User Guide

The touchscreen

The multi-touch screen has a 3:2 aspect ratio—perfect for watching 1080p HD videos and optimized for multi-

tasking with up to three side-by-side apps.

You can interact with Surface by touching the screen like you would with a smartphone. To learn about using

touch, see Touch: Swipe, tap, and beyond in this guide.

Manually adjust screen brightness

 Open the Settings charm, tap or click Screen, and then move the slider to adjust the brightness.

Note A brighter screen uses more power. To find out how to get the most from your battery, see Tips to save

battery power on Windows.com.

Automatically adjust screen brightness

 Open the Settings charm and tap or click > PC and devices > Power and sleep > Adjust my screen

brightness automatically.

Choose when the screen turns off

If you don’t use Surface for a few minutes, the screen turns off. To adjust this setting, see Change when the

screen dims or turns off earlier in this guide.

Landscape or portrait

When you rotate Surface, the screen content changes to the new orientation. This way you can use landscape for

webpages and portrait for reading a book.