🤫 5 Best Hidden Apps on Windows 10
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Kevin showcases the top five hidden apps in Windows 10: Dictation Tool for voice-to-text, Snip & Sketch for screen capturing, a built-in Video Editor for basic video projects, Xbox Game Bar for screen recording, and the Office App for accessing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for free. Bonus apps include Calculator for conversions and Paint 3D for creating 3D images, all pre-installed and offering powerful functionality.
Takeaways
- 💡 Windows 10 includes several powerful pre-installed apps that are often overlooked.
- 🗣️ Dictation Tool allows users to speak to their computer, which transcribes speech into text.
- 🖼️ Snip & Sketch Tool enables users to capture and annotate screenshots.
- 🎥 The built-in Video Editor lets users edit videos with basic tools, but lacks advanced features like transitions.
- 🎮 Xbox Game Bar provides a screen recording feature that works well for games and browser windows.
- 📊 Office App offers free access to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint online versions.
- 📊 Calculator App not only performs calculations but also includes a conversion tool for currency and temperature.
- 🎨 Paint 3D is a pre-installed app that lets users create and edit 3D images and scenes.
- 📝 The video script showcases how to access and use these hidden apps, emphasizing their utility.
- 🔍 To find these apps, users can use the search function on the taskbar or use specific keyboard shortcuts.
Q & A
What is the first hidden app mentioned in the video that comes pre-installed with Windows 10?
-The first hidden app mentioned is the Dictation Tool, which allows users to speak to their computer and have it type out what they say.
How do you launch the Dictation Tool on Windows 10?
-You can launch the Dictation Tool by pressing the Windows key and the 'H' key simultaneously.
What is the second hidden app featured in the video and what does it do?
-The second hidden app is the Snip and Sketch tool, which allows users to capture different items on their screen.
How can you access the Snip and Sketch tool quickly?
-You can quickly access the Snip and Sketch tool by pressing the Windows key, the Shift key, and the 'S' key together.
What is the third hidden app discussed in the video?
-The third hidden app is the Windows 10 video editor, which allows basic video editing tasks.
How do you open the video editor in Windows 10?
-You can open the video editor by searching for 'video editor' in the taskbar search field.
What is the fourth hidden app that the video talks about?
-The fourth hidden app is the Xbox Game Bar, which can be used to record the screen.
How do you activate the Xbox Game Bar to record your screen?
-You activate the Xbox Game Bar by pressing the Windows key and the 'G' key together, then clicking on the 'Capture' widget.
What is the fifth hidden app mentioned in the video?
-The fifth hidden app is the Office app, which allows users to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for free.
What additional functionality does the Calculator app have besides basic calculations?
-The Calculator app also has conversion capabilities, including currency and temperature conversions.
What is the bonus hidden app mentioned at the end of the video?
-The bonus hidden app is Paint 3D, which allows users to create 3D images and scenes.
What are some of the limitations of the Windows 10 video editor mentioned in the video?
-The video editor's limitations include the inability to add transitions between clips and a maximum export quality of 1080p.
Outlines
💻 Discovering Hidden Gems in Windows 10
Kevin introduces his top five favorite hidden apps that come pre-installed with Windows 10. He highlights the dictation tool, which allows users to speak to their computer and have it type out their words. He demonstrates launching the tool with the Windows key and 'H', and shows how it captures spoken words. He also mentions the Snip & Sketch tool, formerly known as Snipping Tool, which lets users capture parts of their screen. The tool can be launched with the Windows key, Shift, and 'S'. He shows how to use it to capture an image and annotate it, although adding text requires saving and using another app like Paint. Lastly, he touches on the built-in video editor, which can be accessed by searching for 'video editor' in the taskbar. The video editor allows for basic video editing tasks but lacks advanced features like transitions and high-quality export options.
🎮 Screen Recording and Office Suite on Windows 10
The script continues with the Xbox Game Bar, a hidden app that can record the screen. It's launched with the Windows key and 'G', and the 'Capture' widget is used for screen recording. The narrator points out some limitations, such as the inability to record the desktop or certain app menus, but notes that it works well for browser windows and games. The fourth hidden app is the Office app, which allows free use of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint through the Office app on Windows 10. The app provides access to recent documents and various templates. The narrator also mentions two bonus apps: the Calculator app, which has a conversion feature, and Paint 3D, which allows for creating 3D images and scenes. The script ends with a prompt for viewers to comment if they learned about any new hidden apps and to subscribe for future videos.
👋 Signing Off with a Musical Note
The final paragraph is a brief sign-off from the narrator, who says goodbye and plays some background music. There's no substantial content to summarize beyond the farewell.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Dictation Tool
💡Snip and Sketch
💡Video Editor
💡Xbox Game Bar
💡Office App
💡Calculator App
💡Paint 3D
💡Hidden Apps
💡Windows 10
💡Pre-installed
💡Functionalities
Highlights
Top five hidden apps in Windows 10
Dictation tool lets you talk to your computer
Launch Dictation tool with Windows key + H
Dictation tool captures speech and converts to text
Snip and Sketch tool for capturing screen items
Launch Snip and Sketch with Windows key + Shift + S
Snip and Sketch allows annotation but not text addition
Windows 10's built-in video editor
Access video editor by searching 'video editor'
Video editor lacks transitions and high export quality
Xbox Game Bar for screen recording
Launch Xbox Game Bar with Windows key + G
Xbox Game Bar limitations in recording desktop and apps
Office app for free use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Office app access to templates and recent documents
Calculator app for conversions
Paint 3D for creating 3D images
How to use Paint 3D and create impressive scenes
Transcripts
hi everyone kevin here today i want to
show you my favorite top five best
hidden apps that come pre-installed with
windows 10. windows 10 includes a whole
bunch of pre-installed apps and a lot of
them have some pretty powerful and
amazing functionality the only problem
is and we say this in the industry
unfortunately a lot of it is just not
that discoverable today though i'll show
you what all of that really awesome
functionality is let's jump on the pc
and let's check this out
[Music]
and this brings us to hidden app number
one the dictation tool app if you
thought it was notepad unfortunately
that did not make the cut today as part
of the top five
with the dictation tool you can talk to
your computer and your computer will
capture everything that you're saying so
how do you launch the dictation tool
where you press the windows key on your
keyboard together with the h key h is in
hotel when you press that that launches
the dictation tool and right now it's
listening and look at that it's typing
every single thing that i'm saying let
me delete this for just a moment and
let's actually say something that's
noteworthy here i'll click on this
microphone icon
if you haven't already please consider
subscribing to the kevin stratford
youtube channel
here i can click on the microphone once
i'm done dictating and look at this it
captured everything that i said here it
looks like it got everything it even got
kevin it misspelled my last name but
overall it did a pretty good job so if
you're tired of typing and you'd rather
just talk to your computer use the
dictation tool
[Music]
and this now brings us to hidden app
number two the snip and sketch tool this
was also previously known as the
snipping tool but for whatever reason
men just didn't really seem to like that
name all that much so what can you do
with snip and sketch it allows you to
capture different items on your screen
so let's say here on the
kevincookiecompany.com
i want to capture this beautiful looking
logo i can use snip and sketch to do
this to launch the app on your keyboard
press the windows key together with the
shift key and the s key s as in sierra
and this will launch the snip and sketch
tool alternatively you can also go down
to your task bar and simply type in snip
and sketch and here you'll see it as the
best match
when you click on this this opens up the
snip and sketch application and over
here i could kick off a new snip i'll
click on new this opens up the same
interface and up here i could do a
rectangular snip here a free form a
window or just go full screen i'll do a
rectangular snip of the logo here i
simply highlight the area of the screen
that i want and when i release it drops
it into the snip and sketch app within
snip and sketch i can annotate my image
so here i could draw different lines on
it i could highlight different items
unfortunately though i can't add text so
if i want to add text to my sketch i
have to save it first and then open it
in a different application like paint
where i can then annotate it with text
over here i could save it or i could
just share it directly with others
[Music]
and this now brings us to hidden app
number three windows 10 includes its
very own video editor you probably
thought that windows no longer included
a video editor ever since microsoft
killed off movie maker but video editing
is back and it is now better than ever
or at least it's back to access the
video editor go down to your task bar
and in the search field type in video
editor and then here in the best match
you'll see video editor let's click on
that this drops us into the windows 10
video editor and up in the top left hand
corner you can kick off a new video
project when i click on this i can give
it a name and i'll give it the very
descriptive name new video when you
click on ok over here in the top left
hand corner you can add different media
to your project so here i can just drag
and drop some different video files in
down below i have my storyboard and this
is where i can start organizing my video
so here i can simply pull this down and
i'll pull down another clip over here i
have access to some of the most common
video editing tools i could trim i could
split i could add text i could add
motion and up here in the top right hand
corner i can preview what my video
project looks like so this seems like a
pretty good video editor unfortunately
it has a few glaring omissions for
example i can't add any transitions
between clips all i could do is have a
hard cut also up in the top right hand
corner when i go to export my video the
highest quality level that i can export
as is 1080p all in all though the video
editor works fairly well and when you're
in a pinch this is a good option
and this now brings us to hidden app
number four the xbox game bar with the
xbox game bar you can record your screen
just like we've done for a number of
these other hidden apps to launch it
let's press the windows key together
with the g key g is in game when you
press both of those that'll open up the
xbox game bar interface and right over
on the left hand side there's an option
for the widget menu when you click on
this you can open up all of these
different widgets but the one we care
about is called capture when i click on
that that opens up this interface where
i can now capture my screen if i click
on this record icon this will start
recording my screen so now i have a
recording active over here i can see
that it's now recording right over here
i can turn my mic on or off and once i'm
all done capturing my screen i can stop
the recording
to view all of my captures i simply come
over here click on show all captures and
here i can see my screen recording so
it's pretty easy you basically have a
screen recorder built in as part of
windows
is this the best screen recorder in the
world well unfortunately not there are a
few drawbacks you can't record your
desktop file explorer and if you try
recording in an app like microsoft excel
it won't capture any of the menus
however if you're recording let's say a
browser window a game this works
extremely well and hey you already have
it pre-installed on windows 10.
[Music]
this now brings us to hidden app number
five you can use word excel or
powerpoint entirely for free using the
office app this is yet another app that
comes pre-installed with windows 10.
down below on your taskbar simply type
in office and you'll see the office app
as one of the best matches here when i
click on this this will open up the
office app within the office app in the
center i can see all of my different
office files i could also use search to
search for any of my office files over
on the left hand side when i click on
this create icon i can jump into a new
word document a new excel spreadsheet
powerpoint presentation a new form or a
sway page also i could jump to the word
start page here i can also kick off a
new document i could launch into one of
these many different templates and i
have a pretty wide variety of templates
and down below i can get back to recent
documents here i could also jump into
microsoft excel microsoft powerpoint and
i also have access to all of these
different apps even if i'm not a
subscriber of microsoft 365 i can still
access word excel and powerpoint on the
web directly through the office app
and that rounds out our top five hidden
apps however because i like all of you
so much i want to add in two bonus
hidden apps and the first one is the
calculator app wait hold up the
calculator app i know about that it's a
very simple app but did you know that
you can also do conversions with it over
here on the left hand side when you
click on the hamburger menu here we have
our standard calculator but when you
scroll down just a little bit you can do
all types of conversions here for
instance i'll click into currency and
did you know that one us dollar is 0.82
euros here i could click in again and
let's click into temperature i don't
know why we use fahrenheit in the us
when the rest of the world uses celsius
so if i ever need to convert i could
easily do it here 32 fahrenheit is zero
celsius zero as the freezing point makes
a lot more sense here i'll click on the
hamburger menu again and you can see
many of the different conversions that i
can do directly within the calculator
app
[Music]
and this brings us to bonus hidden app
number two and this is paint 3d you can
create different 3d images with an app
that comes with windows 10 simply go
down to your taskbar and type in paint
3d and then click on the best match
within paint 3d you can pull together
some pretty impressive scenes here for
example i pulled together this scene
with a baking tray some chocolate chip
cookies and a container of milk for the
kevin cookie company here you could
reposition different items within your
scene you have access to brushes 2d
shapes 3d shapes stickers and even more
tools
if you're interested in learning how to
take full advantage of paint 3d and even
how to pull together a scene that looks
like this i've included a link to a
video in the description that'll give
you a nice overview of how to use paint
3d alright well let me know down below
in the comments did you learn about any
new hidden apps with windows 10
if you enjoyed this video and you want
to see future ones like this please
consider subscribing otherwise i hope to
see you next time bye
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