Switching Between Running Apps

If you have multiple Windows 8 apps going, Windows 8 gives you two ways to switch between them using a mouse:

• Position the mouse pointer in the top-left corner of the screen. Windows responds by showing you a thumbnail version of the next running app (see Figure 4.11); click to switch to that app. If you want to cycle through the apps, leave the mouse pointer in the top-left corner and keep clicking.

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Figure 4.11. Move the mouse pointer to the top-left corner of the screen to see a thumbnail of the next running app.

• Move the mouse pointer into the top-left corner of the screen and when the thumbnail of the next ...

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