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Chapter 2
The Traditional Desktop
In This Chapter
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Finding the desktop
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Finding the Start screen
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Touching the desktop on a touchscreen
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Working on the desktop
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Retrieving deleted items from the Recycle Bin
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Working with the taskbar
T
he app-filled world of Windows 8 works fine for
couch-top computing. Without leaving your Start
screen, you can listen to music, check your e-mail,
watch the latest funny cat videos, and see whether
anything particularly embarrassing has surfaced
on Facebook.
But when Monday morning inevitably rolls around,
it’s time to switch gears.
Finding the Desktop
The Windows 8 Start screen treats the desktop
as just another app: a small, single-purpose
program. So, you open the desktop just as you’d
open any other app: Click the Start screen’s
Desktop tile.
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