Windows 8.1 user interface improves on previous Windows 8 features

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Groups reduce clutter of Microsoft Office tiles

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One thing that a lot of people didn't like about Windows 8 was that its Start screen could become cluttered with random tiles. Windows 8.1 makes it possible to arrange tiles into named groups, for instance, this group of Microsoft Office tiles. Tile groups can go a long way toward helping you to better organize your Start screen.

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