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Using the Start Screen Rate Your Confidence
v Assessments
High
g Flashcards The Start Screen in Windows 10, or Start Menu in earlier versions, is used
to manage apps and PC se ngs and launch desktop so ware
j Game Center Medium
applica ons. It is accessed by clicking the Start bu on on the le -hand
Low
side of the taskbar or by pressing the START key .

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Windows 10 Start Screen in Tablet mode. Screenshot used with permission from Microso .

The Start screen displays in full screen mode if your

computer is in tablet mode, otherwise, it displays as a
menu. Tablet mode is selected automa cally (by
default) on hybrid laptop/tablet devices. For example,
removing the keyboard from a Microso Surface tablet
or folding the screen of an HP X360 device over through
360 degrees puts Windows 10 into tablet mode. You
can use Windows 10 se ngs to manually select tablet
mode and to configure these automa c behaviors.

To display all applica ons in tablet mode, click the All apps icon on the
upper le of the display. In desktop mode, all applica ons are displayed in
Start on the le side without interven on by the user.

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v Assessments

g Flashcards

j Game Center

Viewing installed apps from the Start Screen in Windows 10 in tablet mode. Screenshot
used with permission from Microso .

Apps are installed and managed by using the Microso

Store app. Desktop so ware programs are managed
with Control Panel. See Lesson 7 for more informa on
about different types of so ware.

Any app, program, or file can be launched from the Start Screen by typing
its name and selec ng the icon from the list of search results. The Search
box is on the taskbar next to Start.

Launching applica ons by using search. Screenshot used with permission from Microso .

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