How To Split Screen In Windows 8.1

How to Split Screen on Windows 8/viii.1

Practice you know that you tin split up the screen of Windows 8/8.one computer? The part of split screen is helpful when y'all run two apps at the same time. For example, y'all tin open up a game and a conversation tool to play game while chatting with your friends. As for how to split screen on the computer, the step-by-pace tutorial is illustrated in the following content of this article.

Video guide on how to split screen on Windows 8:

Steps to split screen on Windows 8/8.1 computer:

Step 1: Open an app from the Start screen or other places in the computer.

For example, yous can open the Travel app on the Start menu, equally the following screen shot shows.

Step two: Go to Desktop.

After the selected app opens, press Windows key (WIN key) to get back to the Start screen, and click Desktop icon to enter the traditional desktop.

Step iii: Find the app thumbnail and motion it to the left border or the right edge of the Desktop screen.

That is, this step can be farther divided into two circumstances.

1. On the desktop screen, move the mouse pointer to the peak left or left edge and the thumbnail of the opened app pops up. Then drag the app thumbnail down along the left edge and loose the mouse arrow.

In a while, the Travel app opens on the left and the screen is splitted into two parts, as exhibited in the pic below.

two. Move to app thumbnail to the right edge of the Desktop screen.

And then, the Travel app is turned on at the right side of the screen.

More than Tips:

i. Change the size of divide screen.

Move the split screen line to the left or right so every bit to alter the screen size. Please look at the photograph below.

2. Minimize an app on the split screen.

If the app you desire to minimize is on the right, move the split screen line to the correct border of the screen.

In other words, motion the line to the left edge of the screen if the app opens on the left.

iii. Shut one of the ii apps from the split screen.

Style 1: Click on the split screen where the app is, and press Alt+F4 to close it.

Way 2: Move the mouse arrow to the top left of Desktop screen, right-click the app thumbnail when it appears, and select Close in the carte du jour.