Alt-F4, Rt. Click, or look for an "X" at the top right. 60 Windows 8 tips, tricks and secrets: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/50-windows-8-tips-tricks-and-secrets-1028220 On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Dean Kukral <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It will be a long time before I leave Windows 7, but a friend of mine went > out and purchased a new computer with Windows 8 on it. > > She wants to know how to close a window after she's done with it. For > example, she says she uses a link to go to an email message, and, after she > is done with it, she doesn't know how to get out of it. She says that > there's "no red X to click on," and that she's had to turn the machine off > to get out of it. Sometimes that doesn't even work, as it goes back to what > she was reading. > > I told her to get "Windows 8 for dummies" or something, but she's been > confused in the past by computer books, and she's the type of person to not > sit still long enough to read through a book. > > So, how do you close a window after you're done with it? > > Is there anywhere online that has a very simple outline of the basic 8 > functions? > > Thanks, > > Dean Kukral > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://freepctech.com Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com