User Guide

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To go to Start:
 Touch. Press below the touchscreen, or swipe in from the right edge of the screen and tap Start.
 Keyboard. Press the Windows logo key on your keyboard.
 Mouse. Click the Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen.
Open apps
 Touch or mouse. Tap or click an app tile on the Start screen.
 Keyboard. Go to Start and type an app name (such as Word or OneDrive).
You can see all your apps by swiping up from the center of the Start screen.
Switch between open apps
You can switch between open apps by swiping in from the left edge of
the screen. You can keep swiping, and each time you’ll switch to
another app.
More about this in the Use apps section.
App commands: Where are they?
Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen, or down from the top
edge.
Touch: Swipe, tap, and beyond
Tap? Swipe? Here’s a glossary of touch gestures that you can use with Surface.
Gesture
How to do it
What it does
Tap
Tap once on something.
Opens, selects, or activates whatever you
tap. Similar to clicking with a mouse.