Windows 8 For Dummies, Pocket Edition E-Book

Andy Rathbone

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Seitenzahl: 142

Beschreibung

The bestselling tech book of all time, now updated for Windows 8 Microsoft Windows is the operating system that runs nearly 90 percent of the world's computers. Windows 8 will offer new interface updates, cloud-based services, and much more. This update of Andy Rathbone's bestselling Windows guide covers all the basics, plus the enhancements unique to Windows 8. Whether you're meeting Windows for the first time or upgrading from an earlier version, this book shows you how to navigate the interface, work with files, browse the Internet, set up e-mail, manage media, and more. * Combined editions of this book, all by Microsoft MVP Andy Rathbone, have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, making Windows For Dummies the #1 bestselling technology book of all time * Covers all the basics of using Windows 8--core desktop components, managing files and folders, saving files, using Windows search, printing, and working in the cloud * Shows how to get online, set up and use e-mail, use the latest version of Internet Explorer, set up security and virus protection, add music to the media player, organize photos, and edit media * Includes coverage on using Windows 8's new start screen on both a desktop computer and a touchscreen device Windows 8 For Dummies has what all Windows newbies need to know as well as complete coverage of the new version's bells and whistles.

Leseprobe

Windows® 8 For Dummies®, Pocket Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

How to Use This Book

Tablet Owners Aren’t Left Out

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Chapter 1: The New Start Screen

What’s New in Windows 8?

Starting Windows 8

Keeping your account private with a password

Signing up for a Microsoft account

Figuring Out the New Start Screen in Windows 8

Launching a Start screen program or app

Viewing or closing your open apps

Finding a Start screen app or program

Adding or removing Start screen items

The Charms bar and its shortcuts

Introducing your free apps

Exiting from Windows

Chapter 2: The Traditional Desktop

Finding the Desktop

Touching the Desktop on a Touchscreen

Working with the Desktop

Summoning the Start screen and open apps

Cleaning up a messy desktop

Jazzing up the desktop’s background

Snapping an app alongside the desktop

Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin

Bellying Up to the Taskbar

Clicking the taskbar’s sensitive areas

Chapter 3: Storage: Internal, External, and in the Sky

Browsing the File Explorer

Getting the Lowdown on Folders and Libraries

Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Libraries

Seeing the files on a disk drive

Seeing what’s inside a folder

Creating a New Folder

Renaming a File or Folder

Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders

Getting Rid of a File or Folder

Copying or Moving Files and Folders

Writing to CDs and DVDs

Buying the right kind of blank CDs and DVDs for burning

Copying files to or from a CD or DVD

Working with Flash Drives and Memory Cards

SkyDrive: Your Cubbyhole in the Clouds

Accessing files with SkyDrive

Accessing SkyDrive from the desktop

Chapter 4: Working with Apps

Starting a Program or App

Adding and Deleting Apps

Adding new apps from the Store app

Uninstalling apps

Updating Your Apps

Finding Currently Running Start Screen Apps

Chapter 5: Engaging the Social Apps

Adding Your Social Accounts to Windows 8

Understanding the Mail App

Adding other e-mail accounts

Navigating the Mail app’s views, menus, and accounts

Composing and sending an e-mail

Reading a received e-mail

Sending and Receiving Files through E-Mail

Saving a received attachment

Sending a file as an attachment

Finding lost mail

Managing Your Contacts in the People App

Adding contacts

Deleting or editing contacts

Managing Appointments in Calendar

Chatting through Messaging

Chapter 6: Getting Connected and Having Fun through the Start Screen

Why Do I Need an ISP?

Connecting Wirelessly to the Internet

Browsing Quickly from the Start Screen

Playing Music from the Start Screen

Taking Photos with the Camera App

Viewing Photos from the Start Screen

Chapter 7: Ten Things You’ll Hate about Windows 8 (And How to Fix Them)

I Want to Avoid the Start Screen!

I Want to Avoid the Desktop!

I Can’t Copy Music to My iPod

I Always Have to Sign In

The Taskbar Keeps Disappearing

I Can’t Keep Track of Open Windows

I Can’t Line Up Two Windows on the Screen

It Won’t Let Me Do Something Unless I’m an Administrator!

I Don’t Know What Version of Windows I Have

My Print Screen Key Doesn’t Work

Windows® 8 For Dummies®, Pocket Edition

by Andy Rathbone

Windows® 8 For Dummies®, Pocket Edition

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