Next up is the Start tool

Next up is the Start tool, which allows you to toggle between the Start

screen and the main Windows screen - you can do the same task by hitting

the Windows button on your keyboard.

The Devices charm gives you quick access to any peripherals that are

attached to your computer. For example, if you have a second screen attached

you can use the Devices charm to quickly configure it as a main, second,

duplicate or extended screen. check this

The final icon is the Settings charm, and this is your route into the Control

Panel and to detailed, in depth tweaking. Here you can discover basic

information about your

system status and change

the settings in Windows

Control Panel. This is also

the tool to opt for if you

need access to the Windows

Help and Support Centre.

Snap multi-tasking check this

unning more than one application at a time, so called multi-tasking,

is not new to Windows. The old Alt-Tab convention has been used to

switch between open programs in Windows for a long time, and you’ll

still find it in both the desktop and start screen versions of Windows 8. You

can also sweep a finger on to the screen from the left bezel and flick to scroll

through everything you’ve currently got open in either desktop or Start screen

views. But there’s something new in Windows 8 too, by way of snap multitasking.