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eager to impart a little humanity to your computer,

calls it a Charms bar.
Shown in Figure 1-9, the Charms bars five icons, or
charms, list things you can do with your currently
viewed screen. For example, when youre gazing at a
website you want a friend to see, fetch the Charms
bar, choose Share, and choose the friend who should
see it. Off it goes to your friends eyeballs.

Figure 1-9: The Charms bar in Windows 8 contains handy

icons for performing common tasks.
The Charms bar can be summoned from anywhere
within Windows 8, whether youre on the Start
screen, the Windows desktop, and even from within
apps and desktop programs.
But no matter what part of Windows 8 youre working
with, you can summon the Charms bar using a mouse,
keyboard, or touchscreen by following these steps:
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