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My Surface™   Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Surface photos that show you exactly what to do Help when you run into Surface problems or limitations Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Surface   Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your Surface working just the way you want. Learn how to   • Get started quickly with Surface’s Start Screen and natural touch interface • Safely connect to networks, the Web, and other PCs • Use SkyDrive and your Microsoft account to access data and settings from anywhere • Search and browse the Internet more efficiently than ever • Do your Facebook and Twitter social networking through the People app • Discover, manage, and play music and other media • Watch Netflix, YouTube, and other streaming video • Manage your appointments and your life through Calendar • Keep up to date with the latest news • Create documents with Word 2013 • Crunch numbers with Excel 2013 • Present on-the-go with PowerPoint 2013 • Organize your notes with OneNote 2013 • Find the best new Surface apps at the Windows Store • Keep your Surface working reliably and securely • Personalize Microsoft Surface so it works the way you want it to • Get more help whenever you need it • Make the most of Touch Cover and Type Cover • Control your Xbox 360 through Surface’s Smartglass app   CATEGORY: Tablets COVERS: Microsoft Surface™ USER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate  

Table of Contents:
Introduction Chapter 1 An Introduction to Surface The Surface Device     Ports and Controls     The Kickstand     Type Cover and Touch Cover Windows RT Basics     The Start Screen     App Switching and Charms     Typing in Windows RT     Adding Devices     Removing Devices     Notifications     The Lock Screen Additional Settings     Volume and Mute     Screen Brightness and Rotation Lock     Hiding Notifications Temporarily     Shutting Down, Sleeping, and Restarting     Synchronizing Settings Moving On Chapter 2 Connecting to Networks Wireless Networking     Connecting to a Wireless Network     Connecting to a Hidden Network     Disconnecting from a Network     Using Airplane Mode Network Sharing     Turning Sharing On or Off     Accessing Network Resources Remoting into Other Computers     Enabling Connections on the Remote Computer     Connecting to Remote Computers Chapter 3 Using and Customizing the Start Screen Locating and Launching Apps     Launching Apps from the Start Screen     Searching for Apps Switching Between Recent Apps     Switching Between Running Apps     Displaying a List of Running Apps     Displaying Two Apps Simultaneously Organizing the Start Screen     Rearranging Tiles     Naming Groups     Changing or Removing a Group Name Customizing the Start Screen     Changing the Start Screen Color Scheme and Background Picture     Showing Administrative Tools     Removing Tiles from the Start Menu     Pinning Apps to the Start Menu     Changing Tile Sizes     Controlling Live Tiles     Removing Personal Information from Live Tiles Chapter 4 Security and Windows RT Securing Your PC     Changing Your Password     Locking Your PC     Signing Out of Your PC     Configuring Auto-Lock Using Picture Passwords     Creating a Picture Password     Changing Your Picture Password     Replaying Your Picture Password     Removing Your Picture Password Using PINs     Creating a PIN     Changing a PIN     Removing a PIN     Signing in with a PIN     Using a PIN When a Picture Password Is Set Managing User Accounts     Adding a Local Account     Adding a Microsoft Account     Deleting a User Account     Switching Accounts     Changing from a Local Account to a Microsoft Account     Switching to a Local Account Chapter 5 Using Family Safety Configuring Family Safety     Enabling and Disabling Family Safety for a User     Configuring Activity Reporting Viewing Activity Reports     Viewing Activity Reports from Control Panel     Viewing Activity Reports from the Family Safety Website Using Web Filtering     Enabling Web Filtering from Control Panel     Enabling Web Filtering from the Family Safety Website     Modifying the Web Filter List from Control Panel     Modifying the Web Filter List from the Website     Blocking Sites from the Activity Report Using Time Limits and Curfews     Setting Time Limits and Curfews from Control Panel     Setting Time Limits and Curfews from the Website Configuring Windows Store and Game Restrictions     Configuring Windows Store and Game Restrictions from Control Panel     Configuring Store and Game Restrictions from the Website     Changing the Rating System from Control Panel     Changing the Rating System from the Website Handling Requests     Responding to a Request from the User’s PC     Responding to a Request from the Website Managing Users in Family Safety     Adding a New Parent     Making an Existing User a Parent     Linking Accounts Configuring Email Notifications     Changing Frequency of Request Emails     Changing Activity Report Email Settings Chapter 6 Backing Up Your Data Configuring and Starting File History     Starting Your First Backup     Selecting a Different Drive     Excluding Folders     Choosing When Backups Happen     Controlling Local Disk Usage     Controlling How Long Backups are Kept     Recommending a Drive to Your HomeGroup Restoring Files     Restoring Files to the Original Location     Resolving File Conflicts     Restoring to a Different Location Cleaning Up Files     Performing a Clean Up Troubleshooting File History     Viewing File History Event History Chapter 7 Searching and Browsing the Internet Using the Bing App     Exploring the Bing App     Searching in the Bing App     Filtering Search Results     Controlling Search History     Clearing Search History Browsing Sites with Internet Explorer     Opening a Site in the Windows 8—Style Internet Explorer     Viewing a Site in Desktop Internet Explorer     Pinning Web Pages to the Start Screen     Searching a Web Page     Setting the Zoom Level     Using Flip Ahead     Disallowing Location Services Using Tabs     Opening a Link in a New Tab     Creating a New Blank Tab     Closing a Tab     Opening an InPrivate Tab Favorites and Frequent Sites     Adding a Favorite     Browsing to a Favorite Page     Opening a Favorite in a New Tab     Deleting a Favorite     Visiting a Frequent Site     Opening a Frequent Site in a New Tab     Deleting a Frequent Site Tile Chapter 8 Connecting with People Working with Contacts     Adding Contacts from the Cloud     Changing Contact Sort Order     Filtering Your Contacts     Linking Contacts     Making a Contact a Favorite     Pinning Contacts to the Start Screen     Creating a New Contact     Deleting a Contact     Removing All Contacts from a Service     Editing a Contact     Contacting Someone from the People App Social Networking     Posting to Social Networks     Viewing Updates on Social Networks Sharing Content with People     Sharing App Content with Social Networks     Emailing App Content to Contacts     Listing Share Apps in Alphabetical Order     Clearing the List of Often-Shared Choices     Disabling the Often-Shared Shortcut List Using the Messaging App     Sending a Message     Sending a Message from a Different Account     Inviting a Friend to Message with You     Making Yourself Unavailable     Changing Your Status     Deleting a Conversation     Reporting a Hacked Account Chapter 9 Using Mail Adding and Managing Email Accounts     Adding a Hotmail Account     Adding an Outlook Account     Adding a Google Account     Adding a Custom Account     Setting When and How Much Email Is Downloaded     Renaming an Account     Choosing What to Sync     Changing an Account Password     Controlling Account Email Notifications     Removing an Account Reading and Organizing Email     Reading an Email     Viewing or Saving Email Attachments       Marking Emails Read or Unread     Moving Emails to Another Folder     Deleting Email Messages     Undeleting Email Messages     Pinning a Folder to the Start Screen Composing and Sending Email     Creating a New Email Message     Replying to Email       Formatting Text in an Email       Adding Emoticons to Email     Attaching Files to an Email     Saving Email Drafts     Continuing a Saved Draft     Using an Email Signature Chapter 10 Using Calendar Connecting Calendars     Adding a Hotmail Calendar     Adding an Outlook Calendar     Adding a Google Calendar Viewing Calendars     Hiding a Calendar     Changing a Calendar’s Display Color     Viewing Events in Month View     Viewing Events in Week View     Viewing Events in Day View Working with Events     Adding a Basic Event       Adding a Recurring Event     Setting Reminders     Specifying an Event Status     Inviting Others to an Event     Creating a Private Event     Editing an Event     Deleting an Event Chapter 11 Keeping Up to Date with News Reading the News     Reading an Article     Pin a Section to the Start Screen     Viewing an Article in a Browser     Clearing Your Viewing History Other News Sources     Reading News from Other Sources     Pinning a News Source to the Start Screen     Searching for News Custom News     Adding a My News Source     Removing a My News Source Sharing News     Emailing a News Article     Sharing an Article on Facebook Chapter 12 HomeGroups and SkyDrive Using HomeGroups     Joining a HomeGroup     Leaving a HomeGroup     Accessing Shared Files Using SkyDrive     Browsing Files in SkyDrive     Opening Files with a Specific App     Creating a New Folder     Uploading Files to SkyDrive     Downloading Files from SkyDrive     Deleting Files from SkyDrive     Reviewing SkyDrive Usage Chapter 13 Discovering and Playing Music Browsing Music     Logging In to Xbox Music     Exploring an Artist     Exploring the Xbox Music Store     Searching for Music Managing Your Music Library     Adding a Network Location to My Music     Purchasing Music     Deleting Music from Your Library     Requiring a Password for Purchases     Making My Music the Default View Using an Xbox Music Pass     Purchasing an Xbox Music Pass     Downloading Xbox Music Pass Music Playing Music on Your PC and Xbox 360     Playing Music     Playing Music on an Xbox 360 Music Playlists     Adding Songs to the Now Playing Playlist     Creating a Playlist     Adding Songs to a Playlist     Editing a Playlist     Deleting a Playlist     Seeing What’s Playing     Shuffling or Repeating Songs in a Playlist Chapter 14 Watching Video Managing My Videos     Adding Videos to My Videos     Deleting Videos from My Videos     Making My Videos the Default View Exploring, Buying, and Renting Videos     Browsing the Movies Store     Renting Movies     Buying Movies     Browsing the Television Store     Buying TV Shows     Require a Password for Purchases     Sharing Videos with Email     Sharing Videos on Facebook Playing Videos     Playing Videos on Your Surface     Playing Videos on Your Xbox 360 Chapter 15 Pictures Adding Pictures to the Photos App     Populating the Pictures Library     Connecting to the Cloud     Importing Pictures     Choosing Which Pictures Show in the Photos App Viewing Pictures and Video     Browsing Pictures     Browsing Pictures by Date     Watching a Slide Show     Deleting Pictures     Using a Picture in Your Lock Screen     Setting the Pictures App Tile Image     Shuffling Pictures on the App Tile     Setting the Pictures App Background Sharing Pictures     Sharing a Picture with Email     Uploading Pictures to SkyDrive     Sharing a Picture with People   Using the Camera App     Taking Pictures     Changing Photo Resolution     Changing Picture Appearance     Taking Video Chapter 16 Using Maps Exploring Maps     Viewing and Zooming     Using Zoom Controls     Viewing Your Location     Changing the Units of Measurement     Changing the Map Style     Using Angled View     Showing Traffic Searching Maps     Searching for a Place     Adding Pins     Clearing or Disabling Search History Getting Directions     Allowing Maps to Use Your Location     Getting Directions to a Pinned Address     Getting Directions by Searching Sharing Maps     Sharing Maps with Email Chapter 17 Creating Documents with Microsoft Word 2013 Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents     Creating a New Blank Document     Creating a Document from a Template     Saving Documents to Your Tablet     Saving Documents to SkyDrive     Opening Documents on Your Tablet     Opening Documents on SkyDrive     Managing Recent Documents     Switching Microsoft Accounts Formatting Text     Formatting Existing Text       Formatting New Text     Formatting Text Using Styles     Editing Styles     Creating a New Style Adding Pictures     Adding Pictures from Your Tablet or Removable Media     Adding Pictures from the Cloud     Formatting Pictures     Changing Picture Layout Proofing Documents     Correcting Misspelled Words     Adding Words to the Dictionary     Using the Dictionary     Using the Thesaurus Sharing Documents     Sharing Documents Using Email     Sharing Using Social Networking Printing Documents     Printing an Entire Document     Printing Specific Pages Tips and Tricks     Using the Quick Access Toolbar     Adjusting Input Mode     Using the Format Painter Chapter 18 Crunching Numbers with Microsoft Excel 2013 Creating, Opening, and Saving Workbooks     Creating a Workbook     Opening a Workbook     Saving a Workbook Entering Data     Adding Data     Resizing a Column     Changing Data Formatting     Adding Data with AutoFill Creating Formulas and Functions     Directly Entering a Formula     Using the Insert Function Dialog     Creating Formulas from Selections Tips and Tricks     Freezing Panes     Creating Sheets     Filtering Data Chapter 19 Presenting with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Creating, Opening, and Saving Presentations     Creating a Presentation     Saving a Presentation     Opening a Presentation Creating Slides and Content     Creating a New Slide     Deleting a Slide     Changing Slide Layout     Adding Text to a Slide     Adding Shapes to a Slide     Aligning Objects Using Themes     Applying a Theme     Modifying a Theme Using Animations and Transitions     Applying a Transition     Customizing a Transition     Adding an Animation     Configuring an Animation Trigger Presenting with PowerPoint     Changing Slide Order     Entering Slide Show Mode Tips and Tricks     Using Sections     Using Headers and Footers Chapter 20 Organizing Notes with Microsoft OneNote 2013 Creating and Organizing Sections     Creating a Section     Changing a Section’s Color     Renaming a Section     Merging Sections     Moving or Copying a Section     Deleting a Section Creating and Editing Pages     Creating a Page     Adding Text to a Page     Adding Pictures on Your Tablet to a Page     Adding Pictures from the Cloud to a Page     Renaming a Page     Moving or Copying a Page     Deleting a Page Creating and Organizing Notebooks     Creating a Notebook     Switching and Opening Notebooks     Moving and Sharing a Notebook     Using the Recycle Bin Using Send to OneNote       Capturing a Screen Clipping     Sending Content to OneNote     Adding a QuickNote Chapter 21 Enhancing Windows with Apps Browsing the Windows Store     Browsing Categories     Exploring Apps     Searching for Apps Installing and Uninstalling Apps     Installing Apps     Uninstalling Apps     Reinstalling Purchased Apps Updating Apps     Manually Checking for Updates     Installing App Updates Great Apps for Your Surface     Netflix     Skype     Angry Birds Space     Rowi     YouTube+     iHeartRadio     Kindle     WeatherBug     News360     eBay Chapter 22 Updating and Troubleshooting Windows RT Updating with Windows Update     Checking for and Installing Updates Manually     Installing Optional Updates Troubleshooting Windows RT     Refreshing and Repairing Your PC     Resetting Windows   9780789748546   TOC   11/19/2012  

About the Author :
Jim Cheshire is a technology expert with a passion for gadgets. He has written a dozen books and many online articles on technology and is the author of many best-selling technical guides. Jim works on the Azure Application Platform and Tools team at Microsoft and was an early adopter of Windows RT.   When Jim’s not writing, he spends time with his family, plays keyboards with his band, and enjoys writing music.   You can contact Jim through his website at www.JimcoBooks.com.