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My Surface™ 2 Updated for Windows® RT 8.1   Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Surface 2 photos that show you exactly what to do   Help when you run into Surface 2 problems or limitations   Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Surface 2   Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your Surface 2 working just the way you want. Learn how to:     •   Get started quickly with Surface 2 and Windows RT 8.1   •   Connect to Wi-Fi, share printers, and access files from your network or your SkyDrive cloud storage account   •   Get on the Web fast and enjoy it more with Internet Explorer 11 and the Bing search engine   •   Secure your Surface and control what your kids can do with it   •   Do all your Facebook and Twitter social networking through the People app   •   Find and play the music you love with Xbox Music, Radio, and Xbox Music Pass   •   Watch Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, and other streaming video   •   Instantly retrieve up-to-the-minute news from top media and journalists   •   Create, edit, format, proof, and share documents with Word 2013   •   Crunch numbers with Excel 2013   •   Present on the go with PowerPoint 2013   •   Use OneNote 2013 to organize notes, sync them across devices, and access them from anywhere   •   Manage email and track your calendar with Outlook 2013   •   Go anywhere with Surface 2’s easy maps and directions   •   Capture, manage, touch up, and geotag your photos   •   Make sure your files are always safely backed up   •   Find the best new Windows Store Apps   •   Keep your Surface 2 working reliably, with maximum battery life   •   Personalize your Surface 2 using the newest customization settings   •   Get more help whenever you need it  

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Scratching the Surface ..............................................................................................2 Why You’ll Love My Surface 2 .............................................................................2 What You’ll Find in the Book ................................................................................3 Go Beneath the Surface 2 .......................................................................................6   1 An Introduction to Surface 2 9 The Surface 2 Device ...................................................................................................9     Ports and Controls ..............................................................................................10     The Kickstand .........................................................................................................13     Type Cover and Touch Cover ....................................................................13 Windows RT 8.1 Basics ............................................................................................14     The Start Screen ...................................................................................................15     App Switching and Charms .......................................................................16     Typing in Windows RT 8.1 ...........................................................................17     Adding Devices .....................................................................................................19     Adding a Bluetooth Device ........................................................................20     Removing Devices ..............................................................................................20     Notifications .............................................................................................................21     The Lock Screen ...................................................................................................23     Playing a Slide Show on the Lock Screen .....................................25 Additional Settings ....................................................................................................26     Volume and Mute ...............................................................................................26     Screen Brightness and Rotation Lock ...............................................27     Hiding Notifications Temporarily ..........................................................28     Shutting Down, Sleeping, and Restarting ....................................28     Synchronizing Settings ..................................................................................29 Moving On .........................................................................................................................31   2 Connecting to Networks 33 Wireless Networking ................................................................................................33     Connecting to a Wireless Network ......................................................34     Connecting to a Hidden Network ........................................................36     Disconnecting from a Network ..............................................................38 Using Airplane Mode .......................................................................................39 Network Sharing ..........................................................................................................39     Turning Sharing On or Off ..........................................................................40     Accessing Network Resources .................................................................41 Remoting into Other Computers ..................................................................42     Enabling Connections on the Remote Computer ...............42     Connecting to Remote Computers.....................................................43   3 Using and Customizing the Start Screen 47 Locating and Launching Apps ........................................................................47     Launching Apps from the Start Screen ...........................................48     Searching for Apps ............................................................................................50 Switching Between Recent Apps ..................................................................51     Switching Between Running Apps .....................................................51     Displaying a List of Running Apps ......................................................52     Displaying Two Apps Simultaneously ..............................................53 Organizing the Start Screen ..............................................................................54     Rearranging Tiles .................................................................................................54     Naming Groups.....................................................................................................55 Customizing the Start Screen ..........................................................................55     Changing the Start Screen Color Scheme and Background Picture .............................56     Showing Administrative Tools .................................................................58     Showing Additional Tiles .............................................................................59     Removing Tiles from the Start Menu ................................................59     Pinning Apps to the Start Menu ............................................................60     Changing Tile Sizes ............................................................................................60     Controlling Live Tiles ........................................................................................61     Removing Personal Information from Live Tiles .....................62   4 Security and Windows RT 8.1 65 Securing Your PC ..........................................................................................................66     Changing Your Password .............................................................................66     Locking Your PC ....................................................................................................68     Signing Out of Your PC...................................................................................69     Configuring Auto-Lock ..................................................................................69 Using Picture Passwords .......................................................................................70     Creating a Picture Password......................................................................70     Changing Your Picture Password ..........................................................72     Replaying Your Picture Password .........................................................73     Removing Your Picture Password .........................................................75 Using PINs ..........................................................................................................................75     Creating a PIN .........................................................................................................75     Changing a PIN .....................................................................................................76     Removing a PIN ....................................................................................................77     Signing In with a PIN .......................................................................................77     Using a PIN When a Picture Password Is Set ..............................78 Managing User Accounts .....................................................................................78     Adding a Local Account ................................................................................79     Adding a Microsoft Account .....................................................................81     Removing a User Account ...........................................................................83     Changing an Account Type ........................................................................84     Setting an Account for Assigned Access .......................................85     Clearing Assigned Access ............................................................................86     Switching Accounts ..........................................................................................87     Changing from a Local Account to a Microsoft Account ..............................88     Switching to a Local Account...................................................................90   5 Using Family Safety 95 Configuring Family Safety ...................................................................................95     Enabling and Disabling Family Safety for a User ....................96     Configuring Activity Reporting for a User ....................................97 Viewing Activity Reports ......................................................................................98     Viewing Activity Reports .............................................................................98 Using Web Filtering ............................................................................................... 101     Enabling Web Filtering ............................................................................. 102     Modifying the Allow or Block List .................................................... 103     Blocking Sites from the Activity Report ..................................... 104 Using Time Allowances and Curfews .................................................... 104     Setting an Allowance .................................................................................. 105     Setting a Curfew .............................................................................................. 106 Configuring App and Game Restrictions ........................................... 106     Configuring App Restrictions ............................................................. 107     Configuring Game Restrictions Using Ratings ..................... 108     Blocking or Allowing Specific Apps ............................................... 110 Handling Requests ................................................................................................. 111     Responding to a Request from the User’s PC ........................ 111     Responding to a Request from the Website ........................... 112 Managing Users in Family Safety .............................................................. 112     Adding a New Parent................................................................................... 113     Linking Accounts ............................................................................................. 113 Configuring Email Notifications ................................................................. 115     Changing Frequency of Request Emails .................................... 115     Changing Activity Report Email Settings .................................. 116   6 Backing Up Your Data 119 Configuring and Starting File History ................................................... 119     Starting Your First Backup ....................................................................... 120     Selecting a Different Drive...................................................................... 121     Excluding Folders ............................................................................................ 122     Choosing When Backups Happen ................................................... 123     Controlling Local Disk Usage................................................................ 124     Controlling How Long Backups Are Kept.................................. 125 Restoring Files ............................................................................................................ 125     Restoring Files to the Original Location ..................................... 125     Resolving File Conflicts .............................................................................. 126     Restoring to a Different Location ..................................................... 127 Cleaning Up Files ..................................................................................................... 128     Performing a Clean Up ............................................................................... 128 Troubleshooting File History......................................................................... 129     Viewing File History Event History .................................................. 130   7 Searching and Browsing the Internet 133 Using Search .......................................................................................... 133     Searching for Web Pages with Smart Search ......................... 134     Copying a Search Result Link ............................................................... 135     Searching for Images ................................................................................... 136     Searching for Videos..................................................................................... 139     Using Hero Search .......................................................................................... 141     Disabling Bing Search ................................................................................. 142     Clearing Your Search History ................................................................ 143     Changing Personalization Settings ................................................. 144     Controlling SafeSearch ............................................................................... 144 Browsing Sites with Internet Explorer .................................................. 145     Opening a Site in the Modern UI Internet Explorer ......... 146     Using Reading View ...................................................................................... 147     Changing Reading View Style and Font Size ......................... 149     Viewing a Site in Desktop Internet Explorer........................... 149     Pinning Web Pages to the Start Screen ...................................... 150     Searching a Web Page ................................................................................ 150     Setting the Zoom Level ............................................................................. 151 Protecting Your Privacy ...................................................................................... 152     Adding a Tracking Protection List .................................................... 152     Enabling Do Not Track ................................................................................ 153     Blocking Third-Party Cookies ............................................................... 154     Disallowing Location Services ............................................................. 155     Controlling Web Services ......................................................................... 156 Using Tabs ...................................................................................................................... 157     Opening a Link in a New Tab ................................................................ 157     Creating a New Blank Tab ........................................................................ 158     Closing a Tab ....................................................................................................... 158     Opening an InPrivate Tab ........................................................................ 159     Reopening a Closed Tab ........................................................................... 160 Favorites and Frequent Sites ......................................................................... 160     Adding a Favorite ............................................................................................ 160     Browsing to a Favorite Page .................................................................. 161     Opening a Favorite in a New Tab ...................................................... 162     Deleting a Favorite ......................................................................................... 162     Editing a Favorite ............................................................................................ 162     Visiting a Frequent Site .............................................................................. 163     Opening a Frequent Site in a New Tab ........................................ 163     Deleting a Frequent Site Tile ................................................................ 164 Managing Website Passwords ..................................................................... 164     Saving a Password for a Site .................................................................. 164     Disabling the Offer to Save Passwords ........................................ 165     Viewing and Removing Saved Password Entries ............... 166   8 Connecting with People 169 Working with Contacts ....................................................................................... 169     Adding Contacts from the Cloud ..................................................... 170     Changing Contact Sort Order .............................................................. 173     Filtering Your Contacts ............................................................................... 174     Linking Contacts .............................................................................................. 174     Unlinking Contacts ........................................................................................ 176     Making a Contact a Favorite ................................................................. 177     Pinning Contacts to the Start Screen ............................................ 178     Creating a New Contact ............................................................................ 179     Deleting a Contact ......................................................................................... 180     Removing All Contacts from a Service ........................................ 181     Editing a Contact ............................................................................................. 182     Contacting Someone from the People App ........................... 184 Social Networking .................................................................................................. 185     Posting to Social Networks .................................................................... 185     Viewing Updates on Social Networks .......................................... 186 Sharing Content with People ....................................................................... 188     Sharing App Content with Social Networks ........................... 188     Emailing App Content to Contacts ................................................. 190     Sharing a Screenshot ................................................................................... 190     Listing Share Apps in Alphabetical Order ................................. 192     Managing the List of Often-Shared Choices .......................... 192     Disabling the Often-Shared Shortcut List................................. 193   9 Using Mail 195 Adding and Managing Email Accounts .............................................. 195     Adding an Outlook.com (Hotmail) Account ........................... 196     Adding an Exchange Account ............................................................. 198     Adding a Google Account....................................................................... 199     Adding a Custom Account ..................................................................... 201     Setting When and How Much Email Is Downloaded ..... 203     Renaming an Account ................................................................................ 204     Choosing What to Sync ............................................................................. 205     Automatically Organize Your Mail ................................................... 206     Changing an Account Password ....................................................... 206     Controlling Account Email Notifications ................................... 207     Removing an Account ................................................................................ 208 Reading and Organizing Email ................................................................... 209     Reading an Email ............................................................................................. 209     Viewing or Saving Email Attachments ....................................... 210     Marking Emails Read or Unread ........................................................ 211     Deleting Email Messages ......................................................................... 212     Deleting All Messages in a Folder .................................................... 212     Undeleting Email Messages .................................................................. 213     Pinning a Folder to the Start Screen .............................................. 215 Organizing Mail ......................................................................................................... 217     Creating a Folder ............................................................................................. 218     Creating a Subfolder .................................................................................... 219     Renaming a Folder ......................................................................................... 220     Deleting a Folder ............................................................................................. 221     Adding and Removing Favorite Folders ..................................... 222     Adding and Removing Favorite People ...................................... 223     Moving Messages ........................................................................................... 224     Moving All Messages from Specific People ............................ 225     Sweeping Mail ................................................................................................... 227 Composing and Sending Email .................................................................. 228     Creating a New Email Message .......................................................... 228     Replying to Email ........................................................................................... 230     Formatting Text in an Email ................................................................. 231     Adding Emoticons to Email ................................................................... 231     Attaching Files to an Email ..................................................................... 232     Saving Email Drafts ....................................................................................... 233     Continuing a Saved Draft ........................................................................ 234     Using an Email Signature ......................................................................... 234     Sending Automatic Replies.................................................................... 235   10 Using Calendar 239 Connecting Calendars ........................................................................................ 239     Adding an Outlook.com Calendar ................................................... 240     Adding an Exchange Calendar ........................................................... 241 Viewing Calendars .................................................................................................. 242     Hiding a Calendar ........................................................................................... 242     Changing a Calendar’s Display Color ............................................ 243     Viewing Events in What’s Next View .............................................. 244     Changing the Background in What’s Next View ................. 244     Viewing Events in Month View ........................................................... 245     Viewing Events in Week View ............................................................... 246     Viewing Events in Day View ................................................................... 247 Working with Events ............................................................................................ 247     Adding a Basic Event .................................................................................. 248     Quickly Creating an Event ....................................................................... 250     Adding a Recurring Event ....................................................................... 251     Setting Reminders .......................................................................................... 251     Specifying an Event Status ..................................................................... 252     Creating a Private Event ............................................................................ 252     Editing an Event ............................................................................................... 253     Deleting an Event ........................................................................................... 254   11 Keeping Up to Date with News 257 Reading the News ................................................................................................... 257     Reading an Article .......................................................................................... 258     Pinning a Section to the Start Screen........................................... 261     Disabling Offline Reading ....................................................................... 262     Saving an Article for Reading Later ................................................ 263     Reading Articles Offline with Reading List .............................. 264 Other News Sources ............................................................................................. 266     Reading News from Other Sources ................................................ 266     Pinning a News Source to the Start Screen............................. 268 Custom News .............................................................................................................. 269     Adding a Source as a Section in Bing News ........................... 269     Removing a Section from Bing News ........................................... 269     Adding Multiple News Sources .......................................................... 270     Adding a News Topic ................................................................................... 271     Rearranging Sections in Bing News ............................................... 272 Sharing News .............................................................................................................. 272     Emailing a News Article............................................................................. 273     Sharing an Article on Social Networks ........................................ 274   12 HomeGroups and SkyDrive 277 Using HomeGroups ............................................................................................... 277     Joining a HomeGroup ................................................................................ 278     Leaving a HomeGroup ............................................................................... 279     Accessing Shared Files ............................................................................... 280 Using SkyDrive ........................................................................................ 281     Browsing Files in SkyDrive ...................................................................... 282     Opening Files with a Specific App ................................................... 283     Creating a New Folder ................................................................................ 284     Uploading Files to SkyDrive .................................................................. 285     Deleting Files from SkyDrive ................................................................ 286     Reviewing SkyDrive Usage ..................................................................... 286     Disabling Automatic Save to SkyDrive ........................................ 287     Enabling Access to All SkyDrive Files When Offline......... 287     Enabling Access to Selected SkyDrive Files When Offline ................................. 288   13 Discovering and Playing Music 291 Browsing Music ......................................................................................................... 291     Exploring the Catalog ................................................................................. 292     Exploring an Artist ......................................................................................... 294     Browsing Albums in the Xbox Music Store ............................. 295 Managing Your Music Library ...................................................................... 297     Adding a Folder to Your Collection ................................................. 297     Adding Album Art .......................................................................................... 299     Purchasing an Album .................................................................................. 299     Automatically Downloading Music ................................................ 301     Deleting Music from Your Collection ............................................ 302     Matching the Music in Your Collection ....................................... 304 Using an Xbox Music Pass ............................................................................... 305     Purchasing an Xbox Music Pass ......................................................... 306     Automatically Downloading Xbox Music Pass Music .... 307     Downloading Xbox Music Pass Music .......................................... 308 Playing Music on Other Devices ................................................................ 308     Adding a Play Device ................................................................................... 309     Playing Music on a Play Device .......................................................... 310 Music Playlists ............................................................................................................. 312     Adding Songs to the Now Playing Playlist ............................... 312     Creating a Playlist ........................................................................................... 312     Adding Songs to a Playlist ...................................................................... 313     Editing a Playlist ............................................................................................... 314     Renaming a Playlist ....................................................................................... 314     Deleting a Playlist ........................................................................................... 315     Seeing What’s Playing ................................................................................. 315     Shuffling or Repeating Songs in a Playlist ................................ 316 Using Radio ................................................................................................................... 316     Creating a Radio Station ........................................................................... 317     Playing a Radio Station .............................................................................. 318     Deleting a Radio Station ........................................................................... 318   14 Watching Video 321 Managing Personal Videos ............................................................................. 321     Adding Videos to Personal Videos ................................................... 322     Deleting Videos from Personal Videos ......................................... 324     Setting the Default View .......................................................................... 325 Exploring, Buying, and Renting Videos ............................................... 326     Browsing Movies.............................................................................................. 326     Renting Movies ................................................................................................. 328     Buying Movies.................................................................................................... 329     Browsing the Television Store .............................................................. 331     Buying TV Shows ............................................................................................. 333 Playing Videos ............................................................................................................ 335     Playing Videos on Your Surface 2 ..................................................... 335     Playing Videos on Your Xbox Console .......................................... 336   15 Pictures 339 Adding Pictures to the Photos App ........................................................ 339     Importing Pictures into the Pictures Library .......................... 340 Viewing Pictures and Video ........................................................................... 341     Browsing Pictures ........................................................................................... 342     Watching a Slide Show .............................................................................. 343     Deleting Pictures ............................................................................................. 344     Deleting Pictures When the Recycle Bin Is     Configured to Prompt ......................................................................... 345     Using a Picture in Your Lock Screen ............................................... 346     Setting the Pictures App Tile Image .............................................. 346     Shuffling Pictures on the App Tile ................................................... 347 Sharing Pictures ........................................................................................................ 347     Sharing a Picture with Email ................................................................. 348 Editing Pictures ......................................................................................................... 349     Rotating and Cropping Pictures ........................................................ 349     Automatically Fixing Image Problems ......................................... 350     Removing Red Eye ......................................................................................... 351     Retouching a Photo ...................................................................................... 352     Adjusting Lighting ......................................................................................... 353     Adjusting Color ................................................................................................. 354     Enhancing a Color .......................................................................................... 355     Applying a Vignette Effect ...................................................................... 356     Using Selective Focus .................................................................................. 357 Using the Camera App ....................................................................................... 358     Taking Pictures .................................................................................................. 359     Changing Picture Exposure ................................................................... 360     Adding Location Information to Pictures.................................. 360     Changing Photo Aspect Ratio ............................................................. 361     Showing Grid Lines ....................................................................................... 362     Taking Video ........................................................................................................ 362     Taking Panoramic Pictures...................................................................... 363 Viewing the Camera Roll .................................................................................. 364     Viewing Pictures and Videos ................................................................. 364     Viewing Panoramas....................................................................................... 365   16 Using Maps 367 Exploring Maps.......................................................................................................... 367     Viewing and Zooming ................................................................................ 368     Using Zoom Controls ................................................................................... 369     Viewing Your Location ................................................................................ 370     Changing the Units of Measurement ........................................... 370     Changing the Map Style ........................................................................... 371     Using Bird’s Eye View ................................................................................... 372     Showing Traffic .................................................................................................. 373 Searching Maps ........................................................................................................ 373     Searching for a Place .................................................................................... 374     Adding Pins .......................................................................................................... 375 Getting Directions .................................................................................................. 376     Allowing Maps to Use Your Updated Location .................... 376     Getting Directions .......................................................................................... 376     Recalling Favorite Locations and Favorite Routes ............. 378     Editing Favorites .............................................................................................. 378 Sharing Maps .............................................................................................................. 380     Sharing Maps with Email ......................................................................... 380   17 Creating Documents with Microsoft Word 2013 383 Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents ................................... 383     Creating a New Blank Document ..................................................... 384     Creating a Document from a Template ...................................... 385     Saving Documents to Your Tablet .................................................... 386     Saving Documents to SkyDrive .......................................................... 387     Opening Documents on Your Tablet ............................................. 388     Opening Documents on SkyDrive ................................................... 389     Managing Recent Documents ............................................................ 389     Switching Microsoft Accounts ............................................................ 390 Formatting Text ............................................................................. 391     Formatting Existing Text ......................................................................... 391     Formatting New Text ................................................................................... 392     Formatting Text Using Styles ................................................................ 392     Editing Styles ...................................................................................................... 393     Creating a New Style .................................................................................... 394 Adding Pictures ......................................................................................................... 395     Adding Pictures from Your Tablet or Removable Media ................................... 395     Adding Pictures from the Cloud ........................................................ 396     Formatting Pictures....................................................................................... 397     Changing Picture Layout.......................................................................... 397 Proofing Documents ............................................................................................ 398     Correcting Misspelled Words ............................................................... 398     Adding Words to the Dictionary ....................................................... 398     Using the Dictionary .................................................................................... 399     Using the Thesaurus ..................................................................................... 400 Sharing Documents .............................................................................................. 400     Sharing Documents Using Email ...................................................... 401     Sharing Using Social Networking .................................................... 402 Printing Documents .............................................................................................. 403     Printing an Entire Document ............................................................... 403     Printing Specific Pages ............................................................................... 404 Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................ 405     Using the Quick Access Toolbar ......................................................... 405     Adjusting Input Mode ................................................................................ 406     Using the Format Painter ......................................................................... 407   18 Crunching Numbers with Microsoft Excel 2013 409 Creating, Opening, and Saving Workbooks .................................... 409     Creating a Workbook ................................................................................... 410     Opening a Workbook .................................................................................. 411     Saving a Workbook ........................................................................................ 411 Entering Data .............................................................................................................. 412     Adding Data ......................................................................................................... 413     Resizing a Column .......................................................................................... 413     Changing Data Formatting .................................................................... 414     Adding Data with AutoFill ...................................................................... 415 Creating Formulas and Functions ............................................................ 416     Directly Entering a Formula ................................................................... 416     Using the Insert Function Dialog ...................................................... 417     Creating Formulas from Selections ................................................ 418 Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................ 418     Freezing Panes ................................................................................................... 419     Creating Sheets ................................................................................................. 420     Filtering Data....................................................................................................... 421   19 Presenting with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 423 Creating, Opening, and Saving Presentations .............................. 423     Creating a Presentation ............................................................................. 424     Saving a Presentation.................................................................................. 425     Opening a Presentation ............................................................................ 426 Creating Slides and Content ......................................................................... 426     Creating a New Slide .................................................................................... 427     Deleting a Slide ................................................................................................. 427     Changing Slide Layout ............................................................................... 428     Adding Text to a Slide ................................................................................. 428     Adding Shapes to a Slide ......................................................................... 429     Aligning Objects .............................................................................................. 430 Using Themes ............................................................................................................. 431     Applying a Theme .......................................................................................... 431     Modifying a Theme ....................................................................................... 432 Using Animations and Transitions ........................................................... 432     Applying a Transition ................................................................................... 433     Customizing a Transition .......................................................................... 434     Adding an Animation .................................................................................. 435     Configuring an Animation Trigger .................................................. 436 Presenting with PowerPoint .......................................................................... 436     Changing Slide Order .................................................................................. 437     Entering Slide Show Mode ..................................................................... 437 Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................ 438     Using Sections ................................................................................................... 438     Using Headers and Footers .................................................................... 439   20 Organizing Notes with Microsoft OneNote 2013 441 Creating and Organizing Sections ........................................................... 442     Creating a Section .......................................................................................... 442     Changing a Section’s Color .................................................................... 443     Renaming a Section ...................................................................................... 444     Merging Sections ............................................................................................ 444     Moving or Copying a Section .............................................................. 446     Deleting a Section .......................................................................................... 447 Creating and Editing Pages ............................................................................ 447     Creating a Page ................................................................................................. 448     Adding Text to a Page ................................................................................. 448     Adding Pictures on Your Tablet to a Page ................................. 449     Adding Pictures from the Cloud to a Page .............................. 450     Renaming a Page ............................................................................................ 451     Moving or Copying a Page ..................................................................... 452     Deleting a Page................................................................................................. 453 Creating and Organizing Notebooks .................................................... 453     Creating a Notebook .................................................................................... 454     Switching and Opening Notebooks .............................................. 455     Moving and Sharing a Notebook ..................................................... 456     Using the Recycle Bin .................................................................................. 457 Using Send to OneNote ................................................................................... 458     Capturing a Screen Clipping ................................................................. 458     Sending Content to OneNote .............................................................. 460     Adding a QuickNote ..................................................................................... 461   21 Using Email and Staying Organized with Microsoft Outlook 2013 463 Adding an Email Account in Outlook 2013 ..................................... 463     Starting Outlook for the First Time ................................................. 464     Adding a New Email Account .............................................................. 465     Manually Adding an IMAP or POP Email Account ............ 467     Changing the Outgoing Server Port ............................................. 469 Reading and Sending Email .......................................................................... 471     Reading an Email Message..................................................................... 471     Replying to an Email .................................................................................... 472     Sending a New Email ................................................................................... 473 Managing and Organizing Email .............................................................. 474     Moving Messages ........................................................................................... 474     Ignoring Conversations ............................................................................. 476     Categorizing Email Messages .............................................................. 476     Removing a Category from a Message ....................................... 478     Filtering Messages by Category ......................................................... 478 Configuring Windows 8.1 RT to Use Outlook 2013 .................. 479     Configuring the Default Mail App ................................................... 479     Changing the Email App Used for Mail Hyperlinks .......... 480   22 Enhancing Windows with Apps 483 Browsing the Windows Store ....................................................................... 483     Browsing Categories .................................................................................... 484     Exploring Apps .................................................................................................. 485     Searching for Apps ........................................................................................ 488 Installing and Uninstalling Apps ............................................................... 488     Installing Apps ................................................................................................... 489     Uninstalling Apps............................................................................................ 490     Reinstalling Purchased Apps ................................................................ 491 Updating Apps........................................................................................................... 492     Manually Checking for Updates ........................................................ 492     Installing App Updates .............................................................................. 493 Great Apps for Your Surface 2 ...................................................................... 494     Netflix ......................................................................................................................... 495     Skype .......................................................................................................................... 497     Microsoft Minesweeper............................................................................. 498     Hyper for YouTube.......................................................................................... 498     iHeartRadio ........................................................................................................... 499     Kindle ......................................................................................................................... 500     WeatherBug ......................................................................................................... 502     News360 .................................................................................................................. 503     eBay ............................................................................................................................. 505   23 Updating and Troubleshooting Windows 8.1 RT 509 Updating with Windows Update............................................................... 509     Checking for and Installing Updates Manually .................... 510     Installing Optional Updates .................................................................. 512 Troubleshooting Windows 8.1 RT ............................................................. 513     Refreshing and Repairing Your PC ................................................... 513     Resetting Windows ........................................................................................ 516     Troubleshooting Battery Draining on Standby ................... 517   Index 521

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.