One of the best ways to boost your productivity is tostart using multiple monitors.

With every additional monitor, you get more desktop space on which to spread out applications and windows.

Ideally, you’d dedicate certain monitors to certain activities.

Gboard’s editing mode on an Android phone.

Maybe your work-related programs (inbox, Slack, etc.)

sit on Monitor 1 while your other programs (music, web app, etc.)

sit on Monitor 2.

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Virtual Desktops lets you switch between multiple “desktops” using a single screen.

It’s weird at first, but extremely useful.

It’s one of the morecompelling reasons to upgrade to Windows 10.

The file explorer on the Dell XPS 14 9440.

But for really take advantage, you’ll need to know these keyboard shortcuts.

Those five shortcuts are all you gotta become a virtual desktops pro.

To move windows between virtual desktops, use the Task View and right-select individual windows.

Windows 10 homescreen

But don’t stop there.

You should also think about these othertricks for organizing and controlling your desktop.

Windows 10 is full of these small feature additions and you’d be surprised byhow useful they can be.

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