WINDOWS 8.1 PLAIN & SIMPLE- BALLEW, JOLI, MUIR, NANCY

WINDOWS 8.1 PLAIN & SIMPLE

WINDOWS 8.1 PLAIN & SIMPLE
BALLEW, JOLI, MUIR, NANCY
Pages: 416
Binding: Paper Back
ISBN: 978-81-203-5013-7
Pages: 416
Binding: Paper Back
Price: R 395.00
NOW! Available in: R 316.00

About The Book


Description:

Here’s What You’ll Learn to

Personalize your Start screen in cool new ways
• Use apps such as Mail, People, Calendear, Skype, and Maps
• Surf the web, and send and receive email
• Explore redesigned apps for Music, Video, and Windows Store
• Search your files, media, and the web—all at once
• Access your files from the cloud with Microsoft SkyDrive.

Here’s HOW You’ll Learn It

Jump in wherever you need answers
• Follow easy steps and screenshots to see exactly what to do
• Get handy tips for new techniques and shortcuts
• Use Try This! Exercises to apply what you learn right away


Contents:
1. About this book

2. Meet the Windows 8.1 interface

3. Providing input

4. Managing a computing session

5. Customizing the appearance of Windows

6. Searching for anything

7. Using the Maps app

8. Going online with Internet Explorer

9. Using Calendar and People

10. Using Mail and Skype

11. Buying apps at the Windows Store

12. Playing music

13. Viewing pictures and video

14. Working with desktop apps

15. Working with devices and networks

16. Working with users and privacy

17. Sharing settings and files in the cloud

18. Managing data

19. Working with Accessibility settings

20. Maintaining and troubleshooting your computer

21. Upgrading to Windows 8.1

22. Getting help

Appendix: Windows 8.1 keyboard shortcuts

Glossary

Index

Author Details


Author Name  BALLEW, JOLI 
About Author  JOLI BALLEW is a Microsoft MVP for Windows and holds many Microsoft certifications, including MCSE, MCTS, MCDST, and MCT. She is an award-winning, best-selling technical author of over 50 books. Joli has been working with computers, gadgets, and all things media since her freshman year in college in 1982, where, even then, she was aware of her interests and strengths and majored in computer science and systems analysis. Joli is the Microsoft IT Academic Coordinator at Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas, where she also teaches. Among the many titles Joli has written for Microsoft Press, she is the co-author of MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-632): Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Windows 8.1 Plain & Simple.
Author Name  MUIR, NANCY 
About Author  Nancy Muir is the author of more than 100 books on technology topics ranging from Windows and Office to nanotechnology and Internet safety. She runs a website, TechSmartSenior.com, that provides information about computers and the Internet for seniors, as well as writing a column on computers for Retirenet.com. Prior to her writing career, Nancy worked in computer book publishing and as a software training manager at Symantec Corporation. Nancy holds a certificate in distance learning design from the University of Washington and has taught technical writing and online safety at the university level.

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