I was installing first my tablet with the new version if Windows 8. Worked amazing.
All the swipes from left for the open programs, from down for settings in the application and from the right for the charms. Then I moved to my laptop, which still doesn’t facilitated with a touch screen. In Windows 7 I used to work a lot with shortcuts from the keyboard and after I installed Windows 8 it affected my experience directly. I was looking for shortcuts to enter a situation directly, and not first move my mouse the the right, waiting for the charms and hit settings for example. Lets take a look how Microsoft has created nice keyboard shortcuts for these functions, some of them we know from earlier versions of Windows:
| WINDOWS + X | Hidden start menu |
| WINDOWS + C | Opens Charms |
| WINDOWS + I | Settings of the App you’re in |
| WINDOWS + W | Settings of the Computer |
| WINDOWS + Q | Search Applications |
| WINDOWS + W | Search Settings |
| WINDOWS + R | Run box |
| WINDOWS + T | Switch taskbar programs |
| WINDOWS + U | Ease of Access Center |
| WINDOWS + P | Projector or extra screen |
| WINDOWS + D | Show Desktop |
| WINDOWS + F | Search Files |
| WINDOWS + H | Share Charm |
| WINDOWS + K | Open Connect Charm |
| WINDOWS + L | Locks your screen |
| WINDOWS + B | Goes to your notifications bar |
| WINDOWS + Z | Open application bar |
| WINDOWS + M | Minimize all open Programs |
With these shortcuts above it allows me to use the keyboard for everything and I do not need a mouse nor a touchscreen.