Win8 novice small mind together to create personalized desktops of

Win8 all aspects of performance have been beyond the Win7, but because many of its users are not familiar with alternative style, so short During the time, everyone is not willing to completely replace the operating system. In fact, it is not difficult to understand Win8. Just let us build the most personalized Win8 desktop. After doing this, the Win8 system naturally becomes very familiar.

Multi-window multi-window browsing

In the Win8 operating system, after opening multiple programs, you can browse other open but suspended programs from the sidebar while executing the current program. For example, while browsing sports reports in the picture below, you can also see the graphic content provided by Bing Tourism.

Split Screen Browser Program Window

To open more programs, just click the mouse to the right to see a thumbnail list.

In addition, by dragging the divider on the screen left and right, you can switch the suspended program (small sidebar) to the current program (larger window program).

Switching the current program

Switching the Bing search to the current program

Turning on the desktop personalized life

It's a great way to get familiar with the Win8 operating system by setting up a personalized desktop. Move the mouse to the right side of the screen, pop up the charm bar, click “Set”, then click Change PC Settings to enter the following interface. The first option in the upper right corner allows the user to change various lock screen images.

Personalization

Replace the start screen.

Change Start Screen

Create a user avatar that can reference a local image directly or take a photo with the camera.

Creating user avatars

Creating colorful program icons

Windows 8 system icons are also very convenient to change, for various programs on the desktop, you can feel free to Replace the icon that the user likes. The icon file can be used by the system or downloaded from the Internet.

Right-click on the blank space on the desktop, click “Personalize”, click “Change desktop icon”, the following dialog box will pop up. Select an item that needs to be changed, click on the bottom of the “change icon to ”.

Desktop Icon Settings

The Windows 8 system itself provides professional icons.

System Icons

Right-click on any program icon and click “Properties”. , select the corresponding icon file, press OK.

Properties

Select “change icon", select “Browse” from the pop-up dialog box to change the penguin to the icon file provided by the operating system. Row.

System icon file

You can also download the icon format file from the Internet, find the storage directory, click “OK” you can replace it.

Network Icons
Font Settings ClearType Preview Effects

Press CTRL+Q, search “Control Panel", click “Appearance and Personality & rdquo;, enter the font settings, you can see all the fonts in the system.

System installed fonts

Use ClearType to fine-tune the display of screen fonts.

ClearType

You can preview the font display.

Font Display Preview

In order to save computer storage space, the system provides users with the ability to install font shortcuts instead of the font itself.

Save storage space Install font shortcuts

Personalize theme settings

Right-click on the blank screen of the computer and click “Personalize” , click on a theme in the image below to change the desktop background, color, sound and screen saver at the same time.

Change theme

Change the window border and taskbar color.

Changing the window border and taskbar color

The sound here is mainly to set the sound generated when the program event is changed.

Adjusting the sound

Changing the screen saver.

Change Screen Protection

Windows 8 Taskbar Function Analysis

Windows 8's taskbar function is also very powerful, let's experience it.

By right-clicking on the taskbar, you can select “Task Manager” to open in the pop-up menu.

Task Manager

The following figure is the task manager for Windows 8.

Win8 Task Manager Interface

Or right click on the taskbar and select “Properties", open the “Taskbar Properties” dialog box, click on the image below "Notification area: Customize", set the notification area of ​​the application through a pop-up dialog box.

Taskbar Properties

Set whether the program icon and notification in the lower right corner are displayed. For example, mail, QQ, computer virus monitoring, etc., you can choose whether to display in the lower right corner. Flashing notifications and program icons to prompt the user to receive the latest information at any time.

Settings for notification area

Jump list, which can display the location of documents recently viewed by any program in the form of a list, such as the list of web addresses recently browsed by the browser. You can set the number of items displayed in detail, and users who are used to using the jump list can set it.

Jump List Settings

For example, after right-clicking the taskbar browser program icon, the last 10 webpage addresses will be displayed (if the user sets the number of displays to 10 words).

Jump List

Win8 desktop personalization experience here, Xiaobian introduced the Win8 desktop and taskbar settings from various aspects, I hope the majority of users From the beginning of this article, I can gradually understand, and then slowly like, and then skillfully use the Windows 8 operating system, and experience great progress.
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