The tips are organised into seven sections, accessible from the drop-down table of contents above. We’ve compiled 50 key power-user tips guaranteed to help ease your way around Windows 8 on your desktop or laptop. And that’s not always easy in Windows 8, given that Microsoft specifically designed it to take advantage of touchscreen tablets, laptops, all-in-one PCs, and hybrid devices.ĭon’t worry, though. Unless you’ve bought a new Windows 8 PC equipped with a touchscreen, you’ll have to rely on a trusty mouse and keyboard. Tablet users can swipe their way around the Start screen and Windows 8 apps with their touch-sensitive displays, but PC users face unprecedented challenges with this upgrade. The actual input devices you use with Windows 8 matter, too, much more so than with any previous Windows switchover. Many of the new commands and features in Windows 8 are hidden or difficult to find, so it’s easy to get lost trying to figure out where and how to perform specific tasks. Managing and customising Windows is a different ballgame in version 8, as well. Our take? Windows 8 should really be called "Windows 4+4," because it bridges – and forces you to contend with – two very different worlds: The familiar Windows desktop world, and a new (Metro) Windows apps world.
But the new Start screen and tiled interface present wholly new ways of organising and launching your applications and files – as well as a whole new way to think about Windows.
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