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Empowering educators and students with new devices, offerings Core to Microsoft’s Education mission – to empower every student on the planet to achieve more – is working with students, teachers and school leaders on their journey to make the most of classroom time. For Surface, it’s been exciting to see the great response to some of our newest products like Surface Go and Microsoft Classroom Pen, both designed with classrooms in mind. In case you missed it, Microsoft Classroom Pen is an all-new pen designed specifically with K-8 students and schools in mind. Affordable and easy to deploy, Microsoft Classroom Pen will be available exclusively to education institutions and sold in packs of 20 for a cost of $799.80 USD (approximately $39.99 per pen). We’ve continued to see great demand for Surface in education, further bolstered by the launch of [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: New pen gestures make it easier to edit If you like the flexibility of editing Word documents using digital pen, note that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update now makes it easier for you. Using Ink Editor*, you can already do things like remove and highlight text. Now, there are pen gestures that make editing a document from start to finish easier, including adding line breaks, inserting new words as well as splitting and joining words. Check it out in action: If you like this, check out more Windows 10 Tips as well as videos from the Windows Community about handwriting on Windows 10 touch-enabled devices and a Windows engineer who channels his passion for note-taking into improving that handwriting experience. *Touch-capable tablet or PC required. Pen accessory may be sold separately. The post Windows 10 Tip: New pen [ more… ]

A faster and easier way to stay on top of your tasks – Cortana with Microsoft To-Do Now, with Microsoft To-Do and Cortana integration, you can save time and stay organized — Cortana helps by adding your reminders and tasks to your lists in Microsoft To-Do, so you can stay on top of what matters most. With Cortana, you can use your voice on your PC or your phone — your choice. Streamline your tasks — your lists and reminders from across Microsoft To-Do, Cortana and tasks in Outlook can now become one — centrally located in your Microsoft To-Do app. Use Microsoft To-Do anywhere: on your Android or iPhone, with Cortana, or on your Windows 10 PC. You can also access Microsoft To-Do from the web. It’s automatically synced so you never miss a beat. Get started using Microsoft [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18323 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18323 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Please note that due to a small outage in our build publishing system, this build will be rolling out to Windows Insiders over the next few hours so it may not be immediately available at the time of publish of this blog post. The 19H1 Bug Bash has officially kicked off as of yesterday! It will run from January 23th, 2019 to February 3rd, 2019. Head to the Feedback Hub for Quests to try out. There will also be a special Bug Bash edition webcast on Tuesday, January 29th at 10am PST. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. [ more… ]