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In → → System → “Tablet mode,” you have two sets of controls. The

first set controls what happens when you sign into your account. (In other
words, different people may see something different when they sign in.)

This drop-down menu offers you a choice of “Use tablet mode,” “Use

desktop mode,” or “Use the appropriate mode for my hardware” (that is,
use desktop mode if the keyboard is attached).

The second drop-down menu wants to know what happens when you attach

or detach your hybrid’s keyboard:

Nothing. Choose “Don’t ask me and don’t switch.”

Automatically switch to or from Tablet mode. “Don’t ask me
and always switch.”

Ask before switching. This is the factory setting: When you
detach or attach the keyboard, Windows asks if you want to pop

into or out of Tablet mode.

And while you’re here: Two switches let you opt to hide all the little app

icons on your taskbar, or the entire taskbar itself, when you’re in the Mode.

The Onscreen Keyboard

If your computer has a physical keyboard, or if your tablet has a removable
one, great! But touchscreens generally don’t have moving keys. That’s why,
whenever you tap in a spot where typing is required, you can summon the

onscreen keyboard (Figure 12-9). Just hit the keyboard button on the system
tray (lower right of your screen).

Note

If you don’t see the keyboard icon, then right-click (or hold your finger down on) the taskbar;
from the shortcut menu, choose “Show touch keyboard button.”