Customize your tiles

Make the most of your Windows Start screen tiles by adjusting the sizes, where they are located, and what is listed.

• Move any tile by clicking and dragging the tile. While moving a tile, if you need a larger view of the Start screen move the tile towards the top or bottom of the screen to zoom out.
  

• Use your mouse wheel to scroll left-to-right through your tiles
  

• Any Desktop shortcut or program can be pinned to the Start screen by right-clicking the icon and choosing Pin to Start.
  

• In the bottom right-hand corner of the start screen is a magnifying glass with tiles, click this icon to get a zoomed out view of your Start screen. In this view, if you right-click on a group of tiles you'll be given the option to name group, which can be useful if you have a group of related tiles (e.g. games). In this view, you can also click and drag a group to organize your tile groups.
  

• Create a new speed bump between tile groups by moving a tile to a speed bump.
  

What is Speed bump?
In Windows 8, a speed bump is the name of the small gap found between groups of tiles. As can be seen in the below picture, the vertical gap between the group of tiles is the speed bump. To create new speed bumps drag one of the tiles to a speed bump.

• Resize any User tile or Live tile by right-clicking the tile and choosing resize.
  

• If there is a tile you want on your Taskbar, right-click the tile and choose Pin to taskbar.
  

• Show admin applications on the Start screen by clicking Settings in Charms, click Settings, and change the Show administrative tools from No to Yes.
  

• In Internet Explorer 10, you can also pin any of your favorite web pages to your Start Screen.
  

Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts
Knowing at least some of the Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts will make your Windows 8 experience much more enjoyable. Try to memorize these top Windows 8 shortcut keys.

• Press the Windows key to open the Start screen or switch to the Desktop (if open).
  

• Press the Windows key + D will open the Windows Desktop.
  

• Press the Windows key + . to pin and unpin Windows apps on the side of the screen.
  

• Press the Windows key + X to open the power user menu, which gives you access to many of the features most power users would want (e.g. Device Manager and Command Prompt).
  

• Press the Windows key + C to open the Charms.
  

What is Charms?
The Windows Charms is a new feature that was introduced with Windows 8 that gives you access to Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. This menu appears when you move you mouse on the right-hand side of the screen or press the Windows key + C on the keyboard. The black bar along the right-hand side of the below picture is an example of what the Windows Charms looks like when open.

• Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings, which is the same Settings found in Charms.
  

• Press and hold the Windows key + Tab to show open apps.
  

• Press the Windows key + Print screen to create a screen shot, which is automatically saved into your My Pictures folder.
  

Know your hot corners
The corners on your screen are hot corners and give you access to different Windows features. Below, is a brief explanation of each of these corners.
Bottom Left-hand corner
The bottom left-hand hot corner of the screen will allow you to access the Start screen, if you're in the Start screen and have the Desktop open, this corner will open the Desktop from the Start screen.
Tip: Right-clicking in the left hand corner will open the power user menu.
Top-left corner of the screen
Moving the mouse to the top-left corner and then down will display all the apps running on the computer. Clicking and dragging any of these apps to the left or right-hand side of the screen will snap that app to that side of the screen. Each of these open app icons can also be right-clicked to close or snap.
Right-hand side of the screen
On the full right-hand side of the screen will be given access to the Windows Charms.