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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 1-9).

2 Open the Start screen, as shown in Figure 1-10. Use one of these methods to open the Start screen:Mouse: Click the Start button (you’ll find it in the lower-left corner of the screen).Touchscreen: Tap the Start button.Keyboard: Press the key.FIGURE 1-10

3 Examine the Start screen and note the colorful rectangular icons called tiles. These tiles represent available apps (short for application programs, an older term for programs or software). By clicking or tapping an app tile, you can open an app. After you start to use the app tiles, they may display changing information, such as the current weather. (See Chapter 2 for information on using individual apps.)

4 Scroll down the names of apps on the left side of the Start screen. You see an alphabetical list of all the apps that are installed on your computer, as shown in Figure 1-11, left. By clicking or tapping an app in this list, you can open an app. Scroll on the Start screen when you want to open an application but can’t find its tile. Under “Most Used,” the Start screen lists apps you recently opened. You can click or tap an app name on the Most Used list to open an app. 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. A panel opens with the names of apps that include the word weather (you also see apps from the Microsoft Store and web pages with the word weather). Select the Weather app listing in the panel to open the Weather app.

5 Scroll through the alphabetical apps list to Windows Administrative Tools, and then click or tap the down-arrow to the right of the name Windows Administrative Tools. As shown in Figure 1-11, middle, a list of apps appears under the Windows Administrative Tools heading.FIGURE 1-11 In the alphabetical apps list, some names are really headings, not apps. The down arrows tell you where the headings are. Click or tap a down arrow to see the list of apps under a heading. 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 1-11, right). For example, to quickly get to the Weather app, select any letter and then select the W on the pop-up list.

6 Notice the buttons in the lower-left corner of the Start screen. From top to bottom, these buttons are your image, Documents, Pictures, Settings, and Power, as shown in Figure 1-12. Rather than buttons, you can see button names on the Start screen (see Figure 1-12) by selecting the menu button in the upper-left corner of the Start screen.FIGURE 1-12

7 Click or tap your image (or image and name) on the Start screen. As shown in Figure 1-13, 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?FIGURE 1-13

8 Click or tap Power on the Start menu. As shown in Figure 1-14, 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.

9 Click or tap the Start button, or press the key. 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.

FIGURE 1-14