20 small tricks with Edge browser you should know (Part 2)

By default the Home button is disabled, so you have to do some extra steps to activate the Home button. To do this, click on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen, then click Settings. On the Settings window, find and click Advanced settings. Here you can enable or disable the Home button by switching the option to Show the home button to ON or OFF.

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11. Activate the Home button on the Edge browser

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By default the Home button is disabled, so you have to do some extra steps to activate the Home button.

To do this, click on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen, then click Settings . On the Settings window, find and click Advanced settings . Here you can enable or disable the Home button by switching the option to Show the home button to ON or OFF .

12. Display the Favorite bar

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To display the Favorite bar on the Edge browser, go to Settings, then on the Settings window, find and activate the Show the favorites bar option .

13. Change the default search engine on the Edge browser

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Before changing the search engine, you must access the search engine on the Edge browser search bar to add these tools to the list of available search engines.

For example, with the search engine Google, you must visit Google.com and follow the instructions.

Next go to Settings, then find and click Advanced settings . Here you scroll down to find and click Add new from the drop down menu under Search in the address bar with . Select a search engine and then click Add to use the default search engine tool on your browser.

14. Open a website with Internet Explorer

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Edge browser does not support the Silverlight plugin - plugin used to stream specific media, graphics and animations, similar to Adobe Flash . However with sites that have Silverlight plugins, you can open with Internet Explorer to view.

On any web page, click the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen, then select Open with Internet Explorer to open the web page in Internet Explorer.

15. Use Caret Browsing on the Edge browser

On Caret Browsing, you can navigate to a website using the keyboard without using a mouse. To activate Caret Browsing, press the F7 key on the keyboard and confirm on the notification window to start using the option.

16. Cortana

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Cortana is also integrated on the Edge browser with default settings. Cortana will provide suggestions when you search and provide information right in the search bar . In addition, Cortana can provide more information about a topic .

17. Edge browser shortcut

Here are some common shortcuts you can use to manipulate the Edge browser faster.

Ctrl + H: Open the browsing history.
Ctrl + I: Open favorite.
Ctrl + K: Open the same tab.
Ctrl + Shift + P: Open the browsing window in incognito mode.
Ctrl + Shift + R: Access Reading View.
Esc: Stop loading pages.

Also you can refer to some other shortcuts on Edge browser here.

18. Set up privacy

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To access the privacy settings on the Edge browser, go to Settings, then find and click Advanced settings . On the Advanced settings window you will find all the privacy settings options under Privacy and Services .

These options include Offer to save Passwords , Save form entries, Send Do Not Request requests, Cortana integration, Cookies and Show suggestions .

19. Extensions

The good news for Edge browser believers is that Microsoft recently allowed to download and install extensions on the Edge browser. To install the extension on Edge browser Windows 10 , you can refer to the steps here.

20. Annotate a website

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Edge browser allows you to write, draw or highlight content on a web page or share that content if you want. Click on the book and pen icon in the top right corner and then you will see all the options to annotate the page.

Just use the options in the left pane to annotate and then select the option to save or share the page.

Refer to some of the following articles:

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Good luck!

Micah Soto

Update 25 May 2019

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