
On the Start Screen, or inside apps, you can also drag across the screen with a single finger to scroll, or get a zoomed out view of all your Start screen apps by pinching two fingers together. Mouse or touchpad: right-click on any tile. You can select multiple tiles at a time this way, to unpin a whole bunch of apps at once. Swipe down gently on any tile on the Start screen to select it, and open a menu: you can unpin apps, uninstall them, and make some Live Tiles larger or smaller, in addition to a variety of other possible options. Keyboard: Windows + D gets you to the desktop immediately, no matter where you are. Mouse or touchpad: click to launch, or click and drag to move tiles around. Pretty easy so far, right? If you've already had enough of the new Windows 8 UI and want to get to your familar Desktop, that's a tile you can click as well. Tap any one of them to launch that program, or press and hold to drag the tile anywhere you want. When you make it to the Start Screen, you'll be greeted by a field of Live Tiles, each one corresponding to a software app.

You'll be greeted by a field of Live Tiles Mouse or touchpad: press any key, or click once. It's the first of many basic gestures you'll learn.

It even has a lock screen, a nice colorful picture with no obvious button to get to where you're going. Windows 8's primary user interface looks like something you'd see on a smartphone, and it can be controlled like one too. In other words, we'll show you how to get where you're going in Windows 8, so that you can get back to work. We'll explain how to do the same things with a mouse and keyboard, in the rather likely event that you aren't using touchscreen hardware. We'll show you how to find your desktop again, how to change Windows settings, and what those fancy new touchscreen gestures are all about. Now what? Now, you have to figure out how to actually use Microsoft's new operating system before your boss, friends, or family expect you to do something productive. Congratulations, you've installed Windows 8.
