You can
launch multiple Windows apps one
after the
other
from the
Start screen or Apps screen.
Unless
you close it, each Windows
8 app that you
launch stays
open, albeit in an idle state. You can display
thumbnails
for
all open Windows
8 apps
and switch from
one to
another.
1
Open Windows 8 apps: Open your first Windows 8 app
from
the Start screen. Return to the Start screen by
pressing
the Windows key or clicking on the thumbnail
for the Start screen in the lower-left hot corner. Open a
second Windows 8 app.
Return to the Start screen.
Open a third Windows 8 app. Return to the Start screen
2 Viewing last open app: From the Start screen, move your
mouse to the upper-left hot corner. You see a thumbnail
for the last
Windows 8 app that you
opened
3
View all open apps: Move your mouse down the screen,
making sure you keep the cursor as close as possible
to
the left border of the screen. As you
move your mouse
down,
you see additional thumbnails for each open app.
4
Switch to an open app: Click on the thumbnail of
the
app that you want to open.
5
Snap a second app: From your current app, move
your
mouse to the upper-left hot corner. Then move
your mouse
to the thumbnail of the second app you
want to view. Right-click
on the thumbnail and select
Snap left or Snap right.
6
View two apps side by side: The second app displays
on
the left or right side of the screen depending on the
option
you selected, taking up one-third of the screen. The
first
app takes up the other two-thirds of the screen.
7
Resize an open app: Move your mouse to the vertical
scroll
bar separating the two apps until your cursor turns
into
a small vertical line with two arrows. Double-click or
drag the
scroll bar to increase or decrease the size of the
window. To
make a window full screen, click and drag the
scroll bar all the
way to the left or right.
8
Close your current app: Move your mouse to the top
of
the app’s screen until your cursor turns into a folded hand.
Click
and drag the window all the way to the bottom of the
screen
until the app disappears.
