Chapter 8

Using the new Microsoft Edge

An overview of the new Microsoft Edge

Setting up Microsoft Edge

Finding and organizing information

Managing tabs

Privacy and security issues

Making webpages easier to read

Using Microsoft Edge to read and edit PDFs

When we wrote the first edition of Windows 10 Inside Out back in 2015, this chapter focused on the then-new default browser in Windows 10, Microsoft Edge, and we offered advice on how to make the transition from the previous default browser, Internet Explorer.

Five years later, Internet Explorer is a distant memory, used mostly on enterprise PCs where legacy line-of-business apps require it. Meanwhile, the Microsoft Edge browser that rolled out with Windows 10 in 2015 has been replaced by a brand-new ...

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