Microsoft is auto-installing latest Sticky Notes on Microsoft Windows 11, Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft just lately introduced a latest full-fledged non-UWP Sticky Notes built-in with the OneNote app for Microsoft 365. The latest app is now rolling out to everybody on Microsoft Windows 11 and Microsoft Windows 10.

Sticky Notes is a useful software for jotting down essential stuff and revisiting it later, and it’s getting higher with a latest updates. Microsoft Windows Latest noticed that Microsoft is now auto-installing the latest Sticky Notes app on secure builds of Microsoft Windows, and the latest model doesn’t change the previous UWP shopper for now.

Unlike the present Sticky Notes, which relies on the Microsoft Windows Universal Platform, the latest Sticky Notes is a Win32 app with out internet tech. If you might have a OneNote desktop shopper on Microsoft Windows, the app will mechanically be put in. You’ll additionally discover the shortcut to the app within the Start menu and different locations.

Microsoft Windows Latest examined the latest and improved Sticky Notes on Microsoft Windows 11. The UI design is definitely higher and snappy, however we additionally favored the previous model, which remains to be out there through the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft has added a number of latest options to the Sticky Notes.

Take Screenshots using Sticky Notes

You can now take screenshots with Sticky Notes, nevertheless it doesn’t work like the standard Win + PrintScreen key shortcut that captures every part. The app solely captures the open window.

If you might have a number of windows open, it would solely seize the highlighted window. We examined the built-in screenshot button with a number of apps, and the screenshots turned out positive.

Remember Sources

Capturing screenshots isn’t any large deal; Microsoft Windows has a number of apps that may achieve this. Unlike the standard screenshot shortcut and Snipping Tool, Sticky Notes also can bear in mind the image’s sources.

For instance, should you seize a screenshot of a browser window, it would bear in mind it and embody the webpage hyperlink above the image. You may even add textual content to those captured snapshots in a while.

If you suppose this function invades your privacy, you may simply flip it off within the app’s settings.

OCR Capabilities

Like the Snipping Tool, Sticky Notes additionally helps you to establish textual content using OCR and duplicate it to the clipboard. The notetaking app couldn’t extract the texts from images in our assessments, nevertheless it’s doubtless the combination will get higher sooner or later.

All the captured screenshots are saved in your Sticky Notes account. To obtain the captured screenshots, you may broaden the context menu and click on Download.

Microsoft has improved many issues with the latest Sticky Notes. You can now view captured screenshots on a full display and even dock the app to 1 aspect whereas multitasking.

Microsoft is conscious of 1 problem with the “Dock to Desktop” function. In a discussion board put up, the corporate famous that Sticky Notes doesn’t work effectively in multi-monitor setups, nevertheless it’s engaged on a repair.

If you may’t discover the Sticky Notes v2, ensure you’re you’ve updatesd OneNote from the Microsoft Store.

You can at all times entry Sticky Notes by OneNote by clicking the Sticky Notes button within the prime proper nook, after which pin the icon to the taskbar.