Windows 8.1 supports portrait mode. Tablets can be used vertically

Win8 tablet later also on end use. At this week's Computex Taipei Computer Show, Microsoft introduced some of the new features optimized for small form factor tablets in Windows 8.1. One of the important features is support for portrait mode.

Antoine Lebond, vice president of Windows project management, introduced at Computex: "Windows 8.1 has a vertical layout start screen, all applications running in portrait mode and current The landscape mode is the same. In order to support the vertical mode, Microsoft has also done a lot of work, such as some improvements to edge detection at the device interface level.

According to reports, in order to encourage OEMs and consumers to accept Windows small tablet, in addition to a series of new features including vertical mode, Microsoft also bundled Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for free. In the 7-inch and 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablets, users are given a greater discount.