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What is Charms?

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; line-height: 29.640625px;">The Windows </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #454545; line-height: 29.640625px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charms</span></i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; line-height: 29.640625px;"> is a new feature that was introduced with Windows 8 that gives you access to Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. This menu appears when you move you mouse on the right-hand side of the screen or press the Windows key + C on the keyboard. The black bar along the right-hand side of the below picture is an example of what the Windows Charms looks like when open.</span></span><br />
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      <b><u>Short Description of each of the Windows 8 Charms</u></b><div>
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<br /><b>SEARCH</b> (shortcut: Windows key + F) - Find and open any program or file.<div>
<br /><b>SHARE</b> (shortcut: Windows key + H) - Share and send links, photos, and more to your friends and social networks in the app currently open.</div>
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<br /><b>START</b> (shortcut: Windows key) - Open the Windows 8 Start Menu.<br />Devices (shortcut: Windows key + K) - List available devices, for example a second screen.</div>
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<br /><b>SETTINGS</b> (shortcut: Windows key + I) - View Start Settings, view settings such as battery monitor, volume, brightness, notifications, and the power (to shutdown computer). In Settings you'll also find More PC Settings at the bottom of the menu, which will give you all available settings that can be adjusted.</div>

What is Charms?

Unknown 0 windows 8:47 AM

The Windows Charms is a new feature that was introduced with Windows 8 that gives you access to Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. This menu appears when you move you mouse on the right-hand…

How do I sleep, restart, or shut down Windows 8?

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Know how to customize the Sleep, Restart, or Shut down processes in Windows 8 by following these simple steps below.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;">Move the mouse to the right-hand side of the screen or press the Windows key + C to open the <a href="http://shadownets.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-is-charms.html" target="_blank">Charms</a>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;">In the Charms menu click <b>Settings</b>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;">Click the <b>Power</b> icon and select either Sleep, Shut down or Restart.</li>
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How do I sleep, restart, or shut down Windows 8?

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Know how to customize the Sleep, Restart, or Shut down processes in Windows 8 by following these simple steps below. Move the mouse to the right-hand side of the screen or press the Windows key + C t…

How do I close apps in windows 8?

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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since Microsoft wants to change the users Windows experience by having any open apps remain open until shutdown. Therefore, they have removed the file menu, close, minimize, and resize options in apps designed for Windows 8 and replaced them with the Windows 8 App commands. (as shown in the below picture)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to close the app follow any of the below options.</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Move your mouse to the very top of the app, which should change the mouse cursor to a hand, then click-and-drag or swipe that app to the bottom of the screen. Once you let go of the app it will close.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Move your mouse to the top-left corner of the screen and then move down to show all open apps, right-click the open app you want to close and choose Close.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Press the Windows key + Tab to show open apps, right-click on the app you wish to close and click Close.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.5625; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; padding: 0px 0px 8px 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Press <b>Alt + F4</b> on the keyboard to close the app or any open program.</span></li>
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Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know

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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.09em; line-height: 1.7em;">Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, reduce repetitive strain, and help keep you focused. For example, pressing </span><b style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.09em; line-height: 1.7em;">Ctrl + Shift + Esc</b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.09em; line-height: 1.7em;"> will help you access the Windows Task Manage., Below are the top 10 keyboard shortcuts I recommend everyone should memorize and use.</span></div>
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Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert</h2>
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<a href="http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/copy.htm" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #663366; text-decoration: none;">Copy</a> the highlighted text or selected item.</div>
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Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert</h2>
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<a href="http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/paste.htm" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #663366; text-decoration: none;">Paste</a> the text or object that's in the clipboard.</div>
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Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y</h2>
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<a href="http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/u/undo.htm" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #663366; text-decoration: none;">Undo</a> any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y wouldredo the undo.</div>
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Ctrl + F</h2>
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Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.</div>
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Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc</h2>
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Quickly switch between open programs moving forward.</div>
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Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left or Right arrow</h2>
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Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.</div>
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Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow will move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word.</div>
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Ctrl + S</h2>
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While working on a document or other file in almost every program pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. This shortcut key should be used frequently anytime you're working on anything important.</div>
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Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End</h2>
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Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.</div>
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Ctrl + P</h2>
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Print the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.</div>
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Page Up, Space bar, and Page Down</h2>
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Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.</div>
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