windows 8.1 plain & simple, by ballew, joli, muir, nancy
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Price: Rs. 395.00ISBN: 978-81-203-5013-7Pages: 416Binding: Paper BackBuy Now at www.phindia.comDESCRIPTIONHere’s What You’ll Learn toPersonalize 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 ItJump 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 awayCONTENTS1. About this book2. Meet the Windows 8.1 interface3. Providing input4. Managing a computing session5. Customizing the appearance of Windows6. Searching for anything7. Using the Maps app8. Going online with Internet Explorer9. Using Calendar and People10. Using Mail and Skype11. Buying apps at the Windows Store12. Playing music13. Viewing pictures and video14. Working with desktop apps15. Working with devices and networks16. Working with users and privacy17. Sharing settings and files in the cloud18. Managing data19. Working with Accessibility settings20. Maintaining and troubleshooting your computer21. Upgrading to Windows 8.122. Getting helpAppendix: Windows 8.1 keyboard shortcutsGlossaryIndexABOUT THE AUTHOR(s)Nancy Muir is the author of more than 100 books on technology topics ranging from Windows andOffice to nanotechnology and Internet safety. She runs a website, TechSmartSenior.com, that providesinformation about computers and the Internet for seniors, as well as writing a column on computersfor Retirenet.com. Prior to her writing career, Nancy worked in computer book publishing and as asoftware training manager at Symantec Corporation. Nancy holds a certificate in distance learningdesign from the University of Washington and has taught technical writing and online safety at theuniversity level.JOLI BALLEW is a Microsoft MVP for Windows and holds many Microsoft certifications, includingMCSE, MCTS, MCDST, and MCT. She is an award-winning, best-selling technical author of over 50books. Joli has been working with computers, gadgets, and all things media since her freshman year incollege in 1982, where, even then, she was aware of her interests and strengths and majored incomputer science and systems analysis. Joli is the Microsoft IT Academic Coordinator at BrookhavenCollege in Dallas, Texas, where she also teaches. Among the many titles Joli has written for MicrosoftPress, she is the co-author of MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-632): Managing Projects withMicrosoft Office Project 2007 and Windows 8.1 Plain & Simple.2014 / 416pp. / 23.5 X 17.8 cm / ISBN-978-81-203-5013-7 / Rs.395.00TRANSCRIPT
WINDOWS 8.1 PLAIN & SIMPLE, By BALLEW, JOLI, MUIR, NANCY
Price: Rs. 395.00ISBN: 978-81-203-5013-7Pages: 416Binding: Paper Back Buy Now at www.phindia.com
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 session5. Customizing the appearance of Windows 6. Searching for anything7. Using the Maps app 8. Going online with Internet Explorer9. Using Calendar and People 10. Using Mail and Skype 11. Buying apps at the Windows Store 12. Playing music 13. Viewing pictures and video14. 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 settings20. Maintaining and troubleshooting your computer21. Upgrading to Windows 8.1
22. Getting help
Appendix: Windows 8.1 keyboard shortcuts Glossary Index
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(s)
Nancy Muir is the author of more than 100 books on technology topics ranging from Windows andOffice to nanotechnology and Internet safety. She runs a website, TechSmartSenior.com, that providesinformation about computers and the Internet for seniors, as well as writing a column on computersfor Retirenet.com. Prior to her writing career, Nancy worked in computer book publishing and as asoftware training manager at Symantec Corporation. Nancy holds a certificate in distance learningdesign from the University of Washington and has taught technical writing and online safety at theuniversity level.
JOLI BALLEW is a Microsoft MVP for Windows and holds many Microsoft certifications, includingMCSE, MCTS, MCDST, and MCT. She is an award-winning, best-selling technical author of over 50books. Joli has been working with computers, gadgets, and all things media since her freshman year incollege in 1982, where, even then, she was aware of her interests and strengths and majored incomputer science and systems analysis. Joli is the Microsoft IT Academic Coordinator at BrookhavenCollege in Dallas, Texas, where she also teaches. Among the many titles Joli has written for MicrosoftPress, she is the co-author of MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-632): Managing Projects withMicrosoft Office Project 2007 and Windows 8.1 Plain & Simple.
2014 / 416pp. / 23.5 X 17.8 cm / ISBN-978-81-203-5013-7 / Rs.395.00
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