Technical information

Windows 8 For Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition

✓ You can’t snap an app to the side of the Start

screen. The Start screen always consumes the

entire screen. But when you switch away from

the Start screen, the previously snapped app

will still be in place, clinging to its same edge.

✓ You can only snap one app at a time. For exam-

ple, you can’t snap an app onto each side of

your desktop.

✓ You can snap apps only on a screen with a reso-

lution of at least 1366 x 768. In human language,

that means an extra-wide computer screen,

which you won’t find on most netbooks or older

laptops. You will find that resolution, however,

on all Windows 8 tablets.

✓ To see your screen’s resolution, open the desk-

top by pressing

+ D. Right-click a blank part

of your desktop and choose Screen Resolution

from the pop-up menu. You can select your res-

olution from the Resolution drop-down scroll

bar. (You should usually choose the highest

resolution offered.)

Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin

The Recycle Bin, that wastebasket icon in the corner

of your desktop, works much like a real recycle bin. It

lets you retrieve the discarded coupons you thought

you’d never need. You can dump something from the

desktop — a file or folder, for example — into the

Windows 8 Recycle Bin in either of these ways:

✓ Simply right-click on the unwanted item and

choose Delete from the menu. Windows 8 asks

cautiously if you’re sure that you want to delete

the item. Click Yes, and Windows 8 dumps it

into the Recycle Bin, just as if you’d dragged it

there. Whoosh!

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