Acer Aspire V5-132 User Manual (Windows 8.1) - Page 67

Can I boot directly to the desktop?, How do I jump between apps?, How do I turn off my computer?

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Frequently asked questions - 67 Can I boot directly to the desktop? Yes, you can, just follow these steps: 1. Go to the desktop. 2. Right-click the taskbar and select Properties from the menu that opens. 3. From the Navigation tab, check Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in. How do I jump between apps? Move your cursor to the upper left-hand corner of the screen and click the thumbnail of the app that you want to jump to. How do I turn off my computer? Move your cursor to the upper right-hand corner of the screen, click Settings > Power and select the action you'd like to take. Can I just turn off notifications? You can turn off notifications during certain hours so that you can leave your computer running, but not be disturbed by notifications. 1. Move your cursor to the upper right-hand corner of the screen and click Settings > Change PC settings > Search & apps > Notifications. 2. Move the Quiet hours slider to On and select times to start and stop disabling notifications. How do I unlock my computer? Press the space bar and select a user account icon to unlock the computer. If your account has a password set, you will need to enter the password to continue. Click the preview icon to see the characters you've entered to ensure the password is correct.

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Frequently asked questions - 67
Can I boot directly to the desktop?
Yes, you can, just follow these steps:
1.Go to the desktop.
2.Right-click the taskbar and select
Properties
from the menu that
opens.
3.From the
Navigation
tab, check
Go to the desktop instead of Start
when I sign in
.
How do I jump between apps?
Move your cursor to the upper left-hand corner of the screen and click
the thumbnail of the app that you want to jump to.
How do I turn off my computer?
Move your cursor to the upper right-hand corner of the screen, click
Settings
>
Power
and select the action you'd like to take.
Can I just turn off notifications?
You can turn off notifications during certain hours so that you can
leave your computer running, but not be disturbed by notifications.
1. Move your cursor to the upper right-hand corner of the screen and
click
Settings
>
Change PC settings
>
Search & apps
>
Notifications
.
2.Move the
Quiet hours
slider to
On
and select times to start and stop
disabling notifications.
How do I unlock my computer?
Press the space bar and select a user account icon to unlock the
computer. If your account has a password set, you will need to enter
the password to continue.
Click the
preview
icon to see the characters you've entered to ensure
the password is correct.