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Exploring Your device’s Features
Exploring the desktop
Finding your way around the desktop
Your device’s desktop includes several standard features:
icons, Start button, taskbar, notification area, notifications,
and background pattern.
(Sample Image) Windows Desktop screen
To change from Desktop mode to Tablet mode, touch the
Action Center
(
) icon in the Notification area, and
then
Tablet mode
.
Icons
An icon represents a folder, file, or program that can be
quickly activated by touching the icon.
You can create a new desktop icon for any folder, file, or
program by dragging the element’s icon from its location in a
window to the desktop area.
You may see various icons displayed on your system
desktop, for example:
Recycle Bin—Holds files you have deleted. You may be able
to retrieve these files until you empty the Recycle Bin.
Icons
Notifications
Start
button
Taskbar
Notification area
Search field
NOTE
