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expanded the Start button, turning it into a full-screen
launching pad for your programs.
I explain the giant new Start screen, shown in
Figure 4-1, in Chapter 1, as well as how to cus-
tomize it, adding or removing tiles to ensure you
find things more easily.
Figure 4-1: Click this Start screen and then click the tile for the
program you want to open.
But even though the Start screen lives in a new place,
it still lets you launch programs or apps by following
these steps:
1. Open the Start screen.
Because there’s no longer a Start button, you can
summon the Start screen any of these ways:
 •Mouse: Point your mouse in the screen’s bot-
tom-left corner and then click when the Start
icon appears.
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