Win8 preview version 16 tips (3)

7. Fast Shutdown

has been Win8 shutdown are headache, due to the design in a secondary menu, users can not find a lot of new shutdown Button. Shortcuts are sometimes a good way to solve such problems. For example, Metro+I can use Win+I, and traditional interface can use Alt+F4. However, the most absolute use is “Power Management” (by setting search→power→ To change the function of the power button "on", set the power button to off, and just press the power button momentarily.

8. Quick Search

The Metro interface supports direct keyword search, which is a feature that many people know. However, Win8 is divided into three sub-entries: “application”, “setup” and “file”. Each search searches for “application” by default, and other results require users to manually switch. In fact, these three entries correspond to different shortcut keys, such as "application" corresponds to Win+Q, "set" corresponds to Win+W, "file" corresponds to Win+F, which one needs to press directly The shortcut keys are much more convenient than the previous manual switching.

9. tile finishing

long time icon in the Metro will be more and more, how can they organized it? In fact, in Win8, the tile can be easily moved and positioned. For example, you can drag and drop a tile to another tile group, right click on the tile to complete the hidden or size adjustment, and also drag and drop the tile to the group and A new grouping is formed between the groups.

If you click on the zoom button in the lower right corner of Metro, you can also manage the tile grouping. The function and specific method are the same as a single tile.

10. Input switching

maybe you're used to "Ctrl + Shift" to switch the keyboard layout, "Ctrl + Space" to switch the keyboard language, but the two methods do not seem to Win8 So easy to use. Try "Win+space" and see if it is convenient.

Note: After switching to Microsoft Pinyin with "Win+Space", you can also use the "Shift" button to continue to switch back and forth between Chinese and English mode.

11. Task Switching

We know that when you hover your mouse over the top left or bottom left corner of the desktop, you can activate the task switching bar. But this is not the most efficient way because of the short pause in the middle. In fact, Win+TAB has the same effect as the above operation, but it is more convenient to use.

12. IE start

Metro version of IE does not support Plugin-in, so there are a lot of friends of all ages program version IE. But every time you have to → traditional desktop → double-click IE is not very troublesome? One simpler way is to press Win+1 directly (Metro, traditional interface is suitable for ~)

Note: The principle of this shortcut is to start the first project of the Win8 taskbar, due to By default, IE is the first item in the taskbar, so we can use this to complete the quick start of IE.

13. No password login

Win8 supports online accounts, but if your computer is at home, there is no need to enter the login password every time. In fact, Win8 can also achieve automatic login of the specified account just like Win7. The method is to enter "netplwiz" in the "Run" box, select the account name to be used, and then cancel the "To use this computer, the user must enter the user name and password" check box in the pop-up dialog box, provide the account to Win8 The password can be.