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She can also check your calendar. “Where is my next meeting?” “What am

I doing this weekend?”

Result: A slice of that day’s calendar appears, filled in the way you
requested. You can edit it manually or, if it looks good as is, say, “Yes” or
“Add.”

Tip
Cortana may also alert you to a conflict, something like this: “By the way, you have two other
events at the same time.”

You can also move previously scheduled meetings by voice. For example,

“Move my 2 o’clock appointment to 3.” Or cancel them: “Cancel budget
review meeting.” Or add people to a meeting: “Add Jan to my meeting with
Casey.”

You can even consult your calendar by voice (Figure 5-5, right).

Result: Cortana reads the answer and displays the specified appointment.

Alarms

You can say, “Wake me up at 7:35 a.m.” “Cancel my 7:35 a.m. alarm.”
“Wake me up in six hours.” “Cancel my 6 a.m. alarm” (or “Delete my…” or
“Turn off my…”).

This is so much quicker than setting the alarm the usual way.

Result: Cortana says, “Sure. Your alarm is set for 7:35 a.m.” (or whatever).

Tip

Cortana now understands “timer” commands, too, like “Set a timer for 20 minutes.” That’s handy
when you’re baking something, limiting your kid’s video-game time, and so on.

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