User Guide

Personalize your Surface

Add your accounts

If you haven’t already added your email and social networking accounts, see the Get started section in this guide.

Personalize the Start screen

Colors and background

You can change the Start screen colors and background. Here’s how:

 Open the Settings charm, and tap or click Change PC settings, and then tap or click

Personalization.

Tip For more info about how to personalize your Surface, see Personalize your PC.

Create tiles for your favorites

You can pin websites, contacts, and apps to the Start screen. Here’s how:

 Pin a website. See Your web favorites in this guide.

 Pin a contact. Select a contact in the People app, swipe down from the top edge of the screen, and then

tap Pin to Start.

 Pin an app. Swipe up from the center of the Start screen to see all your apps. Press and hold an app for

a moment, then choose Pin to Start.