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Windows 8 help.

beanielou
beanielou Posts: 98,132 Ambassador
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Have a new laptop & it uses windows 8.
I often change things with out meaning to & I have currently 'lost' my headers & footers.
It is not f11 to bring them back.
Any ideas on how to bring them back?
Thanks.
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  • matttye
    matttye Posts: 4,828 Forumite
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    Do you mean in Microsoft Word, or some other app?
    What will your verse be?

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 98,132 Ambassador
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    No when I am 'surfing'
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 21 months left.
  • Nada666
    Nada666 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
    Try 'escape' or just hovering your mouse at the top centre of the screen? The address bar and others should slide down when you hover.
  • matttye
    matttye Posts: 4,828 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    No when I am 'surfing'

    What browser do you use?

    If Internet Explorer, go to Settings (top right) > File > Full Screen.

    F11 should toggle between desktop and full screen though. Does your keyboard have a function key lock button? If so, that needs to be on for F keys to work.

    Edit: you're probably talking about the metro browser.. no idea about that, sorry!
    What will your verse be?

    R.I.P Robin Williams.
  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    There are two versions of Internet Explorer in Windows 8. There is a "Desktop" version which looks more like you'd expect, and there is the "Metro" version which has no headers or footers (and also doesn't have options like "Settings" at the top right of the screen which mattye mentioned). I suspect you've ended up in the Metro version.

    To get to the Desktop version, first go to the windows Start screen. (Hit the "Windows" key with the flag symbol, usually near "Alt" at the bottom left of a keyboard)

    Then, on the start screen, right-click on the Internet Explorer "tile", and see if there's an option called "Pin to Taskbar"; if so then click on it. (If it already says "Unpin from Taskbar" then skip this step and press Esc).

    Now click on the Desktop tile on the Start screen, and you should find an internet explorer icon (it's a blue "e") on the Taskbar near the bottom left of the screen. Use this to get to Internet Explorer in a more normal view.
  • matttye
    matttye Posts: 4,828 Forumite
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    Two versions of each app - a tech support nightmare :D
    What will your verse be?

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  • Mrs_pbradley936
    Mrs_pbradley936 Posts: 14,573 Forumite
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    I had the same trouble so now use the desktop version - much better. I press the windows key and the letter d to take me to a familiar older looking windows version.
  • Esqui
    Esqui Posts: 3,414 Forumite
    Right click on an empty part of the screen to show the tabs and address bar. If you're on a touch screen, swipe up from the bottom, or if you have a touchpad, swipe up from the bottom of that
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