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And how does Cortana know what you mean by “home,” “the office,” “work,” and so on? You’ve
taught her using the tools in the Notebook. See “The Notebook”.

A person. You can say, “Remind me about the water damage the
next time I talk to Kelly.” Or “Next time I talk to André Smithers,

remind me to discuss his tax return.”

Next time you get an email from that person, or start writing an
email to that person, this reminder will pop up. Rather brilliant,

actually.

If you have a Windows 10 phone, the notification will pop up
when you and the other person call or text, too.

When the proposed reminder looks good, say, “Yes” or select Remind.

Reminders show up in two places. First, at the appointed time, a reminder

appears as a pop-up notification at the lower-right corner of your screen, as
described on “Taskbar Toolbars”, or on your smartphone as a standard iOS
or Android notification.

At that point, you can click Complete (meaning “I’m done with this”) or

Snooze (meaning “remind me again in 5 minutes, 15 minutes, an hour, 4
hours, a day, or the next time I’m at this place/corresponding with this

person”).

But reminders also show up in Cortana’s built-in Reminders list, which you
can peek at whenever you like (Figure 5-4). To see it, say or type to

Cortana, “Open Reminders,” “Show my Reminders,” or just “Reminders.”

You can delete a reminder or mark it as done, or click to edit it, in any of
three ways. In each case, these instructions assume you’re starting at the

Upcoming Reminders list (Figure 5-4, middle).

Open the Details screen. Click an upcoming reminder. The

resulting details screen offers Complete and Delete buttons.