9 NEW FEATURES IN WINDOWS 8.1

9 NEW FEATURES IN WINDOWS 8.1
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Microsoft plans an update to its Windows
8 system to address some of the
complaints and incorporate other
feedback received since the radical
makeover to the operating system came
out in October.
Microsoft isn't saying yet when Windows
8.1 will come out, although a test version
is scheduled to be released June 26. It will
be a free download for existing Windows
8 users.
Here are highlights of the planned
changes:
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1st FEATURE: Windows 8.1 will let users
launch the operating system in a desktop
mode that resembles the setup found in
older versions of Windows. Before,
Windows 8 users were automatically taken
to a full-page startup screen that
displays applications in a mosaic of
interactive tiles instead of static icons.
2nd FEATURE: Microsoft isn't restoring
the traditional start button on the lower
left side of the screen, as requested by
many users, but it is restoring a logo in
that spot and will let users add favorite
applications, such as Word and Excel, to a
horizontal tool bar while working in the
desktop mode.
3rd FEATURE: Windows 8.1 will lean
heavily on Microsoft's Bing search
technology to simplify things. As with
Windows 8, the search bar can be found
by pulling out a menu from the right side
of a display screen. Rather than
requiring a user to search categories such
as files or apps separately, Windows 8.1
will make it possible to find just about
anything available on the computer or on
the Web with a single, comprehensive
search.
4th FEATURE: The update will include a
built-in connection with Microsoft's
online storage system, SkyDrive, to back
up photos, music and program files.
5th FEATURE: Internet Explorer 11, the
next generation of Microsoft's Web
browser, will come with Windows 8.1.
6th FEATURE: The new version will have
a lock-up screen that will display a
slideshow of a user's favorite pictures.
7th FEATURE: Windows 8.1 will offer
easier ways to move apps on the start
screen and change the size of each app's
on-screen tile.
8th FEATURE: Although Windows 8
allowed people to run two apps side by
side, people were limited in how they could
configure the screen. Windows 8.1 will
give users more options to determine how
much of the screen each app takes while
showing up to four different programs.
9th FEATURE: The Outlook email app will
come for free with a lightweight version
of Windows, called Windows RT, designed
for tablets such as Microsoft's Surface.