Page 582 - Windows 10 May 2019 Update The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

How thoughtful! Microsoft’s multimedia team has created a little scrapbook

of slideshows that show you how to do things on your PC in Windows 10.
There’s a “What’s new” category, a “Personalize your PC” category, a “The
basics” category, and so on. It’s not exactly, you know, a Missing Manual,
but it’s a start.

Video Editor

Wait, really? Has Movie Maker made a comeback? Has Microsoft provided
a video-editing app?

Nope. This item is nothing more than a shortcut for jumping into the Photos

app, already open to the “video editor” described on Figure 8-27.

Voice Recorder

This audio app is ideal for recording lectures, musical performances, notes
to self, and cute child utterances. You can make very long recordings with
this thing. Let it run all day, if you like. Even your most long-winded

friends can be immortalized.

Talk about a minimal interface! There’s nothing in this app except for a big
fat microphone button. Hit it (or press Ctrl+R) to start recording. A little

timer clicks away, and the Stop button ( ) pulses, to show that you’re
rolling. You can pause or resume the recording at will ( ) or, when it’s good
and done, stop it by tapping the huge round Stop button. (If you switch into

another app, the recording pauses automatically.)

Tip

During recording, you can hit the little icon to mark important points in the audio you’ll want
to find later. Each time, Voice Recorder creates a new time stamp, listed across the bottom of the
screen. Later you’ll be able to jump to these spots for playback (see Figure 8-32).