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1 Start your computer — if it isn't started already — and sign in to your user account. You'll see the Windows desktop screen (refer to Figure 1-4).

2 Open the Start screen, as shown in Figure 1-5. Use one of these methods to open the Start screen:Mouse: Click the Start button (you’ll find it on the taskbar, which is the strip across the bottom of the screen). The Start button is the leftmost icon on the taskbar; it looks like a four-pane window.Touchscreen: Tap the Start button.Keyboard: Press the key.

3 Examine the Start screen and note the icons. These icons represent available apps (short for application programs, an older term for programs or software). By clicking or tapping an app icon, you can open an app. (See Chapter 2 for information on using individual apps.)

4 You can take a look at more apps by clicking the Next Page button (refer to Figure 1-5). Also, you can see an alphabetical list of all the apps that are installed on your computer, as shown in Figure 1-6, by clicking the All Apps button (refer to Figure 1-5). By clicking or tapping an app in this list, you can open an app. Click the Back button to go back to the main Start Screen page. Under Recommended, you see recent files that you’ve opened. Click More to see a complete list. This is a handy way to find a file you recently used.FIGURE 1-5 While the Start screen is open, you can type the name of an app to open it. For example, to open the Weather app, type weather. This automatically changes the Start screen to the Search screen, which you can also open directly by clicking the Search icon on the taskbar. Select the Weather app listing in the search results to open the Weather app. Rather than scroll through the alphabetical list to find an app, you can select a letter in the list and then select a letter in the pop-up list of letters that appears (refer to Figure 1-7). For example, to quickly get to the Weather app, select any letter and then select the W on the pop-up list.FIGURE 1-6FIGURE 1-7

5 Click or tap your image (or image and name) on the Start screen. As shown in Figure 1-8, you see a pop-up menu with commands for changing account settings (see Chapter 3), locking your screen (see “Start Again on the Lock Screen,” later in this chapter), and signing out in a favor of another person who shares your computer (see Chapter 4). Who would think that clicking your name would open a pop-up menu?

6 Click or tap Power on the Start menu. As shown in Figure 1-9, you see a pop-up menu with commands for putting your computer to sleep, shutting down your computer, and restarting your computer. Later in this chapter, “Shut Down Your Computer” looks into the options on this pop-up menu.

7 Click or tap the Start button. Doing any of these actions when the Start screen is open closes the Start screen. You can also close the Start screen by clicking anywhere on the desktop when the Start screen is open.

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