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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
Windows
Desktop app
. The
Desktop
(which runs as an
app within the
Start
screen) can be accessed by clicking
the
Desktop
item in the Start screen (or by using the
Win-
dows Logo Key
+ D
key combination). The taskbar is
displayed 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
.
The right side of the screen displays the Charms Bar. The
Charms Bar c ontains 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.
Figure 17
- Start Screen (Windows 8.1)
Figure 18
- Start Screen with Charms Bar (Win-
dows 8.1)