Help + Tips

It might seem odd, but the original Windows 8.0 version of TileWorld didn’t have any online help. It was supposed to be so easy to use, you didn’t need instructions. (It wasn’t.)

Now there’s help.

The six tiles on this screen are diving-in points for Windows 8 basics. Each opens an attractive, horizontally scrolling brochure of basics: using the Start screen, adjusting settings, managing your accounts, and so on. Each one offers a “More on Windows.com” table of related links on the Web from Microsoft’s Help site (scroll all the way to the right).

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