The start screen can be accessed from any other application by using one of the
• Press the Windows button on your keyboard
• Swipe from the right edge of the screen to access the charms toolbar and then
***If you are already on the start screen, pressing the Start icon will display the most
recently used application or most recently viewed content.
* Note: The Start icon and the Windows button have the same functionality.
Using the Windows 8 charms toolbar
• Swipe from the right edge of the screen to access the charms toolbar. This toolbar
provides a set of buttons for system commands including start, search, share,
devices and settings options.
* • Swipe to the left on the start screen until the Applications icon (downward
pointing arrow) is displayed. Click this icon to display an alphabetical list of all the
applications installed on your tablet PC.
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Swiping the screen to the right
•Swipe the screen quickly inwards from the left edge to switch between currently
•Swipe the screen quickly inwards from the left edge to display thumbnails of
currently running applications.
Swipe the screen quickly inwards from the left edge to display a list of recently
Swiping the screen to the left/right
*•On the start screen, you can swipe inwards from the top or bottom edge of the
screen display a customizing icon. You can use this to customize the tiles that you
would like to have displayed on the start screen.
• Applications can be closed by swiping from the top to the bottom of the
