Microsoft's latest Windows version, the April 2018 Update, is a glorious Santa sack full of new features and refinements. What's still not included, though, is a single page of printed instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back to help you make sense of it all-with humor, authority, and 500 illustrations. The important stuff you need to know Big-ticket changes. The new Timeline shows every window you've had open in the past 30 days-from your PCs and even your phone. Focus Assist intelligently shuts off notifications so you can get some work done-or some sleep. Nearby Sharing lets you shoot files between PCs-without any setup. If Microsoft wrote it, it's covered here.

Nips and tucks. This book also demystifies all the smaller enhancements in the 50 free apps that come with Windows: the updated Edge browser, video editing in Photos, Cortana at the Lock screen, and much more. Shortcuts. This must be the tippiest, trickiest Windows book ever written. Power users. Security, privacy, networking, remote access, power management, file sharing, maintenance, troubleshooting-this witty, expert guide makes it all clear. The April 2018 Update gives Windows more polish, power, and pep-and in your hands, you hold the ultimate guide to unlocking its potential. People learn best when information is clear, accurate, and funny.

Unfortunately, most computer books are as much fun to read as tax forms. That's why I created the Missing Manuals. They're entertaining, unafraid to state when a feature is badly designed, and-oh, by the way-written by actual writers. And on every page, we answer the simple question: "What's this feature for?" David Pogue, former New York Times columnist, is Yahoo Finance's tech critic, a CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, and creator of the Missing Manual series. Book jacket.