where you can manage your existing profile, switch to a different profile, browse as a guest, or add a new profile.

how to Customizing the new tab page

you can change the layout any time by opening a new tab and clicking the gear icon in the upper-right corner.