User's Guide

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Getting Started
To Shut down your device
To Shut down your device
1 From the Start or Desktop screen, swipe in from the right
edge of the screen.
2 When the Windows
®
charms appear, touch the Settings
( ) charm.
Pressing the power button before shutting down the
Windows
®
operating system could cause you to lose
your work.
3 In the lower right of the screen touch the
Power ()
icon.
(Sample Image) Shut down
4 Highlight Shut down, and then touch the Shut down
option.
The device closes all open applications, shuts down the
operating system, and then turns off.
To place your device in Sleep mode
1 From the Start or Desktop screen, swipe in from the right
edge of the screen.
2 When the Windows
®
charms appear, touch the Settings
( ) charm.
If you power down using the Sleep command and the
battery discharges fully, your unsaved information will be
lost. Be sure to save your work first.
Power
Shut down option