Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Gestures and Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 8




Let's look at this trick, controls, gestures and keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8 .

Combination of mouse + keyboard shortcuts:

- Lower left corner + Right Click - Opens a special menu with advanced options (the same as Win + X)

- Top edge + drag on the sides of the screen - the app fits the left or right of the screen .

- Control + Mouse Wheel - Zoom

Mouse gestures:

In a desktop computer with  keyboard and mouse , the operation is basically the same. However, some of the previous gestures change slightly to suit the peculiarities of the device: various types of click, but only to a point.

The changes from the touch controls are:

Make  zoom : click on the magnifying glass or use the mouse wheel while holding Control.

  • Unlock the Home screen: Make a normal click. 
  • List of open apps: leave the cursor in the lower left corner and slide it up over the edge of the screen. 
  • Close an application: from the top of the application, when the cursor changes to a hand, drag the window down. 
  • Application Menu: right click. 
  • Metro app menu IE: right click. 
  • scroll through a list horizontal mouse wheel usually does this function.

Touch gestures (on a tablet):


Using Windows 8 on a tablet is as easy as handle you for any smartphone. It comes down to touch, drag, slide and control with two fingers.

Fotor: Excellent Photo Editor For Windows 8




Fotor is a free application and is an excellent photo editor for Windows 8 platform being an excellent choice to create the photos you capture in this Christmas.

Main features are:


  • It includes basic editing tools, brilliant visuals and frames.
  • Accounts with a RAW converter with tone mapping supporting more than 100 RAW formats.
  • You can import the tarred RAW producing a powerful editing.
  • Contains very powerful tool and easy to use to edit the brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, blur, color temperature, move and rotate, and more.
  • You can make improvements pixel by pixel in one touch.
  • Accounts with edge effects and allows you to test your creativity with a great palette.
  • In regard to the effects include over 60 well-defined effects divided into categories such as classic, back, B & M, art and cartoons, etc..
  • In regard to the edges include more than 23 different styles.
  • This editor optimizes the source image to make it an amazing picture.
  • Tilt-Shift: A function that provides depth of field, including visual effects to your images, obtaining photographs at a professional level.
  • Gives you give free rein to your creativity using a mix of clear focus with selective blur to create stunning photos.

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Basic Commands For Windows 8



Here the list of basic commands to use Windows 8. All commands can be run from the command line press Windows key + R and type text and then press the enter.

appwiz.cpl

Uninstall a program

desk.cpl

Change screen appearance

firewall.cpl

Configure the firewall of Windows 8

hdwwiz.cpl

Device Manager

intl.cpl

Watch Windows 8

main.cpl

Mouse Properties

powercfg.cpl

Power Options of Windows 8

sysdm.cpl

System Properties

compmgmt.msc

Equipment Manager Windows 8

devmgmt.msc

Device Manager in Windows 8

diskmgmt.msc

Disk Management Windows 8

eventvwr . msc

Event Viewer

fsmgmt.msc

Shared Folders

perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor in Windows 8

services.msc

Services Windows 8

calc

Calculator

cleanmgr

Cleanup hard drives in Windows 8

cmd

Command line

Control

Control Panel

diskpart

hard disk partitions manager

Explorer

Windows Explorer

iexplore

Internet Explorer

logoff

Windows 8 Logout

msconfig

System configuration

msinfo32

System Information

mspaint

Paint

mstsc

remote desktop connection

notepad

Notepad

osk

Screen Keyboard

perfmon

Performance Monitor

regedit

Registry Editor