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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.
