With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, and designed it to run on tablets as well as PCs. It’s a big change that calls for a trustworthy guide—Windows 8: The Missing Manual.New York Timescolumnist David Pogue provides technical insight, lots of wit, and hardnosed objectivity to help you hit the ground running with Microsoft’s new OS.
This jargon-free book explains Windows 8 features so clearly—revealing which work well and which don’t—that it should have been in the box in the first place.
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
- Part One: TileWorld
- Chapter 1: The Start Screen
- Chapter 2: Customizing the Lock, Login & Start Screens
- Chapter 3: How TileWorld Works
- Chapter 4: TileWorld’s Starter Apps
- Chapter 5: TileWorld Settings
- Part Two: The Windows Desktop
- Chapter 6: File Explorer, Folders & the Taskbar
- Chapter 7: Searching & Organizing Your Files
- Chapter 8: Redesigning Your Desktop World
- Chapter 9: Help at the Desktop
- Chapter 10: Programs & Documents
- Chapter 11: The Desktop’s Starter Programs
- Chapter 12: The Control Panel
- Part Three: Windows Online
- Chapter 13: Hooking Up to the Internet
- Chapter 14: Security & Privacy
- Chapter 15: Internet Explorer 10
- Chapter 16: Windows Live Mail
- Part Four: Pictures & Music
- Chapter 17: Windows Photo Gallery
- Chapter 18: Windows Media Player