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Zoom out
Touch the display with two
fingers and then move the
fingers closer.
Reduce the view of an
image or web page.
Screen Orientation
For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation
changes automatically to portrait or landscape format
depending on how you hold the tablet. You can disable
automatic screen rotation and lock the screen in portrait
or landscape mode.
Note: Some apps may not support automatic screen rotation and are designed to work only in one orientation.
Locking the screen orientation
1. Change the screen to the desired orientation.
2. Swipe-in from the right edge of the display to access
Charms.
3. Touch Settings
Screen .
4. Touch
toggle to lock the screen orientation, or
touch
toggle to unlock the screen orientation.
Windows 8.1 Start Screen
The Windows 8.1 Start screen displays a list of default
and custom Live Tiles, which act as a shortcut to Mail,
Windows Explorer, Weather app, Calendar, Windows
Store, Internet Explorer, and other installed apps.
Live Tiles on your Start screen change and update in real
time to show news and sports updates, weather updates,
social-networking feeds, and so on.
The tile-based user interface gives you direct access to
your most recently used apps, emails, photos, music, videos, contacts, updates from social-networking sites, and
frequently viewed websites. You can pin your favorite
apps as tiles to customize the Start screen.
You also can personalize the Start screen by setting your
favorite picture as the wallpaper.
Note: Live Tiles can be added or removed by using Pin
to taskbar
, Pin to Start or Unpin from Start
options.
Accessing the Start screen
When you computer boots into Windows, the Start
screen appears by default. To access the start screen
from any other window or app, use any of the following
methods.
Press the Windows button.
Swipe-in from the right edge of the display to access
Charms, and then touch the Start icon
.
If you are at the Start screen, pressing the Start icon
takes you to the most recently used app or most recently
viewed screen.
Note: The functionality of the Start icon
is same as
Windows button.
Swipe left
1. Swipe-in from the right edge of the display to show
the charms. Charms provide access to the system
commands, such as Start, Search, Share, Devices, and
Settings options.
2. From the Start screen, swiping left until you reach the
end of the tile view will bring up the Apps icon. Touch
Apps icon
to show an alphabetical list of all apps
installed on your tablet.
Swipe right
1. Swipe-in quickly from the left edge of the display to
switch the currently running apps.
2. Swipe-in slowly from the left edge of the display to
show thumbnails of open apps.
3. Swipe-in and out on the left edge of the display to
show a list of the most recently used apps.
Swipe up/down
1. From Start screen, swipe-in from the bottom or top
edge of the display to show the Customize icon
.
Touch Customize to organize the tiles on your Start
screen.
2. Swipe-in from the top to the bottom of an app to
dock or close the app.
Synchronizing Your Tablet
Using a Microsoft account
If your computer has Microsoft Windows 8.1 installed,
you can synchronize user settings of your tablet with your
computer using a Microsoft account. When you sign in
with your Microsoft account on your tablet, your settings,
including internet browser history, app settings, and personal files etc., are synchronized with other Windows 8.1
PCs and tablets computers.
1. On the tablet, access Charms and click Settings
Change PC Settings Accounts Your account
Connect to a Microsoft Account to switch your com-
puter local account to your Microsoft account.
2. Click Settings
Change PC Settings OneDrive
Sync settings to see the options for synchronizing
your data and settings.
Copy music, photos, and videos
1. Connect your tablet to a USB storage device with a
Micro-USB to standard USB conversion cable, then
transfer files to or from the USB storage device.