In this post I am going to tell you about what is charm bar in windows 8 in detail. Charm bar (aka charm menu) is a new feature addition to windows 8 which can be accessed at any time and inside any app by hovering your mouse pointer to the right hand side corner or by pressing Windows C. Charm Bar has five menus on the right hand side and displays current time on right hand side. The five menus are Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings. Lets see all these in detail.
Charm bar
Search
When you click on the search option in charm bar, you will be provided with a search box. The search tool is similar to the start menu search in previous versions of windows with added features.
windows 8 search
You can specify the search-type by selecting the options provided below the search box. You can search for any thing without opening the browser.Just select the search app below the search box. For example if I want to search for “fastest cars” in google, I”ll just start typing “fastest cars” at the start screen, select Google Chrome and press enter.
instant google search
You can access search box directly by pressing Windows Q (for apps), Windows W (for settings) and Windows F (for searching files). If you click on the search option inside an app it will search inside that app.
Share
The second option available on the charm bar is the share option. You can instantly share News, web page, mails, etc. directly using this option via email.
instantly share web page
Start button
The next option is the start button. It opens the start screen. You can also use Windows key to open the start screen.
Devices
This shows the devices attached to your computer. For example, you can directly print your photo from the Photos app using this option.
Settings
The last option available on the charm bar is the Settings option. The settings option has two halves, the upper half and the lower half. The upper half is dynamic and changes according to the app which is running. The most common options in the upper half are preferences, about, help, permissions, rate and rewiew, etc. On the desktop you will see options like Control panel, Personalization, PC info and help.
The lower half is static and remains the same in almost all the apps. The lower half contains options like network, volume, brightness, notifications, power and keyboard. And at the bottom you will see the change PC settings option. You can click on that to go to the settings app.
Display current time, date, network and battery
The only thing left in the charm is the time and date display at the right hand side. It displays the current time, date, network strength and battery life. It is very useful to those who are using windows 8 on tablets.
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