Navigating On Windows 8.1 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 10DL User Manual

– Using a touch screen: Swipe in from the left edge of the screen.
For information about using other features of the Windows 8 operating system, refer to the Windows help
system. For more information, see "Windows help system" on page 125.

Navigating on Windows 8.1

To navigate among the desktop, the Start screen, and applications that were opened from the Start screen
on the Windows 8.1 operating system, do one of the following:
• From the Start screen, do one of the following to navigate to the most recently accessed workspace
(application, setting, or desktop):
– Using a pointing device: Move the pointer to the extreme bottom-left corner of the screen until the
Windows screen-control icon
– Using a touch screen: Swipe in and out on the left edge of the screen. Representations of all available
workspaces are displayed along the left edge of the screen. Tap the Windows screen-control icon
at the bottom.
Note: The Windows screen-control icon
in the background of the system.
• From the desktop or any other workspace that is opened from the Start screen, do one of the following to
navigate to the Start screen:
– Using a pointing device:
– From the desktop, click the Windows screen-control icon
– From any other workspace, move the pointer to the extreme bottom-left corner of the screen until
the Windows screen-control icon
– Using a touch screen: Do one of the following:
– From the desktop, tap the Windows screen-control icon
– From any other workspace, do one of the following:
• Swipe in and out on the left edge of the screen. Representations of all available workspaces
are displayed along the left edge of the screen. Tap the Windows screen-control icon
the bottom.
• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen to display the charms; then tap Start.
• From any workspace (Start screen, desktop, PC settings, or application opened from the Start screen),
use any of the following procedures to go to another workspace that you have previously opened:
– To navigate to a previously accessed workspace (application, setting, or desktop), do one of the
following:
– Using a pointing device:
1. Do one of the following:
• Move the pointer to the extreme top-left corner of the screen and then move the pointer
downward along the left edge of the screen.
• Move the pointer to the extreme bottom-left corner of the screen and then move the pointer
upward along the left edge of the screen.
Representations of all available workspaces are displayed along the left edge of the screen.
is displayed; then click the icon.
is displayed only if you have at least one active workspace
is displayed; then click the icon.
in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
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