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in mid-2016 for consumers and small businesses that accept the default update schedule. (I explain how
the Current Branch works in Chapter 1.)
Microsoft Edge includes a handful of signature features that have been part of the product since
preview releases. One is Reading View, an option that should be familiar to anyone who has used the
modern version of Internet Explorer in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. Clicking the Reading View button
in the address bar strips away ads and extraneous elements and reformats the text and graphics of an
article to make it easier to read. This view is especially useful on smaller screens, such as tablets running
Windows 10, but it’s also useful to avoid eye strain when viewing cluttered pages with dense, tiny type.
Figure 6-3 shows the same page in side-by-side views. The original layout is on the left; the Reading
View version is on the right.
FIGURE 6-3 Enabling Reading View strips away extraneous elements from the original page (left) and reformats
text for easier reading (right).
Another signature aspect of Microsoft Edge is its Web Note feature, which you use to annotate a
webpage and then save your notes for later reference or to share with a friend or colleague.
The note-taking tools are on a toolbar that’s hidden until you activate it by clicking or tapping the
Make A Web Note button on the Microsoft Edge toolbar. Figure 6-4 shows this toolbar in action, with a
choice of highlighters and pens in multiple colors and sizes, as well as tools that give you the ability to
add notes and clip portions of the screen.
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