Microsoft is working to make Cortana more productive to users in Windows 10. Till now you can use Cortana to set alarms and reminders open apps on your computer, manage your calendar, and keep your schedule up to date, know fun facts, info, definitions, and much more. To the latest, it has learned a new skill, Cortana can now find and open files.
What you need to know:
- Cortana received the “file skill” feature in Windows 10 Preview build 20270
- It can search and open files and folders buried deep on your device without you needing to navigate. This saves so much time.
Search and open files in Windows 10 with help of Cortana
You can use the below commands to accomplishing them.
For instance, for Microsoft’s digital Assistant to open parts of files
Type or ask: “Hey Cortana, Open marketing deck”
Similarly, for author names, use
“Hey Cortana, open budget excel from Anthony”
For Cortana to find documents you’ve been editing, instruct her:
“Hey Cortana, find my recent files”
For it to find recent files of specific types, give her this command.
“Hey Cortana, find may recent PDFs”
You can open Cortana on Windows 10, either by clicking on its taskbar icon or by searching for Cortana in the Start menu search and click the top result.
Are you going to use Cortana to search and open files on your PC when it is available to you? Let us know in the comments below.
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