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Small icons put the files’ names to the right of the icons; the other

views put the name beneath the icon. You might want one of the
large settings for things like photos and the small settings when
you want to see more files without scrolling.

Tip

If you have a touchscreen, you can use the two-finger spreading gesture to enlarge icons, or the
pinching gesture to shrink them, right on the glass. If you have a mouse, you can enlarge or shrink
all the icons in a window—or switch to any other view—by turning your mouse’s scroll wheel
while you press the Ctrl key.

List view. This one packs, by far, the most files into the space of a

window; each file has a tiny icon to its left, and the list of files
wraps into as many columns as necessary to maximize the

window’s available space.

Details view. This is the same as List view, except that it presents
only a single column of files. It’s a table, really; additional columns

reveal the size, icon type, modification date, rating, and other
information.

Microsoft thinks you’ll really dig Details view. It’s so important

that there’s a dedicated “Switch to Details view” icon at the lower-
right corner of every window.

Furthermore, whenever you’re in Details view, you get two bonus

icons on the Ribbon’s View tab: “Add columns” and “Size all
columns to fit.” They’re described in the box on the next page.

Tiles view. Your icons appear at standard size, with name and file
details just to the right.