Windows 8.1 Start Screen, Desktop And Charms Bar; Windows 8.1 Control Panel - Eluktronics PRO15SE Guide Utilisateur

Windows 8.1 Start Screen, Desktop and Charms Bar

The Apps, control panels, utilities and programs within Windows 8.1 are accessed from the Start screen and/or Win-
dows Desktop app. The Desktop (which runs as an app within the Start screen) can be accessed by clicking the Desk-
top item in the Start screen (or by using the Windows Logo Key
at the bottom of the desktop screen, and you can see the notification area of the taskbar in the bottom right of the screen.
Click the arrow at the bottom of the Start screen to access Apps.
Figure 20
Start
Screen
with
Charms
Bar (Win-
dows 8.1)

Windows 8.1 Control Panel

Throughout this manual you will see an instruction to
open the Control Panel. Right-click the Start button
in the Desktop app or Start screen (or use the Windows
Logo Key + X key combination) to bring up an ad-
vanced context menu of useful features such as Control
Panel, Programs and Features, Power Options, Task
Manager, Search, File Explorer, Command Prompt, De-
vice Manager and Network Connections etc. and then se-
lect Control Panel.
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+ D key combination). The taskbar is displayed
The right side of the screen displays the Charms Bar. The Charms
Bar contains the Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings
menus. To access up the Charms Bar move the cursor to the upper
or lower right corners of the screen, and then hover over one of the
items in the Charms Bar to activate it (the bar will be black when it
is active), or use the Windows Logo Key + C key combination.
Move the mouse to
the bottom left of
the screen and
right-click the Start
button to access
the menu.
Figure 21
Context Menu
(Windows 8.1)