Microsoft FQC05956 manual

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Windows has been reimagined to be all about you. Put what matters most right on your Star t screen, and get instant access to your people, apps, sites, and mor e, so you can spend less time searching and mor e time doing. Browse the Windows Stor e and download apps that help you work more efciently . Apps work together so you can share photos, m[...]

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In Windows 8, you can return to the Star t screen no matter wher e you are. Just swipe fr om the right edge to reveal the charms, and then tap the Star t charm. Go back to the Star t. Navigate[...]

Know your corners. Use the corners on the Star t screen to navigate Windows 8 with your mouse. Navigate Place the mouse pointer in the upper or lower right corner of the screen to r eveal the charms. Place the mouse pointer in the upper left corner of the screen to see open apps and switch between them.[...]

Discover the edges. Swipe from the right edge to reveal the charms and r eturn to the Star t screen. Swipe from the left edge to switch between open apps. Swipe from the bottom or top edge to reveal app commands. Swipe down from the top edge to the bottom edge to close apps. Navigate Use the edges on the Star t screen to navigate Windows 8 with tou[...]

Navigate Swipe down or right -click on a live tile, photo, or folder to select it and reveal app commands. Swipe down to select.[...]

Swipe from the left edge and hold to Snap an app in place. Switch to other apps by swiping in from the left. Drag the line to adjust the size of the snapped apps.* With Snap, do two things at once. Navigate *M onitor must suppor t a resolution o f at least 1366 x 768.[...]

Zoom out. Navigate Zoom out by pinching two ngers or by holding down the control key while using the mouse wheel to expand your view .[...]

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Y our Start screen has all of the information that matters most. Y our favorite people, apps, sites, and more ar e front and center . Live tiles update right before your eyes. Discover the Star t scr een. Windows 8 The live tiles on your Star t screen are brimming with information; they change and update in real time so you can see what’ s going [...]

Make Windows 8 uniquely yours by personalizing the Star t screen to match your life. Rearrange apps. Create gr oups. T o move a tile, pull it down and drag it to another location. T o cr eate a new group, pull down and drag tiles, one by one, to a break in between gr oups. T o name a group, pinch two ngers together to zoom out, swipe down to sel[...]

Find what you need fast with the Search charm. It locates information on your PC, on the Internet, or within an app. On the Star t screen, swipe fr om the right edge and tap Search . Search within apps, les, settings or Internet Explorer 10. Sear ch across your PC. Windows 8[...]

Shar e the good stuff with your friends. Share something interesting—like a photo—with your friends using the Share charm. In the Photos app, in Pictures librar y , swipe down on a photo to select it. Swipe from the right edge and tap Share . T ap Mail , type an email address and tap the Send icon. Windows 8[...]

Combine a picture and a unique set o f taps, lines, and circles for a password that’ s all yours. It’ s a fun, personal, and secure sign-in experience in Windows 8. On the Star t screen, swipe fr om the right edge and tap S ettings . T ap Change PC Settings > Users > Create a picture password . T ype your current user passwor d and tap Ch[...]

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P ersonalize your Lock screen, Star t screen, and Account picture. On the Star t screen, swipe fr om the right edge, tap Settings > Change PC settings > Personalize . Choose a pre-loaded image to set as your Lock Screen , or browse and choose one of your own pictur es. Then tap Star t screen and choose a background design and color scheme. Fi[...]

The P eople app makes keeping in touch with friends and family easier than ever before; it’ s your address book in the cloud. Stay connected with people and view their updates—all in one place. The Messaging app connects the messaging ser vices from your favorite social media applications—F acebook, T witter , and Microso f t Messenger—in o[...]

Pin your family and friends to the Star t screen—you’ll have quick access to their posts without opening the P eople app. In the P eople app, tap the friend you want to pin. Swipe from the bottom edge, and then tap Pin to Star t . Put your favorite people on the Star t scr een. Windows 8 Apps from Windows Store; vary by market.[...]

Bring your P eople app to life with your Facebook and T witter friends. See all your friends’ information and reply to posts. In the P eople app, swipe from the right edge and tap Settings . T ap Accounts , then tap Add an account . T ap F acebook or T witter and type your account information. Be social from one hub. Windows 8[...]

Message your friends and play a game, shop online, or paint at the same time. In the Messaging app, swipe in and out on the left edge, choose the app you want to view , and Snap it to the left. Drag the line to resize the apps. Do two things at once. Windows 8[...]

See all of your pictur es from F acebook, Flickr , and SkyDrive together in one place in the Photos app. See upcoming events right from your Star t screen with the Calendar app. View all of your accounts in one place with the Mail app. Y ou can even pin email accounts to the Star t screen so you can see your incoming email on the live tile. Windows[...]

The Mail app and Share charm make it easy to send your vacation destination or tonight’ s dinner location to friends. From a web page, calendar , or another app, swipe from the right edge and tap Share . T ap the Mail icon, type a friend’ s email address, and then tap the Send icon. Shar e something interesting. Windows 8[...]

Browse thousands o f apps in the Windows Store or use the Search charm to quickly nd the app you want. And, in many cases you can tr y before you buy , so you don’t have to commit to an app you aren’t sur e about. Sear ch the Windows Store for all the apps you want. Windows 8[...]

With Windows 8 you get the best of both worlds — a beautiful, modern Star t screen and the classic Windows desktop. Just like pr evious ver sions of Windows, your pr oductivity can be at its peak with the familiar Ofce applications.* Be as pr oductive as ever . Windows 8 T o get to the desktop fr om the Star t screen, just tap Desktop . T o re[...]

Windows 8 is designed to make using devices like printers and connected media players easy . Windows 8 detects your device wirelessly or thr ough a USB connection and gets it ready to use. On the Star t screen, swipe fr om the right edge and tap Settings . Then tap Change PC settings . On the left side of the screen, tap Devices . Then tap Add a de[...]

Outlook.com has a fresh and intuitive design, and a smarter and more powerful inbox with the power of Ofce Web Apps and SkyDrive. W elcome to modern email. Outlook.com When you sign in to your Windows 8 PC with a Microso f t account using an Outlook.com email address, your Mail, Calendar , and P eople apps all light up automatically with your Ou[...]

Play your current music collection, choose from millions o f songs, or add to your music librar y—all with the Xbox Music app. And when you’r e not sure what you want to listen to, the Xbox Music app can help you create custom playlists based on your favorites. All the music you love. Any way you want it. Enter tainment[...]

Enjoy T V , movies, and personal videos on your terms. Enjoy your favorite personal videos or the latest HD movies and TV shows on your tablet or PC—all from the Xbo x Video app. Sign in to Xbox 360 and you can stream those videos on your big screen for ever yone in the room to enjoy . In the Xbox Video app just swipe from the right edge, tap Dev[...]

Find and install a variety of games fr om the Windows Store , get mor e games with the Xbox Games app, or install an old favorite on your PC. Swipe from the right edge and tap Search to nd your favorites or browse the Games categor y of the Store to nd something new . Whatever your style, take your gaming to a new level. Enter tainment[...]

Xbox Kinect The Xbox 360 is gr eat for playing games. But if you’re one o f those people who likes watching movies, listening to music, watching live TV , playing games with people all over the world, and doing it all with the sound of your voice, then the Xbo x 360 with Kinect was built for you. The life o f the living room.[...]

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Windows 8 is built to help keep your PC secure. Windows Defender , Windows Firewall , Windows Update , and Windows SmartScreen are designed to be able to automatically keep your PC up-to-date and help protect you fr om viruses and other kinds of malwar e. If you need more details, you can check the status of your PC security in the Action Center . [...]

Monitor your children’ s online activity with Family Safety . With the weekly F amily Safety reports sent to your inbox, you can review how long your kids are online, what they see, who they talk to, and what information they share. Y ou can even set up web ltering, time limits, and app restrictions. On the Star t screen, tap Settings , then t[...]

Y our Microso f t account goes where you go. Switch from one Windows 8 device to another and be r eady to pick up wher e you left o ff in minutes. When your les are in the cloud and you have an Internet connection, you can access photos and other les on SkyDrive just like you access other things on your PC. Here’ s how to keep your settings[...]

Windows 8 was designed with connectivity and personalization in mind—which is why nearly ever ything in Windows 8 can be cloud-connected. It means when you sign in to your Micr osoft account on almost any Windows 8 PC, the settings, les, and people you care about most ar e there, ready for you to use. Get cloud-connected. SkyDrive SkyDrive is [...]

SkyDrive Save les in SkyDrive for access anywhere. In Photo Galler y , choose the nished set of photos. On the Create tab, tap the SkyDrive icon and then tap Publish . Edit an image on your PC and save it to SkyDrive .[...]

On the Star t screen, tap Photo Galler y . T ap a photo to open it. T ap the Edit tab to reveal a set of editing tools including Crop , Straighten , Red eye , Retouch and Effects . T ap People tag to use facial recognition and tag friends in pictur es. T ap Geotag to add the location where photos were taken. On the Home tab, tap the SkyDrive icon t[...]

In Photo Gallery , P anorama creates a scene fr om two or more pictures. Select pictures o f the same scene taken in a series by tapping the upper left corner of each picture. On the Create tab, tap Panorama . Photo Fuse allows you to merge the best par ts of two or more similar photos into one where ever yone looks their best. Select the photos yo[...]

Easily create movies and slide shows from your photos and videos with Movie Maker and share them with your friends and family . AutoMovie makes it fast and easy to create a movie complete with titles, transitions, effects, and soundtracks. Share your movie by publishing it to SkyDrive. Cr eate and share your own movies. Movie Maker[...]

Internet Explorer 10 is the entirely new Windows 8 browser . It’ s fast, uid, and perfect for touch. T ouch a mor e beautiful web. Internet Explorer 10 Internet Explorer has been r eimagined to cr eate a new experience speci - cally for your Windows 8 device. Other browsers might be “made to work” on Windows 8, but Internet Explorer 10 [...]

Bing is the search engine for people who do; people like you who are always doing more. And unlike other sear ch options, only Bing brings together the best of sear ch and people in your social networks, so you spend less time searching and mor e time doing. Bing is for doing. Bing[...]

Micr osoft Signature ― you’ll love it! Microso f t Signature Ever y PC from the Microso f t Store comes with the Microso f t Signature Experience —the best way to get the most out of Windows 8. It comes with Photo Galler y , Movie Maker , Skype, and Windows Defender antivirus protection with no fees— ever . Y ou’ll also get free phone sup[...]

Check out these additional r esources. Learn more about Windows 8. windows.com Sign up for a Microso f t account. windows.com/microso f taccount Download Photo Galler y and Movie Maker . windows.com/photogaller y windows.com/moviemaker Find the right PC for you. windows.com/newpc Discover the Windows 8 Compatibility Center . windows.com/compatibili[...]

Get to know the language o f touch. T ouch Swipe from right edge, tap Start. Swipe from left edge. Swipe from top edge all the way to the bottom. Swipe from bottom edge or top edge. Swipe from left edge, drag app to the right.* Swipe from left edge, drag app to the left.* Swipe from right edge. Swipe from right edge, tap Search, then Files. In an a[...]

Course Name T rial Name Click bottom left corner (repeat). Click top left corner (repeat). Click at the top edge and drag to the bottom. Right -click app in open space or on Star t, right -click a tile. Hover top left corner , move down the edge. Click and drag app to right.* Hover top left corner , move down the edge. Click and drag app to left.* [...]

Use the keyboar d to get places fast. Keyboar d shor tcuts *M onitor must suppor t a resolution o f at least 1366 x 768. + T ab (release T ab, repeat) Alt + F4 + Z + . + Shift + . + C + F + Q T yping on Star t screen + H Open Start screen or previous app (alternating). Switch to the next open app. Close active app. Reveal app commands. Snap app rig[...]