Lenovo ThinkCentre E93 - Navigating Among Screens on the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Operating Systems; Navigating on Windows 8

NavigatingamongscreensontheWindows8andWindows8.1operating
systems
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtonavigateamongthedesktop,theStartscreen,andapplications
thatwereopenedfromtheStartscreenontheWindows8andWindows8.1operatingsystems.Fordetailed
instructions,see“NavigatingonWindows8”onpage18
or“NavigatingonWindows8.1”onpage19.
NavigatingonWindows8
Tonavigateamongthedesktop,theStartscreen,andapplicationsthatwereopenedfromtheStartscreen
ontheWindows8operatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:
•FromtheStartscreen,dooneofthefollowingtonavigatetothemostrecentlyaccessedworkspace
(application,PCsettings,ordesktop):
–Usingapointingdevice:Movethepointertotheextremebottom-leftcornerofthescreenuntilasmall
representationoftheworkspaceisdisplayed;thenclicktherepresentation.
–Usingatouchscreen:Swipeinandoutontheleftedgeofthescreen.Representationsofallavailable
workspacesaredisplayedalongtheleftedgeofthescreen.Taptherepresentationoftheworkspaceat
thebottom.
Note:Therepresentationofaworkspaceisdisplayedonlyifyouhaveatleastoneactiveworkspacein
thebackgroundofthesystem.
•FromthedesktoporanyotherworkspacethatisopenedfromtheStartscreen,dooneofthefollowingto
navigatetotheStartscreen:
–Usingapointingdevice:Movethepointertotheextremebottom-leftcornerofthescreenuntilasmall
representationoftheStartscreenisdisplayed;thenclicktherepresentation.
–Usingatouchscreen:Dooneofthefollowing:
–Swipeinandoutontheleftedgeofthescreen.Representationsofallavailableworkspacesare
displayedalongtheleftedgeofthescreen.TaptherepresentationoftheStartscreenatthebottom.
–Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms;thentapStart.
•Fromanyworkspace(Startscreen,desktop,PCsettings,orapplicationopenedfromtheStartscreen),
useanyofthefollowingprocedurestogotoanotherworkspacethatyouhavepreviouslyopened:
–Tonavigatetoapreviouslyaccessedworkspace(application,PCsettings,ordesktop),dooneofthe
following:
–Usingapointingdevice:
1.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Movethepointertotheextremetop-leftcornerofthescreenandthenmovethepointer
downwardalongtheleftedgeofthescreen.
•Movethepointertotheextremebottom-leftcornerofthescreenandthenmovethepointer
upwardalongtheleftedgeofthescreen.
Representationsofallavailableworkspacesaredisplayedalongtheleftedgeofthescreen.
Note:OnlyactiveworkspacesthatyouhaveaccessedduringthecurrentWindowssession
aredisplayedalongtheleftedge.Ifyoucloseanactiveworkspace,itsrepresentationdoes
notdisplayalongtheleftedgeofthescreen.
2.Clicktherepresentation.
–Usingatouchscreen:
•Method1
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