Windows 8 Best Features and Keyboard Commands

Microsoft have already launched their most amazing and highly-anticipated flagship project for the year 2012 as they announced the arrival of Windows 8.

The new operating system was officially released on Friday, October 26, 2012 (ET). Windows 8 was released together with Windows Surface.

The Windows 8 is one of the most advanced Operating System, Microsoft was able to produce. It has a totally different interface with several new features and capabilities.

We have listed here the best features of Windows 8:

***New Interface: Windows 8 interface has a stunning Start Screen UI enables a completely new Windows experience. The full-screen Windows Store apps are incredibly slick and speedy with navigation at Start Screen quickly and seamlessly.

***Task Manager Vastly Improved: With several new features and is more intuitive to use. Performance tab gives you an at-a-glance status update on your CPU, Memory, Disk, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi usage in moving charts.

***The First Truly Gestural version of Windows.
***Live Tiles and Lock Screen.
***Windows 8 offers a very easy way to refresh or reset your PC.
***Settings Synchronization made easy.
***Snap View for Multitasking.
***You can Pin Anything and Share Everything.
***Windows 8 Offers System Wide Search.

Here are the Windows 8 Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts:

***Windows logo key + start typing: Search your PC
***Ctrl+plus (+) or Ctrl+minus (-): Zoom in or out of many items, like apps pinned to the Start screen or in the Store
***Ctrl+scroll wheel: Zoom in or out of many items, like apps pinned to the Start screen or in the Store
***Windows logo key + C: Open the charms
***Windows logo key + F: Open the Search charm
***Windows logo key +H: Open the Share charm
***Windows logo key +I: Open the Settings charm
***Windows logo key + K: Open the Devices charm
***Windows logo key + O: Lock the screen orientation (portrait or landscape)
***Windows logo key + Z: Open commands for the app
***Windows logo key + PgUp: Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the right (apps in the desktop won’t change monitors)
***Windows logo key + PgDn: Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the left (apps in the desktop won’t change monitors)
***Windows logo key + Shift+period (.): Snap an app to the left
***Windows logo key + period (.): Snap an app to the right