How To Do Some Common Things In The Modern Interface; Change The Size Of A Tile; Make And Name A Tile Group; Move A Tile Between Groups - Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Getting Started

 Tiles: Tiles are the multi-colored squares or rectangles all over the Start Screen. They are
the new version of program shortcuts. To start an application, you just need to tap on a
tile. You'll probably notice that some of them are animated. These are called "Live Tiles"
and are usually used to display dynamic information like the time or the latest email
message to hit your queue.
 Tile Groups: Notice how the tiles are divided into groups? Those are referred to as tile
groups. They allow you to easily organize your tiles.
 Charms and the Charm Menu: The Charm Menu is used to access the Charms and is usually
hidden off-screen. Charms are different than the other tiles and icons as they allow you to
access program options or tools such as search or computer settings. Think of it like the
Control Panel in previous versions of Windows.
 Power and Search: You can easily access the search and power functions from the
respective icons on the Start Screen. This was added with Windows 8.1 and is a marked
improvement over Windows 8.0 for convenience.
 All Apps Icon: You can tap this icon to see a sortable list of all applications installed on your
Surface and not just the ones pinned to the Start Screen.

How to do Some Common Things in the Modern Interface

Below we'll cover how to do some common things in the Modern interface. This is not a complete
list of everything you can do but it covers the basics you'll need to start using your Surface
quickly.

Change the size of a tile

To change the size of a tile, select it with a tap and hold. You'll get a menu at
the bottom of the screen. Choose Resize and you'll be given a list of sizes to
select from. Different tiles will have preset size selections so don't be surprised
if some tiles won't let you make them the size you would like.

Make and name a tile group

There are a few ways to make a new tile group but the easiest is to tap and hold
a tile you want to be in a new group then drag it between two of the existing tile
groups. A grey bar will appear when you do so. Let go of the tile and a new
group will be created.
To name it, simply tap the title at the top of the group.

Move a tile between groups

Select the tile you want to move with a tap and hold then drag it to the new group. You can place
it where you want in the new group - the existing tiles will shuffle around to accommodate it.
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