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Welcome to HelpDesk TV. My name is Rudy Stebih.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview comes with a lot of changes; apart from the Metro Start Screen,
there is also a Desktop work space to enable you to work like you used to in previous versions
of Windows. Although, the Windows 8 Desktop looks a lot similar to that of Windows 7,
it does have some important and very useful new features included.
The most significant UI change related to application navigation in Windows 8 Consumer
Preview includes the Switch List. In previous versions of Windows, the only way to switch
between running applications and Windows has been through the Alt + Tab hotkey. Windows
8 has totally revamped the way we interact with applications.
Now, instead of closing an application, the system simply sends them to the background.
These applications running in the background can be maximized at any time through the Switch
List feature.
The Switch List can be accessed by either pointing the mouse cursor in the upper left
corner of your computer screen or through the Windows + Tab hotkey combination.
Taking the mouse cursor to the top left corner works in two ways. If you keep your cursor
in the corner and click, it will automatically switch to the most recently accessed application,
but, if you take your mouse cursor to the top left and then move it downwards without
clicking, you are able to view the complete list of previously accessed applications.
Just click any application to bring the corresponding application the foreground.
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