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Surface For Dummies

Author: Andy Rathbone | Language: English | ISBN: 1118496345 | Format: EPUB

Surface For Dummies Description

Clear the surface and make way for the new tablet from Microsoft!

As Microsoft's first foray into the tablet market, the Surface is packed with all the features you're looking for to stay entertained and get things done wherever you go. Written by bestselling veteran author Andy Rathbone, this full-color, easy-to-understand book is packed with information on how to use the new interface, figure out the operating system, navigate the new app environment, and take full advantage of this exciting new tablet device.

• Explains how Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT differ, and helps you decide which Surface model best meets your needs
• Walks you through using both the hardware and software, such as the touch cover/type cover, Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro operating system, and the version of Office Home & Student 2013 that's bundled with the Surface RT
• Explains how to make Surface work with other devices
• Details how Office applications work on Surface
• Shares tips on how to handle common challenges with tablet devices as well as suggestions for getting a better performance from yours

Surface For Dummies does more than just scratch the surface – it serves as a guide to navigating and enhancing your entire Surface experience!

• Product Details
• Table of Contents
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• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (February 4, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118496345
• ISBN-13: 978-1118496343
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Which Microsoft Surface Do You Need? 5

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Your Surface15

Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Surface27

Chapter 4: The First Walkthrough of Surface39

Chapter 5: Typing, Touching, and Drawing on the Surface61

Chapter 6: Connecting to the Internet, Printers, Monitors, Storage, and More 77

Chapter 7: All About Apps 111

Chapter 8: Browsing the Web 127

Chapter 9: Reaching Out with Mail, People, Calendar, and Messaging Apps 145

Chapter 10: Photos and Movies 171

Chapter 11: Listening to Music 179

Chapter 12: Visiting the Windows Desktop 187

Chapter 13: Working in Microsoft Office 201

Chapter 14: Settings and Troubleshooting 213

Chapter 15: Ten Essential Tips ‘n’ Tricks 225

Index 229

Having ordered a Surface Pro 128 yesterday, I decided I should look for a how-to book, and naturally gravitated to "Dummies" as I've had good experiences with the publisher. While I haven't purchased this book yet, I did download and read the free sample. The author, on multiple occasions, mentions that all you get with the Surface in way of instruction is a single piece of paper with
Ikea-like directions. Of course, this is mentioned (again, many times) to entice purchase of the book. What he doesn't mention is the freely available, 68 page .pdf file published by Microsoft, entitled Surface_Getting_Started_Guide. Certainly, Rathbone's book goes into more depth, as one would expect from over 300 pages. I downloaded the 1.4Mb pdf in three seconds, and I am now infinitely more familiar with the use of a Surface Pro, and it didn't cost me a cent. Why the need for hyperbole?

By Anton Stayduhar

Surface comes with 3 instructions. How to turn it on and adjust the volume, and use the stand. (Now this is better than the iPad which has NO instructions - took me five minutes to figure out how to turn it on.) So you need this (or a similar book, there are two others published at least) to figure out how to use Windows 8 unless you are 13 or so, when it is intutive, I suppose. I spent alot of time with the book the first week, including how to solve a "freeze up" which, being Microsoft, it does on occasion, and things you otherwise would never know - it does not turn off absent some obscure moves, it only goes to sleep running down the battery, and is on, as you board the airplane, unless you in another obscure move, switch it to airplane mode, for example.

By Excoach

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