Then, right-click on the last tile, and select Small from the Resize menu ( Figure A).įigure A You can select multiple tiles and resize them all at the same time. As you do, a check mark will appear in the upper right corner of the tile to indicate that it's selected. To do so, just hold down the key and select multiple tiles with a left-click. Fortunately, you can select multiple tiles at one time. As you can imagine, resizing each tile individually is a tedious operation. Then, select a size option from the Resize menu. To resize a tile, simply right-click on it to display the context menu. While the Large tiles are also obscene for use with a mouse pointer, I found that the Small tiles are perfect for emulating a Start Menu-like interface on the Start Screen. Fortunately, with Windows 8.1, Microsoft added two additional tile sizes: Large tiles, which measure 310×310, and Small tiles, which measure 70×70. Both these sizes are great for fat fingers on a touch screen, but they're hideously large when directing a fine mouse pointer on a desktop monitor. Sizing tilesĪs you may know, on the Windows 8 Start Screen, there are only two tile sizes: Square tiles, which measure 150×150 pixels, and Wide tiles, which measure 310×150 pixels. In this article, I'll show you what I discovered. While this works quite well, I carried my experimentation a bit further over the last few days and have found that there are several new enhancements to the Start Screen that you can use to make it look and feel more like the Start Menu.
I then showed you how to configure and use the Apps view as a Start Menu replacement. I started by investigation with the Apps view and its new features, such as the new sorting feature, the ability to configure it as the target of the Start button, and the ability to increase the number of icons that it can display. In a previous article, " Make the best of the Windows 8.1 Start/Apps Screen with its new features," I told you that I'd decided to stop pining away for the Start Menu and take a closer look at what's available in Windows 8.1.
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