IntroductionWelcome| 00:00 |
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Hello, I'm Tim Grey and I'll be your
instructor for this video course covering
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Windows 8.
In many ways, Windows 8 represents a
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somewhat radical departure from previous
versions of Windows.
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To begin with, the Start menu that has
been a fixture since 1995 when Windows 95
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was released, has been replaced by the
Start screen.
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The Start Screen changes how you interact
with Windows and also changes quite a bit
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about how you approach and think about
the Windows platform as well as many of
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the applications you use.
The second big development in Windows 8
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is the focus on gestures you can utilize
with a touchscreen display or other
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device such as a tablet.
in short, there is no question that
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Windows 8 emphasizes and encourages the
use of touchscreen devices.
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We'll begin this course with an overview
of Windows 8, and an exploration of some
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of the key features and interface
elements.
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We'll also take a look at the hands on,
literally, experience of working with the
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tablet device running Windows 8.
You'll also learn how to utilize many of
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the new applications that are included
with Windows 8, including Internet
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Explorer, Mail, Messenger, Calendar, and
people, among others.
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We'll also take a look at the various
ways you can work with photos, videos,
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and music, as well as documents.
I think you'll also see great potential
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in the Sky Drive platform for sharing
documents across multiple devices.
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We'll take a look at the posibilities
there, as well.
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While Windows 8 certainly revolves around
the new Start screen, the familiar
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desktop environment is still there, and
we'll explore how to put it to use for a
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variety of tasks, including running
applications, working with the file
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explorer and more.
Finally, we'll cover some of the key
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tasks related to the overall management
of your computer system, including
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changing settings, using Windows
Defender, and more.
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By the time you've completed this course,
you'll feel at home in the new interface
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of Windows 8, and will be able to
confidently put this platform to use on
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both traditional computers, and a wide
variety of touchscreen devices that are
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becoming increasingly common.
Let's get started.
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1. Getting Started with Windows 8A Windows 8 overview| 00:01 |
When you launch Windows 8 for the very
first time, your reaction may very well
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be that this is unlike any computing
experience you've ever had before.
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If you've used any version of Windows,
and in fact just about any computer,
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you've probably not seen an interface
like this.
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And that's because Windows 8 incorporates
a new Start Screen.
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In many ways, if you're familiar with
previous versions of Windows, this is
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similar to the Start button.
Except, instead of just being a button
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that pops up a menu, the start screen
literally takes up your entire screen.
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And that screen is largely dominated by
tiles, live tiles to be specific, and
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those are the large boxes that you see
here representing the various
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applications that are currently installed
on the computer.
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Many of these applications, at least
those that you'll find by default in
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Windows are what are generally referred
to as Metro Applications.
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And that's just another way of saying
that these applications were especially
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designed for Windows 8.
And so they'll almost seem to run
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directly within the Start screen.
But we can always work in Desktop mode,
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if we'd like.
And that takes us to an experience that
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is similar to previous versions of
Windows.
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You'll notice that I have a desktop tile
at the bottom left of my start screen.
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And if I click that tile, I'll be taken
to a desktop experience.
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You can see here I have some applications
on the launch bar, and I have the typical
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experience that I'm accustomed to from
previous versions of Windows, with one
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big exception.
And that is that the start button is missing.
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There's no start button at the bottom
left corner of the display.
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But actually, you can really think of
there as being a start button.
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It's just a start button that doesn't
show by default.
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I'll go ahead and move my mouse down into
the bottom left corner of the display,
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and you'll see that a start button
appears.
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I can also swipe from the bottom left
corner, or I could press the Windows key
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on the keyboard in order to access the
start screen once again.
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So now that I've hovered my mouse at the
bottom left corner to reveal the start
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button I'll go ahead and click that
button and that takes me right back to
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the start screen.
There are also a variety of other
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interface elements that you'll want to
get familiar with in Windows 8.
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The first of those is the Charm Bar.
To access the Charm Bar we can swipe in
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from the right side of the screen or
simply move the mouse up to the top right
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or bottom right corner.
And that will bring up the Charm Bar.
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This includes buttons where we can access
a search feature.
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We can share items with friends and
family.
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We can access the start screen if we're
not currently in the start screen.
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Or if we are currently at the start
screen, clicking this button will take us
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to the desktop.
We can configure devices and we can also
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adjust settings.
And speaking of settings, there are
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additional options available on the
Options menu, which we can access by
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swiping up from the bottom of the
display, or simply right-clicking
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anywhere in an empty space on the Start
screen.
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And when we have applications running, we
can access those applications over on the
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left side, either by swiping in or moving
our mouse to the top left corner or the
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bottom left corner.
And that will give us the next
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application available.
Which we could then click on in order to
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activate that particular application.
I'll go ahead and press the start button
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to get back to the start screen.
And then move my mouse back to the bottom
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left corner to demonstrate that we can
also then move the mouse over toward the
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left side, or swipe back toward the left
side of the screen in order to bring up a
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display of all the applications that are
currently running.
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And of course, we can click on the tile
for any of those applications to bring
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them to the forefront.
So that gives you a sense of the overall
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experience within Windows 8.
Just a little bit of familiarity so
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you'll have an idea of what sorts of
features you'll be accessing in various
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places within Windows as you start to get
more familar with this new experience.
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| Changing your environment| 00:02 |
One of the first things I like to do when
I start working with a new operating
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system is to customize things just a
little bit.
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And that can include changing the
interface to some extent, changing the
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overall colors, the images that are
shown.
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Let's take a look at some of the options
that are available to us for customizing
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and personalizing your experience in
Windows 8.
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I'm going to start off by bringing up the
Charm bar, so you can swipe in from the
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right side of the screen if you're using
a touch device.
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Or you can move your mouse into the top
right or bottom right corner of the display.
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Or you can hold the Windows key and press
the letter C on the keyboard.
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Any of those options will bring up the
Charms Bar.
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And from that Charms Bar, we're going to
want to choose Settings so that we can
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adjust some of the interface settings for
Windows.
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I'll next go to the Change PC Settings
option at the bottom of that Settings
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tab, and that will bring up our PC
Settings app.
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Now, we're going to work in the
Personalize section, and you can see we
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start off with the lock screen.
And this is the screen that is displayed
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whenever you lock your computer.
So, instead of just having a password
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entry screen, you have a nice image that
you can enjoy.
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And you'll see that we have a variety of
different images that are available for
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you to choose from, included with Windows
8.
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You can also click the Browse button, and
then navigate to a location that contains
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some of your photos and select one of
your own images.
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I'll go ahead and use this image.
It looks kind of cool.
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And then, I'm going to switch to the
Start screen.
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And once again, you can see that we have
a variety of graphics to choose from for
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that Start screen.
You can simply click on a thumbnail for
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one of the images that you think might be
interesting, so that you can see a
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preview of the effect.
I think I'll go with this Gears option.
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And then, we can also choose a particular
color from down below.
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You'll notice that we have both a
background color and a foreground color available.
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And once again, you can click on any of
these options in order to view a preview
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of the effect.
I think maybe a nice bright blue might be
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a nice touch for our interface, so I'll
go ahead and leave that option set.
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And then, finally, I'll choose account
picture.
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I'll click on that option, and then I can
click the Browse button, and navigate to
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a location where I have photos that I
would like to use.
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Here, I have a photograph of myself up in
the Alps in Austria.
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I'll go ahead and select that image, and
then, click the Choose Image button.
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And that now becomes my account picture.
I could also click the Camera button in
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order to use my webcam in order to
capture a photo or video.
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Yes, that's right, you can use a video
for your account picture.
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It just needs to be limited to no more
than 5 seconds in duration.
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So, with those settings established, I'll
go ahead and bring up that Charm Bar one
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more time, and then click the Start
button to get back to the Start screen.
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And you can see, I now have my account
picture associated with my account ID.
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I have those gears displayed down below,
and that blue colored palette that I've
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chosen for my Personalized Settings in
Windows 8.
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| Customizing live tiles| 00:02 |
It doesn't take very long working with
Windows 8 to realize that you're going to
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spend a fair amount of time interacting
with the tiles that appear on the Start Screen.
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In many respects you might think of the
tiles as simply being launch pads for the
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applications that you're going to use
within Windows 8.
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But they can also be much more than that.
To begin with, many of the tiles that
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you'll find on the Start Screen are
capable of being Live Tiles.
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Now I've turned off all of the Live Tiles
at the moment to show you a rare scene
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within Windows 8 and that is a situation
where nothing is being updated dynamically.
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But we can change that very quickly and
easily simply by adjusting the settings
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for our tiles.
I'll go ahead, for example, and right
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click on the weather application.
If I was using a touch device I could
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also swipe down on that tile, and that
will bring up a set of controls on the
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options bar down at the bottom of the
screen.
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And from there I can choose the Turn Live
Tile On option.
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When I do so that weather application
becomes a Live Tile and so it will cycle
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through, showing me weather reports of
various cities in this case.
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Of course I could configure those
settings within the weather application
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if I wanted to, but we can also configure
the overall layout of the tiles.
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So, for example, if I decide that the
weather is something I'm very interested
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in and I want to have that sort of front
and center within my start screen I can
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move that weather application's tile into
a different position, something more
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prominent, maybe at the top of the stack
here, for example.
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I could move that weather application,
the tile for the weather application,
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with a touch device by simply dragging
that weather application downward a
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little bit.
And then dragging it around onto the
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screen to a new position.
Or with a mouse, I can just simply click
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and hold the mouse button and then drag
that weather application and position it
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anywhere on the screen that I would like.
I'll put it at the top of this column.
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And then release the mouse.
I can also adjust the size of the various
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tiles that we have on the start screen.
I'll go ahead, for example, and right
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click or swipe down on the finance tile.
And then I'll choose the smaller option
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from the options bar, and you can see
that the tiles automatically shuffle around.
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I now have Internet Explorer to the right
of my finance tile here, and I can also
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switch that back to a large size once
again either by flicking downward on a
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touch device or right-clicking with a
mouse.
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And then I'll choose the larger option.
And naturally, I could enable live
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updates for that finance application
simply by flicking downward on the
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finance tile or right-clicking and then
choosing the Turn Live Tile On option and
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you'll see that, right away, that finance
application becomes a Live Tile with
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updates projected in real time on my
start screen.
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I can also name the individual groups.
You'll notice at the moment I have two
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groups of tiles.
As I add additional applications that
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will certainly grow, I'd be able to
scroll over to the right for example, and
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see the various tiles that are available
for different applications.
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And I can give each of those groups a
name.
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On a touch device, you can simply pinch
to zoom out on the display.
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If you're using the keyboard mouse, you
can move the mouse down to the bottom
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right of the display and then click the
minus in order to zoom out.
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Once you've zoomed out, you can right
click on any of the groups, or flick
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downward on the group, in order to bring
up the options bar and there I can choose
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the Name Group option.
I'll go ahead and type a name for this
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group of applications.
I'll just call this Main Applications.
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And then I'll right-click on the other
set of applications and choose the Name
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Group option.
And I'll just call this Fun Stuff, and
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then click the Name button.
And now I've named both of those groups
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of applications.
I can then click anywhere on the screen
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or tap anywhere on the touch device in
order to bring back those application
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tiles to their normal size.
And you can see that I have a label
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associated with each of those groups.
So you can see that we have a variety of
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options for re-arranging and resizing and
also choosing whether or not to enable
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Live Tile updates for those applications
that support them.
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Overall, that gives us tremendous control
over the arrangement of the applications
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that we'll be interacting with in Windows
8.
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| Helpful keyboard shortcuts| 00:02 |
If you're using Windows 8 on a computer
with a keyboard and mouse, rather than on
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a touch screen device then you may find
that utilizing keyboard shortcuts can
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really help streamline some of your work
within Windows 8 when you want to access
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specific features, for example.
And so I wanted to share with you some of
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my favorite keyboard shortcuts, the
keyboard shortcuts that I use all the
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time within Windows 8.
To begin with, we have the Windows key on
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the keyboard.
If you don't have any applications
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running, that will switch you from the
Start screen, to the desktop.
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So I'll go ahead and press the Windows
button, and that takes me to the desktop environment.
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And then I can press the Windows button
once again to get back to the start screen.
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If I did have other applications running,
however, that would switch me between the
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start screen and the most recently
accessed application.
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I'll go ahead, for example, and bring up
the maps application.
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And then once that application is
started, I'll go ahead and just press the
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Windows button, and that will take me
back to the start screen but pressing one
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more time will take me back to maps.
I also very often like to switch between
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running applications, and for that I'll
use a combination of the Windows button
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and the tab key.
And that will allow me to switch between
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the currently running applications.
So, I can hold that windows key and then,
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press the Tab key to cycle through the
applications that are currently running.
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And if I add the Shift key to that, so
hold the windows key, Hold the Shift key
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and press the Tab Key.
That will cycle me through those
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applications in reverse order.
So windows Tab to move forward through
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the list, and windows Shift Tab to move
backward through the list.
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And of course, once I've switched to
another application or to the desktop, I
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can once again press the windows key on
the keyboard to get back to that start screen.
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If you want to bring up the Charms bar,
you can hold the Windows key and press
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the letter C.
That will bring up the Charms bar.
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But you can also choose a particular
application off that Charms bar.
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Windows + H will get the Share options.
Windows + I will bring up the Settings.
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And Windows + K will bring up Devices,
for example.
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At any time if you want to bring up the
application options bar, you can simply
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hold the Windows key and press the letter
Z on the keyboard.
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That will bring up a context sensitive
list that of available actions, for the
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currently selected item.
Of course, at the moment I don't have
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anything selected.
And so the only option available is the
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,All Apps, option which will display all
of the available applications on the system.
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Not just those that are currently
configured on the start screen.
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If I want to get directly to the desktop,
I can always press windows, and d for desktop.
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Keep in mind that if there are no
applications running, the windows key all
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by itself will take me to the desktop,
but if you want to be sure that you'll go
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to the desktop without going to another
application in the meantime, simply press
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Windows D.
I'll go ahead and press the Windows key
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once again to get back to the start
screen.
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And then finally search options if you
want to search among your applications,
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you can press Windows Q and that will
bring up a search for applications.
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If you want to search for files you can
press Windows F, and that allows you to search.
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All files on your computer.
But again, if you're not at the start
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screen, you can press the Windows key at
any time to get back to that Start
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screen, a very quick and easy way to get
back to the portion of Windows 8 that
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you're probably going to be interacting
with the most.
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So those are just a few of my favorite
keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8.
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I I think if you commit some of those to
memory, you'll find that you're able to
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work much more efficiently within Windows
8, when you're working with a keyboard
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and mouse.
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| Using gestures| 00:02 |
If you're using Windows 8 on a
touchscreen device, you'll need to get
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immediately familiar with the various
Gestures that you can use.
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But fortunately I think you'll find that
those gestures are quite straight forward.
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Let's start off with the most basic
gesture, the Tap.
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This is essentially the same as clicking
a mouse button with a mouse pointer over
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a particular item.
And it means just simply tapping on the display.
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So for example, I can simply tap on the
tile for the photos app and that Photos
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App will launch.
And then within the Photo's App I can tap
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on a particular item, for example, my
SkyDrive, and then tap to navigate to the pictures.
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And even tap on a particular picture to
view it Full Screen.
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And that brings us to another gesture,
which is the Swipe.
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In this case, if I want to switch between
the various images, for example, I can
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swipe one picture out of the frame to
bring a new picture into the frame.
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I'm just swiping from one picture to the
next.
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And the same swipe works in a variety of
other places as well.
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Such as within the Start screen where we
can swipe to to move around and view the
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different tiles.
Another gesture that you'll use on a
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fairly regular basis is the Two-fingered
Pinch.
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We can, for example, Zoom Outward on a
photo.
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So, that, in this case, I go from viewing
1 photo to several photos by using two
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fingers to pinch the photo inward.
I can also pinch outward in order to Zoom
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In so, in this case, zooming in on one
particular photo.
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And even on that photo itself, I can
pinch to zoom in on the image and then
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use that swipe to pan around and pinch
again to zoom back outward to the full image.
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The Charm Bar provides quick access to
some of the most commonly used features
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in Windows 8.
And you can access that Charm Bar just by
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swiping in from the right side of the
display.
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We can then, for example, tap on the
Start button to go back to the Start screen.
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But note that in many cases, your tablet
will probably have a button that will
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take you directly to that Start screen as
well.
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When you have multiple applications
running, they run on the left side of the screen.
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So for example, if I go to the weather
application and then swipe in from the
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left side, you'll see that the previous
application comes into view.
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I can continue dragging that application,
that happens to be photos in this case.
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And then release to bring that Photo App
all the way Full Screen.
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In other words, switching between
applications with a simple swipe inward
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from the left edge.
But if I want to switch to a different
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application, I can vary that swipe just a
little bit.
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I'll go ahead and swipe inward from the
left edge.
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You'll see that in this case I get the
Weather Application coming back in.
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But if I move my finger back over toward
that left edge again after swiping
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inward, you'll see that the Application
Bar Appears.
| | 02:35 |
Here I can switch to the Start screen or
any of the other applications that are
| | 02:38 |
currently running with a simple tap.
We can also close an application with a
| | 02:44 |
simple gesture.
I'll go ahead and switch to the Reader
| | 02:46 |
application, for example.
And if I Drag downward from the top of
| | 02:49 |
the display, then you'll see, once I get
to about the center of the screen, that
| | 02:52 |
the application reduces in size.
And essentially that application is now
| | 02:57 |
attached to my finger, so I can Drag it
around.
| | 02:59 |
But if I Drag it all the way down to the
bottom of the display you will see that
| | 03:02 |
it gets smaller still and translucent as
well.
| | 03:06 |
And if I release my finger, the
applicaiton is closed, so it's no longer
| | 03:09 |
running on the device.
But of course I don't need to perform
| | 03:12 |
that gesture quite so slowly, I'll go
ahead and switch to the Photos application.
| | 03:16 |
And then I'll swipe inward from the top
all the way down to the bottom and the
| | 03:19 |
application is closed.
We can also bring up the Options bar with
| | 03:24 |
a simple flick, a drag inward from the
bottom of the screen.
| | 03:27 |
In this case of course, there are not too
many options because I just brought up
| | 03:30 |
the options bar with the Start screen
displayed.
| | 03:33 |
I'll go ahead and flick again in order to
remove that Options bar.
| | 03:36 |
Then I'll flick across one of the other
applications, and now you can see that
| | 03:40 |
the options on the options bar relate to
that particular tile.
| | 03:44 |
In addition to that Flick gesture
however, I can also Drag a tile around.
| | 03:49 |
I'll go ahead and flick on the news tile
for example.
| | 03:52 |
But then, instead of releasing my finger
from the screen, I'll go ahead and
| | 03:55 |
continue moving around.
And you can see that that tile for the
| | 03:59 |
News Application is following my finger.
So I can move it into a different
| | 04:03 |
position if I'd like for example.
And there you have it.
| | 04:07 |
I think if you spend just a few minutes
getting familiar with these gestures,
| | 04:10 |
your experience on a touchscreen device
will be that much more fluid and efficient.
| | 04:15 |
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| Handwriting recognition on a tablet| 00:02 |
When working with a touch screen device
running Windows 8, you'll tend to use
| | 00:05 |
gestures quite a lot to navigate around
on the screen, among your applications
| | 00:08 |
and preform a variety of other tasks.
But of course, in some cases you're
| | 00:13 |
going to need to type and in the context
of touch screen device, that means typing
| | 00:16 |
directly on the display.
Let's take a look at the various options
| | 00:21 |
that are available as far as that data
entry accessing a keyboard essentially on
| | 00:24 |
a tablet device.
I'll go ahead and tap on a tile for the
| | 00:28 |
Bing application in order to launch that
application.
| | 00:31 |
And then I can tap into the search field
to bring up the keyboard.
| | 00:35 |
I can then tap directly on the keys on
the screen in order to type.
| | 00:38 |
Now in theory, that means that I could
use two hands and type, but of course
| | 00:41 |
because we don't have the feedback of
feeling the keys underneath our fingers
| | 00:45 |
we can't tell where the individual keys
end for example and that can be a little
| | 00:48 |
bit challenging.
So, generally speaking, I prefer to use a
| | 00:53 |
single hand.
But you may be a bit better when it comes
| | 00:56 |
to typing with two hands on a touchscreen
device and, if so, you might also prefer
| | 01:00 |
a Split Keyboard.
I'll go ahead and Tap the Keyboard button
| | 01:03 |
at the bottom right of the display and
the second option there is a Split Keyboard.
| | 01:08 |
So now we can work with two sections of
the keyboard, one at the far left and one
| | 01:11 |
at the far right with a numeric keypad at
the center.
| | 01:16 |
If you're working with a normal keyboard,
by the way, you can always bring up that
| | 01:18 |
numeric keypad just by tapping the
numbered button down at the bottom left
| | 01:21 |
which gives you a series of symbols as
well as numbers to choose from.
| | 01:26 |
I'll tap that button again to get back to
the normal keyboard.
| | 01:29 |
But perhaps most importantly, we'll take
a look at how we can enter information
| | 01:33 |
without having to type it all through the
use of handwriting recognition.
| | 01:37 |
I'll go ahead and click the X to clear
out the entry that I've typed there and
| | 01:40 |
then I'll click that keyboard button once
again and I'm going to tap the button to
| | 01:44 |
bring up the hand writing recognition
option.
| | 01:48 |
And now, instead of typing, I can simply
write the words that I want to appear in
| | 01:51 |
that search box.
I'll go ahead a write Austria, for
| | 01:55 |
example, and you'll notice that even
though my handwriting, especially with
| | 01:59 |
just my finger, is rather poor, Windows 8
is able to recognize that word.
| | 02:05 |
It has filled in Austria for me.
I can tap the insert button over at the
| | 02:08 |
right, and that will add the word Austria
to the search box.
| | 02:12 |
But to make that task a little bit
easier, you can use a stylus.
| | 02:15 |
Your tablet might include a stylus or you
can get a third party stylus and then
| | 02:19 |
write directly on the screen using that
stylus.
| | 02:23 |
And I think you'll find that with a
stylus your accuracy is going to improve
| | 02:26 |
quite a bit more.
There we have the word travel for example.
| | 02:30 |
I'll go ahead and tap the insert button
and travel is inserted into the search box.
| | 02:35 |
So now I have Austria travel and I think
you can see that using a stylus or even
| | 02:38 |
just writing with your finger in many
cases will be much faster than trying to
| | 02:41 |
type on the on screen keyboard.
In addition to being able to switch
| | 02:46 |
between the various keyboards we can also
hide the keyboard altogether with that
| | 02:49 |
last option on the keyboard pop-up.
But as you can see, whether you're typing
| | 02:54 |
on the onscreen keyboard or taking
advantage of handwriting recognition with
| | 02:57 |
a stylus, or even your finger, putting
the words or numbers onto the screen in
| | 03:00 |
Windows 8 is quite simple.
| | 03:04 |
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| Creating and using a picture password| 00:02 |
One of the things you'll probably notice
as you're using Windows 8 on a touch
| | 00:04 |
screen device is that you really start to
take great advantage of the various
| | 00:07 |
gestures that are available and you
almost try to avoid situations where you
| | 00:10 |
have to actually type anything.
You'd rather perform a gesture than have
| | 00:15 |
to perform typing.
And if you agree with that you're
| | 00:18 |
probably going to love the picture
password.
| | 00:21 |
It makes it much faster and easier in my
view to log in to your Windows 8 device.
| | 00:26 |
Let's get started by creating a picture
password.
| | 00:29 |
I'll go ahead and swipe in from the right
side of the screen in order to bring up
| | 00:32 |
the charm bar and then I'll choose
settings from the charm bar and then I'll
| | 00:35 |
tap change PC settings at the bottom of
the list there in PC settings.
| | 00:41 |
I'll then switch to users.
And you can see, here is my user account.
| | 00:46 |
And I can change my password.
But I can also create a picture password.
| | 00:50 |
I'll go ahead and tap on the create a
picture password option.
| | 00:52 |
And the first thing I need to do is
verify my account.
| | 00:56 |
So I'll go ahead and tap into the
password field to bring up the keyboard.
| | 00:59 |
And then I'll type my password.
And then I'll tap OK.
| | 01:09 |
And now I can choose the image that I
would like to use for my picture password.
| | 01:13 |
I'll tap the Choose Picture button.
And I'll go ahead and access my photos in SkyDrive.
| | 01:18 |
And then I'll choose an image that I
think will be easy for me to remember a
| | 01:21 |
picture password for.
I'll tap on that image and then tap the
| | 01:25 |
Open button.
And you can see that the image is displayed.
| | 01:29 |
I can also adjust the overall position of
the image if I want to make sure that I'm
| | 01:32 |
able to see specific details.
For example, here I want to be sure that
| | 01:36 |
I'm able to see the ladder that is going
into the water.
| | 01:40 |
So, that looks pretty good.
I'll go ahead and tap on the Use This
| | 01:43 |
Picture button.
And now I need to create three gestures,
| | 01:46 |
and these can be lines or geometric
shapes essentially.
| | 01:50 |
In this case, I'll start off with a
counterclockwise circle over the ladder.
| | 01:53 |
And then I'll drag from the middle of the
ladder out into the water.
| | 01:57 |
And finally, I'll drag across the
horizon.
| | 02:00 |
So I'm creating three individual
gestures.
| | 02:04 |
And now, I need to confirm those
gestures.
| | 02:06 |
So once again, starting with the first
gesture, a counterclockwise circle over
| | 02:09 |
the ladder.
Followed by a line out into the water,
| | 02:12 |
followed by a line across the entire
horizon.
| | 02:17 |
And since my gestures were a close enough
match I've successfully created that
| | 02:20 |
picture password.
I'll go ahead and tap the finish button
| | 02:24 |
and that takes me back to my user
settings.
| | 02:26 |
But I'm going to go back to the start
screen.
| | 02:29 |
And then I'll tap on my username up at
the top right and I'll tap the lock
| | 02:32 |
option in order to lock my device.
And now I'll go ahead and use that
| | 02:37 |
picture password to actually sign into my
device.
| | 02:40 |
I'll swipe up from the bottom of the
display and you can see that I'm being
| | 02:43 |
prompted for my picture password.
Now if at any time you're not able to use
| | 02:47 |
that picture password to sign in or your
forgot the gestures, you can always tap
| | 02:50 |
the switch to password button so that you
can simply type your password using the
| | 02:54 |
onscreen keyboard.
But I think the picture password is much
| | 02:59 |
faster and easier.
I'll go ahead and perform those gestures
| | 03:02 |
once again.
And I've successfully signed into my
| | 03:06 |
Windows account.
So you can see, by using a picture
| | 03:09 |
password, you're able to perform simple
gestures to sign into your account rather
| | 03:12 |
than having to use the on screen
keyboard.
| | 03:16 |
And I think you'll find that that's a
much faster and easier, while still
| | 03:19 |
secure, method for signing into your
account.
| | 03:21 |
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| Working with your account| 00:02 |
When you're working with Windows 8,
you'll have a user account of course, and
| | 00:05 |
this allows you not only to secure your
computer, requiring a password for you to
| | 00:08 |
sign in, for example, but also to store
all of your personalization settings,
| | 00:11 |
which can be automatically synchronized
over a wide variety of devices.
| | 00:17 |
Let's take a look at some of the options
that are available for that user account.
| | 00:22 |
The current user is shown up at the top
right of the Start screen.
| | 00:25 |
And in fact, we have a photo associated
with our user account.
| | 00:29 |
I'll go ahead and tap on my username to
bring up the menu of options, and we'll
| | 00:33 |
start off by taking a look at the option
to change our account picture.
| | 00:38 |
This will take us to PC Settings, where
we can personalize our account picture.
| | 00:42 |
I'll go ahead and tap the Browse button,
and then I can navigate to a particular
| | 00:45 |
location where I have photo stored and
choose an image that I'd like to use.
| | 00:50 |
Here on my Sky Drive for example, I have
some pictures, and so I can go through
| | 00:53 |
those images and find one that I'd like
to use for my user account.
| | 00:57 |
I'll go ahead and choose this waterfall
photo.
| | 01:00 |
I'll tap on it to select it, and I'll tap
the Choose Image button.
| | 01:03 |
And you can see that my previously used
account picture is shown, so I can switch
| | 01:06 |
back to that at any time if I'd like, but
I now have a new account picture.
| | 01:11 |
Note by the way, that you can even take a
new image with your webcam if your device
| | 01:15 |
is so equipped.
I'll go ahead and switch back to the
| | 01:18 |
Start screen.
And you can see that the new account
| | 01:20 |
picture is reflected with my user name.
I'll go ahead and tap once again on my
| | 01:24 |
username, and then the next option is to
lock the device.
| | 01:27 |
And this provides a very quick and easy
way to protect our device so that others
| | 01:30 |
can't use it since they, of course, don't
have our password.
| | 01:34 |
To log back in, I'll go ahead and swipe
upward on the display, and then I'll
| | 01:38 |
utilize my picture password in order to
sign in to the account.
| | 01:43 |
And I'm back to my start screen.
I can also completely sign out altogether.
| | 01:48 |
I'll go ahead and tap on my user account
one more time and then tap the sign out option.
| | 01:52 |
And now, I'm signed out altogether from
my device.
| | 01:55 |
So now, I will need to choose which user
I want to sign in as if I'm going to sign
| | 01:59 |
in once again.
I'll go ahead and swipe from the bottom
| | 02:02 |
of the display.
I'll tap on my username and then, once
| | 02:05 |
again, use my picture password to sign
into my account.
| | 02:08 |
And of course, I'm just one user, but I
could also create additional user accounts.
| | 02:16 |
I'll swipe in from the right side of the
display to bring up the Charm Bar, and
| | 02:19 |
then I'll tap Settings and tap Change PC
Settings.
| | 02:23 |
And then, I'll switch to the Users Option
and you'll see here, in addition to being
| | 02:27 |
able to adjust settings for my own
account, I can also add a user just by
| | 02:30 |
tapping the Add A User button.
And then, entering the particular details
| | 02:35 |
for that user.
So, overall, a very simple and
| | 02:38 |
straightforward process of working with
your account.
| | 02:42 |
In fact, most of the time, you'll hardly
even know that account exists other than
| | 02:45 |
the fact that all of your various
settings get automatically synchronized
| | 02:48 |
across devices.
But it's good to know that those various
| | 02:51 |
options exist, even if most of the time,
you don't even realize that you're
| | 02:54 |
working within your account.
| | 02:57 |
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| Power options| 00:02 |
Today's computers and especially portable
devices are designed to be power friendly
| | 00:05 |
so that they don't consume a lot of
energy when they're not being used.
| | 00:09 |
And as a result, there's not really a
strong need to power down your computer
| | 00:13 |
or device altogether.
But there are situations where you may
| | 00:16 |
want to put your device to sleep in order
to preserve the battery or even shut down
| | 00:19 |
the computer all together.
Let's take a look at the various power
| | 00:23 |
options that are available within Windows
8.
| | 00:27 |
I'll go ahead and swipe inward from the
right side of the display in order to
| | 00:30 |
bring up the charm bar.
And then from that charm bar, I'll tap
| | 00:34 |
the settings button.
I'll then tap the power option and you'll
| | 00:37 |
see that there are several options
available Sleep, Shut Down, Update and Restart.
| | 00:42 |
Let's start off with the Sleep option.
This is very straightforward.
| | 00:45 |
If I want to put my computer to sleep so
that it is using less power, I can simply
| | 00:49 |
tap that Sleep option, and you'll see
that the device goes to sleep.
| | 00:54 |
I can then wake up the device, in this
case just swiping the power button for
| | 00:56 |
example, and that will wake up the
computer.
| | 00:59 |
Note that because I just put the computer
to sleep, it doesn't need to start up entirely.
| | 01:03 |
I'm ready to sign in immediately.
I'll go ahead and swipe upward from the
| | 01:07 |
bottom of the display and then I'll
perform my picture password so that I can
| | 01:10 |
sign in to my account.
Going back to those power options we can
| | 01:16 |
take a look at the next setting which is
to shut down.
| | 01:19 |
And this will completely shut down the
computer so that its not drawing any
| | 01:22 |
power and that obviously will help to
preserve the battery for an even longer
| | 01:25 |
period of time.
But it also means that when you restart
| | 01:29 |
your device its going to take a bit
longer for it to start up.
| | 01:33 |
The final option is to restart.
Now, at the moment, I have an Update and
| | 01:37 |
Restart option there in place of just
simply restarting the computer.
| | 01:41 |
Generally speaking you shouldn't really
need to restart the computer, but from
| | 01:44 |
time to time you might find there's some
stability issues or other problems that
| | 01:46 |
can be resolved by simply restarting the
computer.
| | 01:50 |
But in this case, because there's some
updates for Windows 8 that have been
| | 01:53 |
downloaded, I have the option to update
and restart.
| | 01:56 |
In other words, to install all of those
updates and and then restart the device.
| | 02:00 |
I'll go ahead and tap that option, and
you'll see that the device will restart
| | 02:04 |
and in the process it will load all of
the various updates that are available.
| | 02:09 |
So as you can see, the power options are
relatively straight forward and very
| | 02:12 |
simple, and quite frankly you're not
likely to need to access them all that
| | 02:15 |
often but it's good to know they're
there.
| | 02:19 |
For when you do need them.
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|
2. Using Windows ApplicationsBasics of Metro applications| 00:02 |
The vast majority of tasks you perform
within Windows 8 or any other operating
| | 00:05 |
system, will revolve around applications.
In Windows 8, there's a special type of
| | 00:10 |
application, often referred to as a Metro
application, which effectively operates
| | 00:14 |
within the context of the start screen.
In other words, when you launch one of
| | 00:19 |
these applications, it will take over the
full display of the start screen rather
| | 00:23 |
than running in desktop mode.
So, let's take a look at some of the ways
| | 00:27 |
we can work with these applications.
I'll go ahead and launch an application.
| | 00:31 |
I'll start off with the sports
application.
| | 00:33 |
I'll just click on the tile for sports,
and then you'll see that I have a big
| | 00:37 |
headline here.
This is of course, a sports news application.
| | 00:42 |
I can pan across simply by swiping on a
touch screen or by using the arrow keys
| | 00:46 |
on the keyboard.
I can also access a scroll bar down at
| | 00:50 |
the bottom with the mouse and then simply
click and drag across on that scroll bar.
| | 00:55 |
And here you can see I can get sports
score updates and headlines and other information.
| | 01:00 |
And of course at time I may want to
switch to a different application, at the
| | 01:03 |
moment this is the only application that
I have running.
| | 01:06 |
I'll go ahead and move my mouse up to the
top left corner and you can see that I
| | 01:10 |
can also access the desktop or if I move
my mouse down and on a touch screen
| | 01:14 |
involves swiping inwards.
From the left edge, and then keeping the
| | 01:19 |
finger close to that left edge so that
you can bring up this applications bar.
| | 01:23 |
Then I can choose the Start button down
at the bottom.
| | 01:26 |
That will bring us back to the start
screen.
| | 01:29 |
And then of course I could launch another
application.
| | 01:31 |
Let's go ahead and just launch the
calendar application, and now you'll
| | 01:35 |
notice when I move over to the top left
corner, or if I swipe in from the left
| | 01:38 |
edge, that I can see the sport
application.
| | 01:42 |
that's the most recent application I was
visiting, is there at the top.
| | 01:46 |
But if I move my mouse or move my finger
over toward the left side I'll see the
| | 01:49 |
other options that are available and I
can continue in this manner launching
| | 01:53 |
multiple applications if I'd like to.
And at anytime switching between those
| | 01:59 |
and keep in mind if your working with a
keyboard and mouse environment you can
| | 02:02 |
also hold the Windows key and press the
Tab key to switch between the various
| | 02:06 |
applications that are running.
Generally speaking, there's not really
| | 02:13 |
much need to close applications in
Windows 8.
| | 02:16 |
If you're not working in a particular
application, Windows will automatically
| | 02:20 |
make that application essentially idle.
So that it's not using your system resources.
| | 02:25 |
But at times you may want to get rid of
an application, to close an application out.
| | 02:29 |
Because you're simply not using it.
The keyboard shortcut Alt + F4, which has
| | 02:33 |
been around for a very long time in
Windows, is still available.
| | 02:37 |
So if you're working in a keyboard and
mouse environment, you can certainly do that.
| | 02:40 |
You can also drag from the top of the
screen downward.
| | 02:44 |
If you're using a touchscreen device
that's very straightforward, if you're
| | 02:47 |
using a mouse you'll need to move the
mouse up toward the top edge of the
| | 02:50 |
application, and then click, and drag
downward.
| | 02:54 |
But once you start pulling away from that
top edge, you'll see that the application
| | 02:58 |
becomes smaller.
And I can now drag this application
| | 03:02 |
around and if I want to close application
I simply drag all the way down to the
| | 03:06 |
bottom of he screen and release the mouse
and that application will close.
| | 03:12 |
So, as you can see it's very straight
forward to launch, navigate among, and
| | 03:17 |
close applications That you're working
with, from the Windows 8 Start Screen.
| | 03:24 |
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| Working with a typical application| 00:01 |
There are, of course, a wide variety of
applications available for Windows 8.
| | 00:06 |
In fact, you can run most previous
applications designed for prior versions
| | 00:10 |
of Windows within Windows 8.
But increasingly, you'll start to see
| | 00:14 |
what are typically referred to as metro
applications.
| | 00:18 |
And those are applications effectively,
that were designed specifically to work
| | 00:22 |
with Windows 8.
Those applications tend to have a lot of similarities.
| | 00:27 |
As much as they might be designed for
very different purposes they also have
| | 00:30 |
some similar behaviors and so once you
learn how to use a single application,
| | 00:33 |
you can really apply that knowledge to a
variety of different applications.
| | 00:39 |
Let's take a look at one example, so that
we can explore some of the ways that
| | 00:42 |
you'll interact with applications in
Windows 8.
| | 00:46 |
I'll go ahead and click the tile for the
weather application, and that will bring
| | 00:50 |
up of course the weather application.
You'll notice that right away I'm being
| | 00:55 |
asked if I would like to enable location
services for the weather application.
| | 01:00 |
In other words, do I want the weather
application to be able to figure out
| | 01:03 |
exactly where I am, so that, in this
case, it can give me weather for my
| | 01:07 |
current location.
I'll go ahead and click the allow button
| | 01:12 |
so I that I can allow the weather
application to know my location and that
| | 01:15 |
way we'll be able to get automatic
updates based on where I am.
| | 01:20 |
So you can see here in just a moment it
has switched.
| | 01:23 |
The display has switched to show Graz,
Austria which is where I happen to be at
| | 01:27 |
the moment and you can see that at the
moment it is 39 degrees.
| | 01:31 |
A very chilly day here in Graz.
And we can also see that, over the next
| | 01:35 |
few days looks like we'll get some snow,
and then we'll have partly cloudy conditions.
| | 01:40 |
So we get a good amount of information
about the weather right here on the home page.
| | 01:44 |
And that location information, again, was
determined automatically.
| | 01:49 |
As with many of the applications designed
for Windows 8, we have more than one page
| | 01:52 |
worth of information to view.
Or more than one page of things that we
| | 01:56 |
can interact with.
So I can scroll across.
| | 01:59 |
On the touch screen, I could simply swipe
across.
| | 02:02 |
In this case, I'm using the scroll bar at
the bottom of the display.
| | 02:05 |
I can also use the keys on the keyboard.
The left arrow key to move toward the left.
| | 02:11 |
And the right arrow key to move toward
the right.
| | 02:13 |
And you'll notice that I have additional
information available to me and in this
| | 02:17 |
case for example a temperature map and a
precipitation map.
| | 02:21 |
So I can click on one of those in order
to view, in this case essentially a video
| | 02:25 |
display giving me updates about weather
in the area.
| | 02:30 |
I can also access settings for the
application at any time, I can right
| | 02:33 |
click in an empty area of the display.
You'll notice I then have some options
| | 02:38 |
displayed down at the bottom on the
application options bar.
| | 02:42 |
I can switch to Celsius from the current
Fahrenheit setting for the temperatures.
| | 02:47 |
I can also refresh the display.
I also have quick navigation to go to the
| | 02:51 |
home page which as we saw gives me a
summary of the weather for my current location.
| | 02:56 |
I can right-click again and switch to my
places view where I can see the current
| | 03:00 |
location and also add additional
locations if I'd like to have easy access
| | 03:04 |
to the weather for a variety of
locations.
| | 03:09 |
And once again, right-clicking you'll
see I have an option for world weather.
| | 03:13 |
Now of course all of these options are
specific to the weather application, but
| | 03:17 |
the basic concepts apply the same to all
of the metro applications that you'll use
| | 03:21 |
within Windows 8.
A right-click in an empty area always
| | 03:25 |
brings up those options that are
available to you.
| | 03:28 |
We can always scroll through multiple
pages if those pages are available.
| | 03:33 |
So, the overall interaction with the
applications tends to be very similar.
| | 03:37 |
And of course, another area of similarity
relates to the charm bar.
| | 03:40 |
If I bring up the charm bar and then
click the settings option, you'll see
| | 03:44 |
that my default settings are for the
weather application.
| | 03:48 |
So I can adjust my options that are
specific to the weather application, for
| | 03:52 |
example, or view information about the
application, image credits, provide
| | 03:55 |
feedback et cetera.
And again, all of these various options
| | 04:00 |
will be very, very similar.
The basic concepts are the same for many
| | 04:05 |
of the applications that you'll use
within Windows 8.
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| Updating applications| 00:02 |
There are, of course, a variety of
applications that are included as part of
| | 00:05 |
your Windows 8 installation, and over
time you may find that you'll download
| | 00:08 |
additional applications through the
Windows Store, and one of the great
| | 00:12 |
benefits of working with the Windows
Store is that you can update those
| | 00:15 |
applications automatically.
Anytime updates are available, you'll be
| | 00:21 |
notified of those updates through the
live tile for the Windows Store.
| | 00:25 |
And then you can use the Windows Store to
automatically update those applications.
| | 00:29 |
So let's take a look at that process.
You'll notice that my live tile for the
| | 00:33 |
Windows Store has the number 15 in the
bottom right corner.
| | 00:37 |
And that is an indication that there are
15 applications for which updates are available.
| | 00:42 |
I'll go ahead and click on the live tile
for the Windows Store, and that will
| | 00:45 |
bring up the store application.
Of course, I could navigate through the
| | 00:50 |
store and look for additional
applications that I might be interested
| | 00:53 |
in, but at the moment, I'm just
interested in updating my existing applications.
| | 00:58 |
And up at the top right corner, you'll
see that there's an indication that
| | 01:01 |
updates are available.
A total of 15 updates, in fact.
| | 01:05 |
I'll go ahead and click on that button
and that will take me to my updates.
| | 01:10 |
And now, you'll notice that by default,
all of the applications that are
| | 01:14 |
currently installed and that have updates
available, are selected.
| | 01:18 |
Now, if I don't want to install updates
for any reason, I could certainly toggle
| | 01:22 |
some of these applications on or off.
I can just click on the tile for any of
| | 01:26 |
those applications, to toggle the
selection off if I don't want it to
| | 01:30 |
update, or on if I do want it to update.
And then, with the applications that I
| | 01:36 |
would like to update selected, all I have
to do is click the Install button.
| | 01:40 |
The Windows Store will then process all
of those updates, downloading all of the
| | 01:44 |
available updates for the selected
applications, and automatically
| | 01:47 |
installing those updates for me.
I don't need to do anything at all.
| | 01:52 |
I can just sit back, relax, and watch all
of those applications get updated, and as
| | 01:56 |
soon as that process is complete I can go
back to the Start screen and explore
| | 02:00 |
those applications, perhaps check out
some of those fun new features that may
| | 02:03 |
have been added.
Or just put the applications to use,
| | 02:08 |
knowing that I'm working with the latest
version.
| | 02:12 |
So, that process obviously didn't take
very much time at all.
| | 02:15 |
I'll go ahead and go back to the Windows
Store and in fact, I can go back to the
| | 02:19 |
Start screen and continue exploring those
freshly updated applications.
| | 02:24 |
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| Browsing with Internet Explorer 10| 00:02 |
Many users of Windows 8, especially those
who are using a touchscreen device, will
| | 00:06 |
probably find that they start to prefer
working with Metro applications rather
| | 00:10 |
than desktop applications within Windows.
And when it comes to browsing the
| | 00:15 |
Internet, there are actually both options
available to you.
| | 00:19 |
You can work with the version of Internet
Explorer that is the Metro version,
| | 00:22 |
designed specifically for Windows 8, and
you can also work with the desktop version.
| | 00:28 |
Let's take a look at the Metro version of
Internet Explorer, and see how it
| | 00:32 |
provides a very nice browsing experience.
I'll go ahead and click on a tile for
| | 00:37 |
Internet Explorer.
And that will bring up the browser.
| | 00:40 |
And you'll notice, that the browser
itself is effectively, full screen.
| | 00:44 |
If I click on an empty area of the
window, you'll see, that I have only the
| | 00:48 |
browser window available.
I don't have any other controls, just the
| | 00:52 |
webpage itself.
And of course, I can scroll through the page.
| | 00:56 |
I can use the scroll wheel on my mouse.
I can use the arrow keys on the keyboard.
| | 01:00 |
And of course, I can also use a touch
screen device if I'm so equipped.
| | 01:05 |
But as you can see, the page itself
consumes the entire screen, and that can
| | 01:08 |
make for a very nice experience as you're
browsing the web.
| | 01:12 |
And naturally, you can go through that
page and then click on additional links
| | 01:16 |
as you see fit.
Notice that when I click on a link, or if
| | 01:22 |
I right-click on an empty area of the
page, or if I swipe upward from the
| | 01:25 |
bottom of the display, that I have an
address bar, and so I can type in the
| | 01:29 |
address for a new webpage.
I'll go ahead and go to a web page that I
| | 01:35 |
like to visit from time to time.
VeloNews which offers cycling news.
| | 01:40 |
And so I type in that value.
I press Enter or click the right pointing
| | 01:44 |
arrow button to navigate to that page,
and then I can just click on an empty
| | 01:47 |
area of the page and that tool bar goes
away.
| | 01:52 |
I'll go ahead and right-click again or
once again I could swipe up from the bottom.
| | 01:55 |
And you'll notice that I have a Back
button so I can go back to the previous page.
| | 01:59 |
I have a Reload button so that I can
reload the page.
| | 02:03 |
Once I click the Reload page, you'll
notice that that button changes to an X,
| | 02:06 |
which allows me to stop loading the page.
If, for example, it's a large page with
| | 02:11 |
lots of images, and I don't want to take
the time to let all of those items download.
| | 02:16 |
I'll enter another website address that I
would like to visit, and then press Enter
| | 02:19 |
or Return on the keyboard or click on the
right pointing arrow button.
| | 02:24 |
And that will bring me to the page that
I've just typed the address for.
| | 02:26 |
And when I right-click or swipe upward
from the bottom of the page you'll see
| | 02:30 |
that I can switch between those tabs.
I'll switch back to the first tab here.
| | 02:35 |
And let's take a look at some of the
options that are available here.
| | 02:39 |
We have some tools available.
If I click on the Wrench icon there,
| | 02:42 |
you'll see that I can find a text on this
page.
| | 02:46 |
So if I want to search for a specific
text, I can view on the desktop version
| | 02:50 |
of Internet Explorer, but there are also
additional settings available from the
| | 02:53 |
Settings option on the Charm bar.
I'll go ahead and press Windows-I to
| | 02:59 |
bring up the settings, and again the
settings will be specific to this
| | 03:02 |
application, in this case, Internet
Explorer.
| | 03:06 |
I'll click that Internet Explorer option.
You can see that I'm able to delete
| | 03:10 |
browsing data if I want to clear out my
browsing history.
| | 03:13 |
I can also determine whether I want to
allow sites to ask for my location.
| | 03:18 |
And I can clear those permissions just by
clicking the clear button if I'd like.
| | 03:22 |
I can adjust the zoom setting by clicking
and dragging across the slider here for
| | 03:27 |
my zoom control, and I also have a flip
ahead feature.
| | 03:32 |
I'll go ahead and turn that option on,
and we'll see how that works in just a moment.
| | 03:36 |
And then finally we have some options for
encoding for the web pages.
| | 03:40 |
This would be for adjusting the language
if you want to switch to a different language.
| | 03:44 |
So obviously that's not something that
most users will need to adjust, because
| | 03:47 |
the operating system will already have
been configured for the language.
| | 03:52 |
I'll go ahead and click inside the window
once again so that we can close those
| | 03:55 |
settings, and now let's take a look at
that flip ahead feature.
| | 04:00 |
Now that I'm browsing this page with the
flip ahead feature turned on, I'll go
| | 04:04 |
ahead and scroll down.
You can see that I have more links.
| | 04:07 |
Well, if I go to a page that has previous
and next links on it.
| | 04:12 |
In other words, a clear indication that
there are multiple pages, then when I
| | 04:15 |
move my mouse over toward the right side
of the browser display, I'll get an arrow
| | 04:18 |
button, and I can click on that arrow
button, and Internet Explorer will
| | 04:21 |
automatically take me to the next page.
It sees that there is a next and previous
| | 04:28 |
link on this page.
It automatically determines where that
| | 04:32 |
link goes to and that it is the correct
link, and so I can click that arrow
| | 04:35 |
button to navigate through the pages for
that site.
| | 04:39 |
So if you're reading a news story, for
example, and it spans across multiple
| | 04:42 |
pages, that gives you a great method for
browsing through those pages very quickly
| | 04:46 |
and easily.
In addition, I can also pin an
| | 04:50 |
application to the Start screen.
I'll go back to the home page for this
| | 04:55 |
particular site, and then once that page
loads, I'll click on the pin button and I
| | 04:59 |
can pin this to my start page or to
favorites.
| | 05:03 |
I'll go ahead and pin to the start page.
And I even have the option to change the
| | 05:07 |
name of this application.
I'll just go ahead and switch it to velonews.com.
| | 05:12 |
And then I'll click the pin to start
button.
| | 05:15 |
And now when I go back to my start page,
you'll see that I have a shortcut
| | 05:18 |
directly to velonews.com.
I can just click on that tile and it will
| | 05:22 |
bring up Internet Explorer, taking me
directly to the page that I pinned.
| | 05:28 |
And bear in mind of course, when I'm
working with multiple tabs, at any time I
| | 05:32 |
can right-click on an empty area of the
display or swipe up from the bottom in
| | 05:35 |
order to bring up those additional
controls, and then I can switch among the
| | 05:39 |
various tabs if I'd like to, or of course
click the X to close any of those tabs.
| | 05:46 |
So you can see working with Internet
Explorer, the Metro version of Internet
| | 05:49 |
Explorer, provides a very nice browsing
experience with considerable flexibility.
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| Managing contacts with People| 00:02 |
Windows 8 provides you with a variety of
different ways that you can stay in
| | 00:04 |
contact with the people you care about.
Through e-mail messaging, sharing photos,
| | 00:09 |
and a variety of other options.
And it also includes the People
| | 00:13 |
application where you can manage the
people, your contacts from a variety of sources.
| | 00:19 |
Let's take a look at how we can work with
the People application in Windows 8.
| | 00:23 |
I'll go ahead, and on the Start screen,
click on the People application.
| | 00:27 |
That will, of course, launch the People
application.
| | 00:30 |
And one of the nice features of People
that we're able to import contacts
| | 00:34 |
automatically from the other services
that you are using.
| | 00:38 |
For example Facebook friends, Twitter
contacts, and others.
| | 00:42 |
I'll go ahead and click on the Facebook
friends option that will connect to the
| | 00:45 |
service, and then allow me to sign in to
my Facebook account.
| | 00:50 |
So that I can provide permission for the
People application to access my contacts
| | 00:54 |
in Facebook.
I'll go ahead and click the Connect button.
| | 00:59 |
And that will bring up an option for me
to sign in to my existing Facebook account.
| | 01:03 |
I'll go ahead and type in my account
name.
| | 01:08 |
And of course, my password as well.
I'll go ahead and click the Login button.
| | 01:12 |
And then I can click on the Allow button
in order to allow the People application
| | 01:17 |
to access my Facebook contacts.
The process is complete.
| | 01:22 |
So I'll go ahead and click the Done
button.
| | 01:24 |
And then, in just a moment, you'll see
that my contacts are updated based on my
| | 01:28 |
Facebook account.
You'll notice that I have a message over
| | 01:33 |
on the left letting me know that I can
add or manage additional accounts.
| | 01:36 |
In other words, to bring contacts in from
other services by going to Settings and
| | 01:40 |
choosing Accounts.
I'll go ahead and click OK to dismiss
| | 01:44 |
that message.
But then, I'd also like to add an
| | 01:47 |
additional contact not based on an
existing contact list in one of my other
| | 01:51 |
services, but rather just a contact in
the People application.
| | 01:56 |
To do that, I'll simply right-click in an
empty area of the People application or
| | 02:00 |
swipe up from the bottom edge on a
touchscreen.
| | 02:04 |
And then, I'll click on the New button.
And then, you can see I can enter
| | 02:07 |
additional information about that new
contact.
| | 02:11 |
I'll go ahead and type in a name.
In this case, I'm just going to add
| | 02:15 |
myself as a contact.
I'll enter an e-mail address, and I'll
| | 02:20 |
leave all the other fields blank for the
time being.
| | 02:25 |
I'll go ahead and click the Save button
down on the Options Bar, and that new
| | 02:29 |
contact is added.
I'll go back to my People application,
| | 02:33 |
the Main Page here.
And you can see, I have that additional contact.
| | 02:37 |
I can also add a picture for that contact
if I'd like to.
| | 02:40 |
Notice that the contacts that were
brought in from my Facebook account
| | 02:44 |
already have their Facebook profile photo
there associated with their contact.
| | 02:49 |
I can also adjust some settings.
I'll go ahead and press Windows+I on the keyboard.
| | 02:54 |
I can also just bring in the Charm Bar
and choose Settings, and then click on Accounts.
| | 02:59 |
That allows me to adjust which accounts
I'm able to access for contacts and those
| | 03:03 |
will be automatically updated.
So, for example, when I get a new
| | 03:07 |
Facebook friend, they will automatically
appear within the People application.
| | 03:11 |
I'll go ahead and go back to the main
page of Settings, and then we'll take a
| | 03:14 |
look at Options.
And you'll notice that the contacts are
| | 03:18 |
sorted based on their first name, which
makes sense for most of us I think.
| | 03:22 |
But if you prefer, you can also sort
contacts by last name, simply by turning
| | 03:26 |
on the Sort by last name option.
And you can also determine which services
| | 03:31 |
you want to actually synchronize with
your contacts list.
| | 03:35 |
You'll see that I have my live account as
well as my Facebook account synchronizing
| | 03:38 |
at the moment.
But at any time, I can turn any of those
| | 03:41 |
options off if I prefer.
You'll notice that we can receive notifications.
| | 03:44 |
I have one unread notification.
I'll go ahead and click on that option.
| | 03:51 |
I can view notifications from my
contacts.
| | 03:53 |
In this case, friend acceptance on
Facebook.
| | 03:58 |
Now, I can of course, view information
about these contacts and interact with
| | 04:01 |
them in a variety of different ways.
I can for example, send a message or view
| | 04:06 |
a profile for this particular contact.
But in this case, all I'm really focused
| | 04:11 |
on is managing those contacts, bringing
the contacts from my other online
| | 04:14 |
services, and adding additional contacts
as needed.
| | 04:19 |
But as you can see, the People
application provides a nice centralized
| | 04:23 |
place to manage all of your contacts
within Windows 8.
| | 04:29 |
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| Configuring and using Mail| 00:02 |
When you first get started using Windows
8, your impression may be that the live
| | 00:05 |
tiles are really just about changing
information, for example, getting updated
| | 00:09 |
news headlines, financial reports, and
sports headlines.
| | 00:14 |
For example, you can see that I have the
sports application set up as a live tile
| | 00:18 |
so that I get the latest headlines on
that tile, actively updating.
| | 00:23 |
And so if there's any new information in
the world of sports, I probably will see
| | 00:27 |
it here on that live tile whenever I'm at
the start screen.
| | 00:32 |
But live tiles aren't just about updating
headlines and other sorts of information.
| | 00:37 |
And in fact, in many cases, I find the
live tiles to be really invaluable.
| | 00:41 |
And I think one of the best examples of
that is the mail application.
| | 00:45 |
You'll see that I have an indication of a
new email message, in the bottom right corner.
| | 00:50 |
There is the number one, indicating that
there is one new mail message for me.
| | 00:54 |
And I even see an indication of what that
message contains, who it is from.
| | 00:59 |
It happens to be from myself, because it
is just a sample message for our purposes.
| | 01:03 |
And I have the subject reminder blog post
as well as the first little bit of the
| | 01:08 |
message itself.
So right within this this start screen, I
| | 01:12 |
get an indication of when I have ...
New e-mail messages, and that can be very
| | 01:16 |
helpful indeed.
Let's go ahead and take a look at the
| | 01:19 |
mail application.
I'll go ahead and click the tile for the
| | 01:22 |
mail application to bring up that
application, and if you've already
| | 01:26 |
established a Windows Live ID as part of
the process of installing or setting up
| | 01:29 |
Windows 8, then you already have e-mail
established.
| | 01:35 |
In fact, you can see here that I've
established a new account for myself with
| | 01:38 |
a Windows Live ID.
And that gives me a new email address.
| | 01:43 |
And I've already sent myself an email,
mostly as a test, for purposes of this lesson.
| | 01:48 |
But those emails are already in my inbox,
and everything is already configured, so
| | 01:52 |
it's very likely that if you set up a new
email address as part of the process of
| | 01:55 |
configuring Windows 8, or if you set up
your existing Windows Live ID, for
| | 01:59 |
example, that you won't need to do
anything at all.
| | 02:05 |
You'll be able to start working with mail
directly within the mail application in
| | 02:08 |
Windows 8 with no additional effort.
You'll notice though that I have a
| | 02:13 |
message down at the bottom left letting
me know that I can add more email
| | 02:16 |
accounts by going to Settings and
choosing Accounts.
| | 02:20 |
If you don't have that message up, of
course, you can always bring up the
| | 02:23 |
charms bar I'll press Windows C to bring
up the charm bar over on the right side.
| | 02:28 |
And I'll go ahead and choose settings,
and because I'm currently in the mail
| | 02:31 |
application, those settings relate
specifically to mail.
| | 02:36 |
I'll go ahead and choose accounts.
And you can see, I have the opportunity
| | 02:39 |
to adjust the settings for my existing
Windows Live account, but I could also
| | 02:43 |
add a new account.
I'll go ahead and click add an account.
| | 02:48 |
I can choose which particular service
provider I want to use for that account.
| | 02:52 |
So for example, if I had a Google email
address, I could configure that here.
| | 02:58 |
Simply by typing in my email address that
is associated with my Gmail account.
| | 03:03 |
And then entering the password.
I can also specify whether I want to
| | 03:06 |
include my Google contacts and calendars
as well for synchronization.
| | 03:11 |
And then I can click Connect in order to
configure that account.
| | 03:15 |
In this case I'll go ahead and click
Cancel.
| | 03:17 |
And that will take us back to the mail
application.
| | 03:19 |
You'll notice that I have my folders over
on the left side, so I can see emails
| | 03:23 |
that I've sent.
Emails that are in my outbox waiting to
| | 03:27 |
be sent.
Any junk email and any deleted items.
| | 03:30 |
And when I'm working with a particular
email, then of course I can select a
| | 03:34 |
particular email.
In this case, working in the inbox.
| | 03:38 |
I can choose one of the emails that I
want to review and then read that email,
| | 03:41 |
of course.
And then up in the top right, I have
| | 03:44 |
several additional options.
The trashcan button will allow me to
| | 03:49 |
delete the message.
Of course, it just goes to the deleted
| | 03:52 |
items folder so I could always retrieve
it if I decide that I'd deleted that
| | 03:55 |
message in error, as long, as I haven't
since cleared my deleted items folder.
| | 04:01 |
I can also reply to the message.
I'll go ahead and click on the reply
| | 04:05 |
button, and you see I have options for
reply, reply all, or forward.
| | 04:10 |
I'll go ahead and type a reply.
It's automatically addressed to, well.
| | 04:14 |
To my self but at a different email
address in this case, I could CC someone
| | 04:18 |
else if I'd like, if I click the show
more link, then I can add a blind carbon
| | 04:21 |
copy and adjust the priority for the
message.
| | 04:27 |
And then over on the right side in the
main message body here, I can type a reply.
| | 04:31 |
And then up at the top right, I can
simply click the send button or of course
| | 04:36 |
if I want to cancel sending this message,
I can click the x to delete the reply.
| | 04:43 |
I'll go ahead adn send that email and you
see that message gets sent.
| | 04:47 |
It's currently in my outbox.
And of course, it will show up in my sent
| | 04:51 |
items as well, momentarily.
And of course, at any time I could also
| | 04:55 |
write a completely new message just by
clicking on the plus button.
| | 04:59 |
That will bring up a brand new message, I
can type an address for the recipient, or
| | 05:03 |
click the plus button in order to add
someone from my contact list, using the
| | 05:06 |
people application.
I'll go ahead and choose a recipient and
| | 05:11 |
then I could add a message as well as a
subject.
| | 05:16 |
I'll go ahead and just type a basic
message here, and then I can click send
| | 05:21 |
on that message as well.
So as you can see it's very simple to
| | 05:27 |
work with the mail application, and of
course, you can configure multiple email
| | 05:31 |
accounts, so that you can manage all of
your email all in one place with a nice
| | 05:35 |
clean interface.
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| Connecting with Messenger| 00:02 |
When e-mail just isn't fast enough, and
you want to get instant feedback from
| | 00:05 |
someone, you can use Instant Messaging.
And in Windows 8, we have the messaging
| | 00:10 |
application that allows us to connect
with other friends.
| | 00:14 |
And we can connect with those both who
are using Windows 8 using the messaging application.
| | 00:19 |
But also, friends who are also using
other applications for messaging.
| | 00:22 |
For example, I can communicate directly
with my Facebook contacts, via instant
| | 00:26 |
messaging, with that user, utilizing
Facebook, and me utilizing the messaging
| | 00:31 |
application in Windows 8.
And if you have the messaging application
| | 00:36 |
running, then the live tile will update
and you'll receive a notification.
| | 00:40 |
In fact, you can see, I have a
notification right now.
| | 00:43 |
I get a little message up at the top
right, flashing to indicate that I have a
| | 00:47 |
new message.
With an indication of who it's from and
| | 00:50 |
what that message is.
And I'll also see that same update on the
| | 00:53 |
Live tile, as long as I have the
Messaging tile set to a Live tile status.
| | 00:59 |
I can go ahead then, and click on that
Live tile to go into the Messaging application.
| | 01:03 |
And you'll see I have an initial message
from the Windows team.
| | 01:07 |
And this is just a default message that
appears as part of the normal Windows 8 installation.
| | 01:12 |
But here is the new message that I've
received as well.
| | 01:14 |
I'll go ahead and click down in the
message box at the bottom, and I'll type
| | 01:18 |
a reply here.
And just press Enter or Return on the
| | 01:23 |
keyboard in order to actually send that
message.
| | 01:26 |
You'll notice, by the way, over on the
right hand side, there's a little happy face.
| | 01:29 |
That allows me to send an emoticon, if
I'd like.
| | 01:32 |
I can click on that icon and then choose
a happy face, or other emoticon that I'd
| | 01:36 |
like to send or include as part of the
message.
| | 01:41 |
I'll go ahead and reply.
See, I have a new message indicating
| | 01:43 |
Renee would like to invite me to lunch.
So I'll go ahead and reply.
| | 01:52 |
And you can see that all of those
messages appear within the messaging application.
| | 01:56 |
And of course I can also create new
conversations with existing contacts.
| | 02:03 |
and it looks like I'll have lunch in
about ten minutes.
| | 02:07 |
I'll go ahead and type a reply.
(audio playing) And let's take a look at how we
| | 02:11 |
can also start a new conversation with
someone else.
| | 02:16 |
Up at the top, where it says start a
conversation, I'll go ahead and click the
| | 02:19 |
Plus button to start a new conversation
with one of my contacts.
| | 02:23 |
I'll go ahead and choose that contact.
You'll notice that the People application
| | 02:26 |
shows up allowing me to choose the
contact that I'd like to chat with, and
| | 02:29 |
then, I'll click the choose button.
Notice, by the way, that I could choose
| | 02:34 |
all contacts versus online only, so that
I can filter my contacts to only those
| | 02:38 |
who are currently online, in other words
currently available to chat.
| | 02:43 |
With my contact selected, I'll click that
Choose button and now I can create a new
| | 02:46 |
conversation with this additional
contact.
| | 02:52 |
And hopefully he'll get my message and be
able to reply.
| | 02:56 |
So I can go back and forth between these
various conversations keeping up to date
| | 03:00 |
with all of the various conversations.
I can also of course delete a
| | 03:04 |
conversation if I'd like.
I'll go ahead and right-click, for
| | 03:07 |
example, using the mouse.
I could also select the conversation,
| | 03:10 |
then swipe up from the bottom on a
touchscreen, and you'll see that I can
| | 03:13 |
delete a conversation.
I can report a conversation if it's an
| | 03:17 |
inappropriate conversation or from
someone that you don't know.
| | 03:21 |
I can invite others to be contacts for
messaging and I can also adjust my status
| | 03:25 |
as to whether I'm available or invisible.
And any time I'm signed in using my
| | 03:30 |
Microsoft account, I will be
automatically available unless I specify otherwise.
| | 03:36 |
So you can see the messaging application
make it very easy to stay in contact with
| | 03:40 |
friends, with quick communication and the
ability to view and review all of your
| | 03:44 |
conversations there.
I'll go ahead and switch back to the
| | 03:49 |
start screen and you can see that that
messaging application has now updated.
| | 03:52 |
Since there are no new messages, I'm back
to just the normal display of that live tile.
| | 03:59 |
But if I receive any additional new
messages, those will pop up so that I'll
| | 04:02 |
know right away that someone's trying to
reach me.
| | 04:05 |
So a very easy way to get in quick
contact with your friends and colleagues.
| | 04:11 |
But now I've got to go get that lunch.
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| Staying organized with Calendar| 00:02 |
Windows 8 includes a calendar application
that can be very helpful when it comes to
| | 00:05 |
keeping your day, your week, your month
and even your year organized.
| | 00:09 |
Let's take a look at how we can use the
calendar app to stay on top of our busy schedules.
| | 00:14 |
I'll go ahead and start off by launching
the calendar simply by clicking on the
| | 00:18 |
tile for the calendar application.
And you'll see that I bring up the
| | 00:22 |
calendar then.
And at the moment, I'm looking at today
| | 00:24 |
and tomorrow.
But I can also look at the entire week,
| | 00:27 |
and the entire month, even, if I'd like
to.
| | 00:31 |
And then, of course navigate along the
calendar.
| | 00:33 |
I'm going to start off by right-clicking
anywhere on the calendar or swiping up
| | 00:37 |
from the bottom of the screen and you'll
see over at the left, I can switch
| | 00:40 |
between a day view, a week view, and also
a month view.
| | 00:45 |
And in any of those views, I have
navigation arrows up at the top left and
| | 00:49 |
top right.
And of course, I could swipe as well in
| | 00:52 |
order to navigate among, in this case,
the months.
| | 00:56 |
But also the weeks and the days on the
calendar.
| | 00:59 |
At any given time, as you're navigating
around on the calendar, and perhaps
| | 01:03 |
looking at a different date.
If you want to get back to today's date,
| | 01:07 |
you can simply go to that application
options bar, and click the today button.
| | 01:12 |
And that will take you to the current
day.
| | 01:14 |
Now, in this case, I'm looking at the
calendar in a weekly view, and so I'm
| | 01:18 |
taken to the week that contains today's
date.
| | 01:21 |
The same would happen if I were in a
monthly view or a daily view.
| | 01:24 |
I'm just taken to the appropriate section
of the calendar, as it were.
| | 01:27 |
We can also add events to the calendar,
of course.
| | 01:31 |
I'll go ahead and add an event to the
calendar simply by clicking on the hour
| | 01:34 |
at which I would like to add that event.
I could also, by the way, click on the
| | 01:39 |
Add button on the application Options
bar, if I'd like.
| | 01:44 |
But by clicking on a particular time of
day the calendar will be set to that time automatically.
| | 01:48 |
So I'll just type a subject for that
calendar, I'll just call this Prepare
| | 01:54 |
Quarterly Report.
And I could also add a message if I want
| | 01:58 |
to add some notes to myself for example.
I'll just say third quarter, just to
| | 02:02 |
remind myself of which quarter, for
example, that I might need to repair that
| | 02:05 |
report for.
And I can specify the date and time but
| | 02:09 |
of course since I clicked on the Calendar
to begin with, those options are set
| | 02:12 |
automatically but I could change them if
I didn't click on the correct hour, for example.
| | 02:18 |
And I can also specify how long this
appointment should be.
| | 02:21 |
I'll leave this option set to one hour at
the moment.
| | 02:24 |
And where could be left blank of course.
I'll just go ahead and type Office to
| | 02:28 |
indicate that I'll be working on that
report in the office.
| | 02:32 |
And then I can click the Show More link
in order to add additional options.
| | 02:36 |
You'll notice for example, I can have a
recurring appointment that will show up
| | 02:40 |
every day, every weekday, every week,
every month, or every year.
| | 02:44 |
And I can also determine whether I want a
reminder.
| | 02:46 |
15 minutes will be perfectly fine.
And I can adjust the status.
| | 02:50 |
Free, busy, tentative or out of the
office.
| | 02:53 |
In this case, busy, because I want to
make sure that I don't inadvertently
| | 02:56 |
schedule other appointments when I'm
supposed to be working on this report.
| | 03:01 |
I could also invite other people to this
event.
| | 03:04 |
And I can mark it as private so even if
I've shared my calendar with others they
| | 03:07 |
won't be able to see the details of this
particular appointment.
| | 03:12 |
Up at the top right I have a cancel
button as well as a save button.
| | 03:16 |
In this case I'll go ahead and save that
appointment and then it shows up on the
| | 03:20 |
calendar itself.
And perhaps even more importantly these
| | 03:25 |
calendar items will show up as part of
the live tiles display on the start
| | 03:28 |
screen so I'll go ahead and press the
Windows key for example to go back to the
| | 03:31 |
Start screen and you'll see that that
calendar item appears on the live tile
| | 03:35 |
for the calendar application.
I'll go ahead and switch back to the
| | 03:41 |
calendar application.
And let's take a look at how we can add
| | 03:44 |
an event and invite someone else to that
event.
| | 03:47 |
We'll go ahead and create a dinner
appointment.
| | 03:50 |
I'll click on the 6 o'clock hour, and
I'll just call this Dinner.
| | 03:53 |
And I'm going to type a message, hope you
can make it, because I'm actually going
| | 03:57 |
to be sending this appointment, this
calendar item, to someone else that I'd
| | 04:01 |
like to invite to this dinner.
I'll specify a two-hour duration for the dinner.
| | 04:08 |
And the location will be to be
determined.
| | 04:11 |
I'll click show more, and this is just a
once event.
| | 04:14 |
I think I'll set the time to a 30 minute
advance reminder so that I'll have plenty
| | 04:18 |
of time to get to dinner.
The status will actually be out of the
| | 04:22 |
office because I will be away from the
office during that time frame.
| | 04:26 |
And I'm going to invite people.
So to the right of the who field I can go
| | 04:29 |
ahead and click that plus button that
will bring up the people application and
| | 04:32 |
I can choose the person I want to invite.
And click Add.
| | 04:38 |
Now you'll notice that instead of a Save
button up at the top right, I actually
| | 04:41 |
have a Send button, because in this case
I'm inviting someone else and so I want
| | 04:44 |
to send an invitation.
So that button with both save the
| | 04:49 |
calendar appointment and also send an
invitation to the person that I'm
| | 04:52 |
inviting to this dinner.
And you'll notice of course that that
| | 04:56 |
item shows up on the calendar as well.
Of course in addition to the basic
| | 05:01 |
options for the calendar, there are some
additional setting we can establish.
| | 05:06 |
I'll go ahead and press Window's Eye to
bring up the Settings option.
| | 05:10 |
You'll see that I can establish
additional accounts.
| | 05:12 |
So if, for example, with my company I had
an Outlook Exchange account, I could
| | 05:16 |
establish that.
I can change various options.
| | 05:19 |
For example, determining what color my
calendar items will appear in.
| | 05:23 |
What color birthdays will appear in.
And holidays.
| | 05:26 |
And I can also determine whether I want
to hide the forward and back arrow buttons.
| | 05:30 |
But I'll leave those settings as they
are.
| | 05:33 |
And of course, if I ever need to adjust
any of the calendar items, I can just
| | 05:36 |
click on that item.
So in this case, clicking on the
| | 05:40 |
appointment will bring it up.
Perhaps I want to change this item to the
| | 05:44 |
next day, for example.
And then I'll go ahead and click the Save
| | 05:47 |
button in order to save those changes.
And you can see the calendar of course,
| | 05:53 |
is updated and that appointment will show
up on that Live tile when the appropriate
| | 05:57 |
day arrives.
So, as you can see the calendar
| | 06:00 |
application makes quick work of staying
organized.
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| Finding places with Maps| 00:02 |
You've probably used one or more websites
in order to browse a map or perhaps get
| | 00:06 |
directions, but now, you can perform many
of those tasks with the Maps application
| | 00:10 |
that is included in Windows 8.
Let's take a look at how we can use the
| | 00:15 |
Maps application to locate particular
locations.
| | 00:20 |
We'll get started by clicking on the Maps
tile on the Start screen, and that of
| | 00:23 |
course, will bring up the Maps
application.
| | 00:27 |
And since this is the first time I'm
using Maps on this computer in Windows 8,
| | 00:30 |
I'm asked if I would like to allow Maps
to use my current location.
| | 00:35 |
I'll go ahead and click the Allow button.
And you can also see that in my case, I
| | 00:40 |
have a message at the top indicating that
I'm using the United States view of the
| | 00:43 |
map as it were, but I'm in a different
location at the moment.
| | 00:49 |
And would I like to change the region,
I'll go ahead and click, No, Thanks.
| | 00:53 |
And now, I can navigate among the map.
You'll notice over on the right side, I
| | 00:57 |
have plus and minus buttons that allow me
to zoom in or out on the map.
| | 01:02 |
And then of course, I can simply click
and drag to maneuver around the map.
| | 01:06 |
You'll notice there's a diamond that
indicates my current location on the map
| | 01:10 |
in Austria, as it turns out.
But I can also navigate among various
| | 01:14 |
other locations on the map.
As I zoom in, you'll see that I'm able to
| | 01:18 |
get more and more detail for the various
areas of the map that I navigate around,
| | 01:22 |
but I also have additional options of
course.
| | 01:26 |
I'll go ahead and either right-click or
swipe up from the bottom of the display,
| | 01:29 |
and you'll see that I have some choices
available on the Application Options bar.
| | 01:35 |
I can add a pin to the map if I'd like
and I can also show traffic.
| | 01:40 |
I can adjust the Map Style, I can view my
current location.
| | 01:44 |
I can get directions and I can find
something on the map as well.
| | 01:47 |
Let's go ahead and find a location on the
map.
| | 01:50 |
I'll click the Find button and I'm going
to type a search here.
| | 01:53 |
I'm currently in Graz, Austria and I'd
like to go to Vienna.
| | 01:57 |
So I'll type Vienna, Austria into the
Search Field, and then, apply that search
| | 02:01 |
and the map takes me to that location.
I can then specify that I would like
| | 02:06 |
directions to that location, and then I
can enter a current location.
| | 02:11 |
I'll just go ahead and type Graz into the
box here, and then I'll press Enter.
| | 02:18 |
And you'll see that the Maps application
is asking for clarification.
| | 02:22 |
I'll just use the generic Graz location,
so that I can go from city to city.
| | 02:28 |
And you can see that I now have the
course plotted on the map, and I can
| | 02:31 |
click in order to view the directions to
that location.
| | 02:36 |
It's a total of about 120 miles and
should take me about 2 hours to drive.
| | 02:41 |
I'll go ahead and take a look at a
different area of the map.
| | 02:44 |
I'll go back to the Find option here, and
let's go to New York, New York for
| | 02:48 |
example, and then I'll go ahead and zoom
in on the map.
| | 02:53 |
Of course, I could look for something
more particular, but for the moment, I'll
| | 02:57 |
just navigate around the map manually and
take a look at some of the other options.
| | 03:01 |
I'll change the Map Style for example,
and you'll see that I have the option for
| | 03:05 |
Road view or Aerial view.
That Aerial view provides a Satellite
| | 03:09 |
view of the area of the map that I'm
looking at complete with an overlay that
| | 03:13 |
includes all of the roads.
And so, this makes it very helpful if I'm
| | 03:18 |
looking for a particular, a particular
object for example.
| | 03:23 |
Bringing up those options, once again, I
can also choose to Show Traffic, and this
| | 03:26 |
will provide me with an indication of
where there's heavy traffic indicated by
| | 03:30 |
red lines, where there's very light
traffic indicated by green lines, and
| | 03:33 |
where there's moderate traffic which is
shown in orange.
| | 03:38 |
I'll go ahead and zoom out, and you can
see that we get a much better sense of
| | 03:42 |
the overall traffic in the area.
I'll go ahead and zoom in on the map.
| | 03:47 |
Keep in mind by the way, that in addition
to using the plus and minus buttons here,
| | 03:52 |
I can use gestures, dragging with two
fingers inward or outward, pinching as it
| | 03:56 |
were, in order to zoom in or out.
I'll go ahead and navigate across the map
| | 04:02 |
just a little bit further.
And I'll zoom in a little bit as well and
| | 04:06 |
you'll see that I'm able to find the
Empire State building very, very easily.
| | 04:11 |
Once I zoom in far enough that I get a
three-dimensional view, then I'll
| | 04:14 |
right-click and I'm going to add a pin.
I'll just click on that pin and then drag
| | 04:19 |
onto the map itself.
And we'll place the pin right at the
| | 04:23 |
Empire State Building.
And now, zooming out again on that map,
| | 04:26 |
you'll see that my pin is placed exactly
where I left it, so I can always get back
| | 04:31 |
to that location on the map if I'd like.
I'll go ahead and turn off the traffic
| | 04:36 |
and I'm also going to switch that Map
Style back to Road view.
| | 04:40 |
In most cases, I find that that Road view
is a lot less cluttered, makes it many
| | 04:44 |
cases, a lot easier to find particular
locations using the Satellite view or
| | 04:48 |
zooming in closer on that 3D view, so
that I can confirm particular details of
| | 04:53 |
the location.
And finally, I can adjust some settings
| | 04:58 |
for the Maps application.
I'll go ahead and press Windows+I for
| | 05:02 |
example, to bring up the Settings panel.
And then, I'll go to the Options section,
| | 05:07 |
and you can see I can specify the region
that I want to use for the Maps application.
| | 05:12 |
I can also choose whether or not I want
to store search history so I can go back
| | 05:16 |
to previously searched locations.
There's also a button, so I can clear
| | 05:19 |
that Search history.
I can show distance in kilometers or miles.
| | 05:24 |
And I can also choose whether I want that
Angle view, the three-dimensional view to
| | 05:28 |
be displayed when it's available and I
zoom in close enough on Map.
| | 05:32 |
And if I'd like, I can also choose to
always show the zoom controls on the map.
| | 05:37 |
I'll go ahead and turn that option On for
example, and that way, the plus and minus
| | 05:41 |
buttons there will always be available.
So, a variety of different options that
| | 05:46 |
make it easy to locate particular
locations and even get directions.
| | 05:50 |
But for now, I'll just navigate to my
current location in Graz in Austria and
| | 05:54 |
zoom in and explore some of the local
sites to see where I might like to visit next.
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| Getting more applications in the Windows Store| 00:02 |
The applications that are included with
Windows 8 will probably get you started
| | 00:05 |
off pretty well, giving you access to
most of the features you're likely to use
| | 00:09 |
on a regular basis.
And of course you can install additional
| | 00:13 |
applications that you already have.
And perhaps you've even upgraded an
| | 00:16 |
existing computer, so you have
applications already available to you in
| | 00:20 |
Windows 8.
But before too long you're probably going
| | 00:23 |
to find that you'd like to add additional
applications into Windows 8 and let's
| | 00:27 |
take a look at an example of that.
I'd like, for example, to add a clock
| | 00:32 |
application so that I can have a live
tile on the start screen that features a clock.
| | 00:38 |
So we'll start off by going into the
Windows Store.
| | 00:40 |
I'll click on the tile for the store and
that will, of course, bring up the
| | 00:44 |
Windows Store application.
You'll see there are a variety of
| | 00:47 |
sections here that are available.
We have the Spotlight section, some
| | 00:51 |
applications and options that are being
highlighted by the Windows Store.
| | 00:56 |
And other sections as well.
There's games, social entertainment et
| | 00:59 |
cetera, but in this case I want to
perform a search.
| | 01:03 |
And so I'll go to the charm bar and
choose the Search option and because I'm
| | 01:07 |
currently in the store application that
search will be for the store.
| | 01:11 |
I'll go ahead and type clock and press
Enter or Return on the keyboard, and that
| | 01:15 |
will bring up my search results.
Of course I can refine those results, I
| | 01:20 |
can choose a particular category, for
example.
| | 01:24 |
In this case, I'll leave that set to All
Categories.
| | 01:26 |
I'd like a free clock, so I'll set my
pricing option to Free, and I'll also
| | 01:31 |
sort by highest rating.
And that should give me some pretty good
| | 01:36 |
options for clocks that will work well
within Windows 8.
| | 01:40 |
If I find an application that seems
promising, I can just click on the button
| | 01:43 |
for that application, and read additional
information, view some additional
| | 01:47 |
details, about this particular
application.
| | 01:51 |
For example, this indicates that this
clock application will display the time
| | 01:55 |
in a tile, and that there are various
options for presenting that tile.
| | 02:00 |
And perhaps best of all this application
is free.
| | 02:02 |
So to install it, I'll simply click the
Install button and the Windows store will
| | 02:06 |
then install that application.
You can see a message up at the top right
| | 02:11 |
of the store application indicating that
that clock application is indeed being
| | 02:15 |
installed and once the application has
been installed, I'll see a message to
| | 02:19 |
that effect up at the top right.
I'll go ahead and switch back to the
| | 02:25 |
start screen and then we'll scroll across
and sure enough, there is the clock
| | 02:29 |
application that has been installed.
I'll go ahead and click on that
| | 02:33 |
application in order to launch it.
And then I'm asked if I'd like to allow
| | 02:37 |
this application to run in the
backrogund.
| | 02:40 |
I'll go ahead and click allow and then I
can specify the particular settings that
| | 02:44 |
I would like to use for this application.
I'll go ahead and leave those options as
| | 02:49 |
they are.
And then go back to the start screen and
| | 02:52 |
you'll see that now I have a live display
and if I'd like I can move that
| | 02:55 |
application's tile around and perhaps
switch to a smaller size.
| | 03:01 |
I can also switch the weather application
to a smaller size and now I have the time
| | 03:05 |
and date displayed right along side the
weather on the start screen.
| | 03:10 |
And that's just one example of course of
the many different applications that you
| | 03:13 |
could install.
You'll find that many of those
| | 03:16 |
applications are free, although some of
course do have a cost associated with
| | 03:19 |
them, and you can simply use your credit
card to purchase those particular
| | 03:23 |
applications within that Windows store.
And as with all applications that are
| | 03:28 |
purchased or otherwise downloaded through
the Windows store, when there are updates
| | 03:31 |
available, you'll be notified so that you
can have those updates installed so you
| | 03:35 |
are always working with the latest
version of all of your applications.
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| Purchasing applications| 00:02 |
You'll find a great many applications in
the Windows Store that are completely
| | 00:05 |
free, but of course some of those
applications will also require a payment,
| | 00:08 |
and in those cases you'll want to make
sure that you have a credit card on file
| | 00:11 |
so that you can make your purchases
through the Windows Store.
| | 00:17 |
Let's take a look at the overall process
involved with purchasing applications in
| | 00:21 |
the Windows Store.
We'll start off of course by clicking the
| | 00:25 |
tile for the store application to take us
to the Windows Store.
| | 00:29 |
I'm then going to bring up the charm bar,
I'll go ahead and press Windows+C on the
| | 00:33 |
keyboard, or I can drag my mouse to the
top right or bottom right corner, or
| | 00:37 |
simply swipe in form the right side of
the screen, and then I'll choose the
| | 00:40 |
Settings option and there I'll click on
Your Account.
| | 00:46 |
And that will allow me to adjust my
account settings.
| | 00:49 |
I can change my user account if I'd like,
but most importantly when it comes to
| | 00:53 |
purchasing applications is I want to have
my payment and billing information on file.
| | 00:58 |
If you attempt to make a purchase in the
Windows Store without having completed
| | 01:01 |
the payment and billing info.
Then you'll be taken to the payment and
| | 01:05 |
billing info screen automatically, so you
can add those details.
| | 01:09 |
Note, by the way, that you can also still
require that your password be entered in
| | 01:13 |
order to purchase an application, and
that just provides a second level of security.
| | 01:18 |
When it comes to spending money in the
Windows Store.
| | 01:21 |
I'll go ahead and click the Add Payment
Method button, and then the payment and
| | 01:24 |
billing information screen will appear.
We can choose if we want to pay via a
| | 01:28 |
credit card or a PayPal account, and then
provide the appropriate details.
| | 01:33 |
So, for example, the type of credit card,
the credit card number, expiration date,
| | 01:37 |
the name on the card, as well as a
billing address and other details.
| | 01:43 |
Once you've filled out all of those
details you can click the Submit button,
| | 01:46 |
and that information will be stored
securely as part of your account.
| | 01:50 |
And that way when you're in the Windows
Store and you want to purchase an
| | 01:53 |
application that has a price associated
with it, you can make that purchase and
| | 01:57 |
it will automatically be charged to the
credit card that's on file.
| | 02:02 |
In this case I'll just go ahead and click
the Cancel button to go back to the, Your
| | 02:05 |
Account, page.
Notice by the way that we're able to
| | 02:08 |
determine how many computers are able to
access the Windows Store.
| | 02:12 |
With this account, you'll see that I just
have one computer on the list at the moment.
| | 02:16 |
I can even remove that computer if I need
to, for example, if I were going to be
| | 02:20 |
selling one of my computers.
But that takes care of all the settings
| | 02:24 |
that I need to concern myself with.
Once I had added that payment information
| | 02:28 |
then of course once I find an application
that I would like to purchase.
| | 02:32 |
I can do so very easily.
For example, If I'd like to purchase the
| | 02:36 |
Angry Birds game, I can simply click the
Buy button.
| | 02:40 |
And again, provided that my payment
information were on file,then I would
| | 02:44 |
simply be prompted for my password.
And then that application will be
| | 02:48 |
installed and ready to use in mere
moments.
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| Organizing the Start screen| 00:02 |
If you start installing a variety of
applications, especially if you spend
| | 00:05 |
some time downloading applications from
the Windows store, you'll likely find
| | 00:08 |
that your start screen starts to get a
little bit cluttered.
| | 00:12 |
And you can see here as I scroll through
that there doesn't seem to be a lot of
| | 00:16 |
organization at work here.
So let's take a look at how we can clean
| | 00:20 |
up and better organize our Windows 8
start screen.
| | 00:24 |
The key thing is to think about
categories for your applications.
| | 00:29 |
So, for example, you'll notice that I
have a couple of games installed here.
| | 00:33 |
And perhaps I'd like to have those games
grouped together.
| | 00:36 |
I'll go ahead and click and drag one of
those games, one of the applications that
| | 00:40 |
is a game, and I'll drag it over toward
the right.
| | 00:43 |
Now if I were on a touch screen device, I
could simply drag downward on that tile.
| | 00:47 |
And then drag elsewhere to move it
around.
| | 00:49 |
And as I move further over to the right,
you'll notice that I have a vertical bar here.
| | 00:53 |
A divider that indicates that if I
release this tile it will be placed in a
| | 00:57 |
separate group now that separate group
could be between two existing groups or
| | 01:02 |
over to the right or left past all the
available groups.
| | 01:07 |
In this case I'm going to create a new
group over to the right so I'll release
| | 01:11 |
that application.
And then I'll also drag Solitaire over
| | 01:15 |
into that location and it will be placed
right next to the Chess application.
| | 01:20 |
And I may as well take the Games
application over as well and put that
| | 01:23 |
into the same group.
And then I might Zoom Out clicking that
| | 01:27 |
button at the bottom right of the Display
or Pinching In, if I'm using a touch
| | 01:30 |
screen device and then right-clicking on
the group I'd like to Rename or Flicking
| | 01:34 |
on it with a touch screen and then
choosing the Name Group Option.
| | 01:39 |
And I'll just call this Games, and click
the Name button.
| | 01:42 |
And then I can click to zoom back in.
I also have some applications that relate
| | 01:46 |
to travel, for example, so I can create a
new group if I'd like based on those.
| | 01:51 |
I'll go ahead and click the Conde Nast
Traveler application over.
| | 01:56 |
And create a new group out of that, and
then I'll take Kayak and place that in
| | 01:59 |
the same place.
Hotels.com certainly falls in to that
| | 02:03 |
category, and I think I'll put the travel
application as well as the unit
| | 02:07 |
conversion application that I've
downloaded since I typically use that
| | 02:10 |
when I'm traveling.
And then I have some information
| | 02:15 |
applications here and some other
applications I can certainly continue
| | 02:19 |
reorganizing, perhaps moving some of my
productivity applications.
| | 02:24 |
And just overall trying to ensure that I
have a very nice and clean.
| | 02:29 |
Tidy, organized interface on my start
screen.
| | 02:32 |
Keep in mind that I can adjust the size
of the individual tiles, choosing between
| | 02:36 |
the large or small version of that tile.
I can move those tiles around, and of
| | 02:41 |
course rearrange them as I see fit, and
even rename the various groups.
| | 02:46 |
So I'll continue working on my Start
screen here, working toward a very clean
| | 02:50 |
appearance so that I can quickly find
just the application I need, when I need it.
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| Accessing all applications| 00:02 |
I generally think of the Start Screen as
command central for Windows 8.
| | 00:06 |
It's where I get a fair amount of
information, of course, using Live Tiles
| | 00:09 |
for example, and where I launch most of
my Applications.
| | 00:13 |
And in many cases, it almost seems like I
never leave the Start screen, because the
| | 00:16 |
applications go full screen, and then, I
can switch back to the Start screen.
| | 00:21 |
So, it really feels like a cohesive
environment, but not every application on
| | 00:25 |
your computer is actually found on the
Start screen.
| | 00:29 |
Even Metro applications that run full
screen and essentially feel like part of
| | 00:33 |
the Start screen aren't necessarily here.
In fact, you can unpin an application so
| | 00:38 |
that it no longer shows up on the Start
screen, simply by right-clicking on that
| | 00:42 |
application and then choosing Unpin from
Start from the Application Options menu.
| | 00:48 |
But if you want to launch an application
that's not found on the Start screen, you
| | 00:51 |
still have an option via the Start screen
itself.
| | 00:55 |
If you swipe up from the bottom of the
screen or right-click anywhere in the
| | 00:59 |
Start screen, you'll see that at the far
right of the Applications Options bar we
| | 01:03 |
have an All Apps button.
I'll go ahead and click that button.
| | 01:07 |
And you'll see that now I have a screen
where all of my applications are displayed.
| | 01:12 |
Those that are on the Start screen, as
well as all other applications that are
| | 01:15 |
installed on my computer.
So, I could certainly access an
| | 01:18 |
application directly from here if I
wanted to.
| | 01:21 |
For example if I wanted to play a game of
Solitaire and I didn't want to scroll all
| | 01:24 |
the way over to the far right of the
Start screen to access it, it's right
| | 01:27 |
here in the All Apps area.
I can simply click on the Solitaire game
| | 01:32 |
and it will come up ready to play.
I'll go back to the Start screen and back
| | 01:38 |
to All Apps, and then I'll scroll across
to the right.
| | 01:41 |
And you'll notice that there are other
applications that are not actually part
| | 01:45 |
of the Start screen, in fact,
applications that are not in fact Metro applications.
| | 01:51 |
They'll only run in the Desktop
environment.
| | 01:53 |
And one of those, for example, is the
Paint application.
| | 01:56 |
And let's assume that I actually want to
make use of the Paint application.
| | 02:00 |
In fact, I want easy access to it even
though it's going to run in the Desktop environment.
| | 02:05 |
I want to have a tile for it on the Start
screen.
| | 02:08 |
I can do that simply by right-clicking or
flicking on the Paint app, and then
| | 02:11 |
clicking on the button to Pin to Start.
I'll go ahead and return to the Start
| | 02:16 |
screen, and then I'll scroll, and way
over to the right, you'll see that I have
| | 02:19 |
that Paint application.
I'll go ahead and click and drag that
| | 02:24 |
application over into the Fun section.
That seems like a good place to put it.
| | 02:29 |
And now, any time I click on that Tile,
it will launch that Paint application
| | 02:32 |
into the Desktop.
So if you don't find an application
| | 02:36 |
you're looking for right on the Start
screen, you can simply go to All Apps and
| | 02:39 |
find the application there, and even add
it to the Start screen if you'd like to.
| | 02:44 |
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| Running applications side by side| 00:02 |
There's a pretty good chance that you'll
find yourself with quite a few
| | 00:05 |
applications running in Windows at any
given time.
| | 00:08 |
And it's very easy, obviously, to launch
multiple applications and even to switch
| | 00:12 |
between those applications, but sometimes
you might want to work with two
| | 00:15 |
applications at once, essentially at the
same time.
| | 00:19 |
Let's take a look at an example of how we
can share the screen with multiple
| | 00:23 |
applications in the start screen
interface, in the Metro interface, as
| | 00:26 |
it's generally referred to.
I'll start off by launching the Wikipedia
| | 00:31 |
application, and let's assume that I'm
researching a location that I'd like to visit.
| | 00:37 |
Perhaps I want to make a trip through
Croatia for example, and so I'll use the
| | 00:40 |
Wikipedia app to search for some
information about Croatia.
| | 00:45 |
I'll go ahead and type a search here, and
that will take me to an article all about Croatia.
| | 00:51 |
And I can scroll through and read
information about Croatia, maybe get an
| | 00:54 |
idea of which portion of the country I
might like to visit.
| | 00:57 |
But at some point, I may realize that I'd
like to see a map and I'd like to explore
| | 01:01 |
a map in order to get a better sense of
some of the locations within Croatia.
| | 01:06 |
I'll go ahead and return to the start
screen, and then I'll launch the Maps
| | 01:10 |
application and here within the Maps
application, of course, I can also
| | 01:13 |
perform a search.
I'll go ahead and focus the map on Croatia.
| | 01:18 |
And then I can pan around the map, zoom
in and out, et cetera.
| | 01:25 |
But what if I'd like to read information
about Croatia while I'm taking a look at
| | 01:29 |
the map?
Well, that's certainly possible.
| | 01:32 |
I'll start off by bringing up the
applications bar.
| | 01:35 |
I can simply swipe in from the left side,
for example, or I can move my mouse up to
| | 01:39 |
the top left corner, and then click and
drag the application into the display.
| | 01:44 |
Now, if I drag this application over the
top of the map, so in this case using the
| | 01:48 |
Wikipedia application, and dragging it
out over the top of the map, then I can
| | 01:52 |
effectively replace the map with the
Wikipedia app.
| | 01:57 |
In other words, switch to the Wikipedia
application, but I can also put these two
| | 02:01 |
applications side by side.
I can put the Wikipedia article over on
| | 02:05 |
the left, for example, or over on the
right.
| | 02:08 |
And when I drag the Wikipedia application
across the screen, you'll see that I get
| | 02:12 |
a divider line, essentially splitting the
screen into two panes.
| | 02:16 |
I'll go ahead and drop the application
over on the left hand side.
| | 02:20 |
And you can see, now I have a narrower
field of view for the Wikipedia
| | 02:23 |
application, but I'm still able to scroll
through and read all of the various
| | 02:26 |
information about Croatia.
And then over on the right side, I'm
| | 02:31 |
still able to pan around on the map, so
for example, if I'm reading about
| | 02:35 |
Dubrovnik, I can zoom in and get a closer
look at Dubrovnik on the map.
| | 02:40 |
At any time I can also switch which
application is taking up more of the
| | 02:43 |
screen just by dragging up that dividing
line to the left or to the right.
| | 02:48 |
So here, for example, I have the
Wikipedia application taking up most of
| | 02:52 |
the display, but I still have access to
the map, so I can pan and zoom around on
| | 02:56 |
the map as I see fit.
And at any time, if I decide that I want
| | 03:01 |
to get back to just a single application
on the screen, I can take that dividing
| | 03:04 |
line and just simply drag it over to the
extreme edge.
| | 03:08 |
So in this case, for example, dragging it
over to the right edge, and now the
| | 03:12 |
Wikipedia application gets full screen.
So, for those situations where you want
| | 03:17 |
to be able to work with two applications
at the exact same time, you can do so
| | 03:21 |
just by splitting the screen between
those applications.
| | 03:25 |
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| Closing applications| 00:02 |
In most cases, there's really no need to
close applications that you use within
| | 00:05 |
Windows 8, because the resources won't be
consumed as much as you might expect.
| | 00:11 |
But that said, in some cases, you will
want to close those applications, if for
| | 00:13 |
no other reason than to simply remove
some of the clutter when you're switching
| | 00:16 |
between other applications.
Let's take a look at how we can close
| | 00:22 |
applications within Windows 8.
I'll start off by launching a couple of applications.
| | 00:26 |
I'll launch the music application, and
then I'll go back to the start screen,
| | 00:30 |
and I'll launch the video application.
Of course, I can use the application bar
| | 00:34 |
over on the left-hand side, or switch
between tasks, but let's assume that I
| | 00:38 |
want to close one or more of the
applications that are currently running.
| | 00:43 |
If you're using a keyboard, you can
actually just press the Alt key in
| | 00:46 |
conjunction with the F4 key, the function
4 key, in order to close an application.
| | 00:52 |
So I'll go ahead and press Alt+F4, and
the music application closes, for example.
| | 00:57 |
I'll switch then, back to the video
application.
| | 00:59 |
And if I decide that I'd like to close
this application, I can also go up toward
| | 01:03 |
the top of the screen, and then simply
click and drag downward.
| | 01:08 |
Now, the same thing applies if I'm
working on a touchscreen device, I can
| | 01:11 |
simply drag from the top of the display.
And then all I need to do if I want to
| | 01:15 |
close the application, is drag all the
way down to the bottom of the screen, and
| | 01:19 |
then I'll see that the application is
shown down toward the bottom.
| | 01:24 |
When I release the mouse, that
application will be closed.
| | 01:28 |
So a couple of very easy ways to close
applications that you're running.
| | 01:31 |
For the most part, you don't really need
to worry too much about closing
| | 01:34 |
applications, but at times you may find
that the additional clutter when you're
| | 01:37 |
switching applications can be a little
bit of a challenge.
| | 01:41 |
And so, from time to time, you may want
to close some of the applications.
| | 01:45 |
This relates obviously to
metro-applications, those that
| | 01:48 |
essentially run directly within the start
screen environment.
| | 01:52 |
Of course, for applications running on
the desktop, a slightly different
| | 01:55 |
approach would be taken.
But with time, I suspect you'll find
| | 01:58 |
yourself using more and more applications
that work directly within the start
| | 02:02 |
screen environment, and so it's handy to
know how to close those applications.
| | 02:08 |
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| Unpinning or removing applications| 00:02 |
The more time you spend with Windows 8,
the more likely you are to install
| | 00:05 |
additional applications.
But from time to time, you may decide
| | 00:08 |
that those applications are no longer all
that useful or you're just not using them
| | 00:12 |
very much.
In those situations, we have a couple of
| | 00:15 |
different options as it relates to the
Start screen.
| | 00:18 |
You can Unpin the application from the
Start screen, essentially hiding it from
| | 00:22 |
view, or you can Remove the application
altogether.
| | 00:25 |
Let's take a look at both of those
options.
| | 00:27 |
I'll go ahead and scroll over to the
right here.
| | 00:30 |
And let's assume that I've been playing a
Chess game, but I've decided I'm just not
| | 00:33 |
enjoying it very much because I'm not
very good, so I don't really feel the
| | 00:37 |
need to have the Tile for this game on my
Start screen.
| | 00:41 |
I can simply flick in that Tile or
right-click on the Tile using the mouse,
| | 00:45 |
and then, from the Application Options
bar, I can click the Unpin from the Start option.
| | 00:51 |
You'll see that causes the Tile for that
Chess game to disappear from Start screen.
| | 00:56 |
But the application is actually still
installed on my computer.
| | 00:59 |
I'll swipe upward from the bottom of the
screen or right-click on the Start screen
| | 01:02 |
itself, and then click All Apps from the
bar that appears.
| | 01:06 |
And you'll notice that the Chess game
that I unpinned from the Start screen is
| | 01:09 |
still here.
It's still installed on my computer.
| | 01:12 |
It just doesn't have a Tile representing
this game on the Start Screen.
| | 01:16 |
If I want to Remove the Chess application
altogether, I can right-click on it or
| | 01:20 |
flick on it, either here in Applications
or from the Start screen if I still had
| | 01:24 |
it pinned to the Start screen.
Note of course, that I could Pin this
| | 01:30 |
application to the Start screen if I
wanted to, but in this case, I want to
| | 01:33 |
Uninstall it completely.
So, I'll go ahead and click the Uninstall option.
| | 01:39 |
A dialog will appear asking for
confirmation that I actually want to
| | 01:41 |
Uninstall this application.
I'll go ahead and click that Uninstall
| | 01:45 |
button, and the application will be
completely removed from my computer.
| | 01:49 |
So whether you just want to clean up your
Start screen a little bit by Unpinning
| | 01:53 |
certain applications that you don't use
very often or if you want to remove the
| | 01:56 |
application altogether.
The process is very simple.
| | 02:01 |
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3. Working with MediaWorking with photos| 00:02 |
With a digital camera or even just a
mobile phone, that's equipped with a camera.
| | 00:06 |
You're able to record your memories.
And of course you're going to want to
| | 00:09 |
preserve those memories and perhaps look
back on those memories from time to time.
| | 00:14 |
And for that we can use the Photos
Application in Windows 8.
| | 00:18 |
It enables you to manage your photos or
view your.
| | 00:21 |
Photos, and even share your photos
quickly and easily.
| | 00:24 |
Let's take a look at how we can download
images from your camera and then review
| | 00:27 |
them using the Photos application.
I'll start off by clicking on the Photos
| | 00:32 |
tile on the Start screen, and that will
launch the Photos application.
| | 00:37 |
You'll notice taht I already have a photo
included in my pictures library.
| | 00:41 |
Just one photo in this case.
If you had upgraded from a previous
| | 00:44 |
version of Windows, then you may very
well have many images already in your
| | 00:47 |
pictures library.
But in this case I have just the one.
| | 00:52 |
But I'd like to import more images into
that pictures library directly from From
| | 00:56 |
my digital camera, or another device that
contains photos.
| | 01:00 |
I'll go ahead and click on the Pictures
Library to bring up that gallery of images.
| | 01:04 |
And then I'll right-click or swipe up
from the bottom of the screen and choose
| | 01:08 |
the Import option.
That will bring up the list of devices
| | 01:12 |
where I can import images from.
Now this could include a digital camera
| | 01:17 |
or mobile phone that is directly
connected to your computer, for example,
| | 01:20 |
via a USB cable.
It could also be a card reader, if you've
| | 01:24 |
removed the card from your camera and
have inserted it into a card reader.
| | 01:28 |
And of course, it could also include
photos stored on a variety of different
| | 01:32 |
storage devices or in folders.
I'll go ahead and choose the device, the
| | 01:36 |
storage location.
Where I have the photos I would like to
| | 01:39 |
import, you'll see that all of the images
in that location are selected by default.
| | 01:45 |
I can tap on any image, to deselect it,
or tap again to select, so that I can
| | 01:49 |
determine which of these images will
actually be imported.
| | 01:54 |
But in this case I do want to import all
of the images.
| | 01:56 |
So I'll leave them all selected.
Note, by the way, that we also have an
| | 02:00 |
option up at the top of the display to
clear the current selection.
| | 02:04 |
And if I choose that option, it will
change to Select All.
| | 02:07 |
So we can quickly select none or all of
the images that are currently available
| | 02:11 |
for import.
At the bottom of the display you'll see
| | 02:15 |
that we also can specify the name of the
folder where these images will be imported.
| | 02:20 |
The default is the date that I'm
importing those photos.
| | 02:23 |
But I'm actually going to change that to
something that's a little bit more
| | 02:26 |
meaningful to me.
Specifically, the place where these
| | 02:29 |
images were all captured.
That happens to be Croatia, so I'll type
| | 02:33 |
Croatia and then click Import in order to
complete the process of importing those images.
| | 02:40 |
So all of those photos are copied from my
camera or other device into the folder
| | 02:44 |
that I've specified And now I can click
the open folder button in order to open
| | 02:48 |
that folder, contain all of those images
and then I can simply scroll through all
| | 02:52 |
of the folders as I'd like.
And at any time I can click on an image
| | 02:58 |
to go full-screen with that image and
then I can navigate through the various
| | 03:02 |
photos full screen, swiping across the
photos or using the arrow keys on the
| | 03:06 |
keyboard or the mouse.
As well as using the arrow buttons that
| | 03:11 |
are displayed on the screen and at any
time I can also use the zoom controls at
| | 03:15 |
the bottom right or I can of course use a
multi finger gesture to zoom in or out on
| | 03:19 |
the photos so I can continue enjoying
those photos and when I'm finished
| | 03:23 |
reviewing them I can simply just click
the back button.
| | 03:30 |
To go back to my pictures library.
So, you'll see I have my basic pictures
| | 03:34 |
folder, which only contains the one image
as well as a Croatia folder that
| | 03:37 |
contains, at the moment, thirteen images.
You'll also notice if I go back to the
| | 03:43 |
main page of the photos app, that we have
a variety of other sources for images.
| | 03:48 |
You can see that I have a series of
images from Facebook.
| | 03:52 |
My Facebook account is associated with my
Windows account.
| | 03:56 |
And so I'm able to see those photos as
well.
| | 03:58 |
And I can also access photos that are
stored on my Sky Drive or that I've
| | 04:02 |
posted to Flickr and also I can access
specific devices if I want import images
| | 04:06 |
for example.
And there are also some settings that we
| | 04:11 |
can adjust.
I'll go ahead and bring up the charm bar.
| | 04:14 |
And then go to Settings and choose
Options, for the Photos options.
| | 04:19 |
And you'll see that we have the ability
to shuffle photos on the Application Tile.
| | 04:23 |
And we can also specify which photos and
videos we actually want to include within
| | 04:27 |
the application.
By default, all of these options are
| | 04:30 |
turned on.
But if for example you don't use Flicker
| | 04:33 |
you could turn off that option in this
case though I'll leave all of those
| | 04:36 |
options turned on.
And another thing to keep in mind is that
| | 04:40 |
we can view these images as part of the
live tile for the photos application.
| | 04:45 |
I'll go ahead and return to the Start
screen.
| | 04:48 |
And then I'll right-click on the Photos
app, or flick on it, and then set the
| | 04:52 |
option to Turn Live Tile on, and you'll
notice that I'll start to see my photos
| | 04:56 |
as part of that tile.
But I can also, if I'd like, use a
| | 05:02 |
specific photo to represent that tile.
I'll go ahead and switch back to the
| | 05:07 |
photos application.
And then Navigate into my Pictures
| | 05:11 |
Library, for example, and find a photo
that I would like to use as that tile.
| | 05:16 |
I'll then bring that photo up Full Screen
and then I'll Right Click on the Photo or
| | 05:19 |
Swipe Up from the Bottom of this Screen.
And then choose Set As from the
| | 05:24 |
Application Options Bar and choose App
tile from the pop up menu.
| | 05:29 |
That will set this photo to represent the
application, the photos application as
| | 05:34 |
the photo on that tile.
And you can see I now have that selected
| | 05:39 |
photo as the tile that represents the
photos application.
| | 05:43 |
So quite a bit of flexibility with the
photos application.
| | 05:47 |
It provides a great way for managing and
reviewing your photos in a very basic way
| | 05:53 |
within Windows 8.
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| Sharing photos| 00:02 |
Windows 8 includes some basic tools for
managing your photos.
| | 00:06 |
But perhaps more importantly, it provides
you with ways to share those photos.
| | 00:10 |
Let's go ahead and take a look at how we
can share photos using the Photos
| | 00:14 |
application in Windows 8.
I'll start by clicking on the Photos
| | 00:18 |
application tile in order to bring up the
Photos application.
| | 00:21 |
And then I will navigate to a particular
photo that I would like to share.
| | 00:25 |
I'll go to the Pictures library and take
a look at some of my Croatia photos.
| | 00:29 |
And let's assume that this is an image
that I would like to share with others.
| | 00:34 |
Once I've selected that photo, I can move
over to the Charm bar and then choose the
| | 00:37 |
Share option.
I'll go ahead and click Share and you'll
| | 00:41 |
see that I have a variety of options.
In this case, I've selected just a single photo.
| | 00:46 |
And the options available to me, which
are based on which applications support
| | 00:50 |
photo sharing, include SkyDrive, Mail,
and MetroTwit, which is a Twitter
| | 00:54 |
application designed for Windows 8.
I'll go ahead and start off with email sharing.
| | 01:01 |
So I'll click the Mail link.
That will bring up an option to specify
| | 01:05 |
who I'd like to send this email to.
I'll go ahead and type a name here.
| | 01:11 |
And there's the person I would like to
send it to.
| | 01:14 |
That happens to be myself, I'm sending
myself a photo to a different email
| | 01:17 |
address here.
And I can also add a message.
| | 01:21 |
I'll go ahead and type a message related
to the photo here.
| | 01:24 |
And I can add a subject.
I'll just call this Croatia photo.
| | 01:33 |
And with all that information updated, a
subject for the email, a person I'm
| | 01:39 |
addressing the email to.
The photo of course is attached
| | 01:44 |
automatically, and then I can type a
message if I'd like.
| | 01:47 |
I'll go ahead and click the Send button,
and then that email will be sent to the
| | 01:51 |
recipient with the photo included.
Another option is to share via SkyDrive.
| | 01:57 |
I'll go ahead and go back to the Share
options here.
| | 02:00 |
And then click SkyDrive.
But first, notice that my recent option
| | 02:04 |
of emailing to myself is listed now up at
the top of the Sharing options.
| | 02:10 |
So if I want to send another photo via
email to that same address, I have a very
| | 02:13 |
quick and easy way to do that.
But let's take a look at the SkyDrive option.
| | 02:18 |
SkyDrive allows me to store documents and
photos in my SkyDrive, so that I can
| | 02:23 |
access them from virtually anywhere.
I'll go ahead and choose the Pictures
| | 02:28 |
option, and so I'll add this single photo
to pictures, I'll click the Upload button.
| | 02:34 |
And then that photo will be processed and
uploaded to my SkyDrive.
| | 02:39 |
Now of course, at the moment I have this
photo available to me on my local computer.
| | 02:43 |
But if I go back to the opening page of
the Pictures application, you'll notice
| | 02:47 |
as a matter of fact, that the tile
representing SkyDrive here has just
| | 02:50 |
updated to reflect the photo that's
there.
| | 02:54 |
I'll go ahead and click on that tile and
you can see that in my SkyDrive I now
| | 02:57 |
have that one picture available.
But more importantly is because this
| | 03:02 |
photo is stored in my SkyDrive, stored in
the cloud, I can access this from any of
| | 03:07 |
my Windows 8 devices, mobile device
tablets etc.
| | 03:12 |
I'll be able to access and share these
photos via that SkyDrive very, very
| | 03:16 |
easily from a wide variety of connected
devices.
| | 03:20 |
So you can see that sharing photos with
the Pictures application is indeed very
| | 03:23 |
easy and actually a lot of fun.
| | 03:26 |
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| Copying videos to your computer| 00:02 |
The video application in Windows 8 allows
you to watch movies, TV episodes, and
| | 00:06 |
even your own video files.
Let's take a look at that application.
| | 00:10 |
I'll go ahead and click the video tile on
the start screen.
| | 00:14 |
And that will bring up the video
application.
| | 00:16 |
You'll notice that I can browse the movie
store, look at television episodes, etcetera.
| | 00:20 |
But at the far left, you'll see that I
have an option for my videos.
| | 00:25 |
But I don't actually have any videos
here.
| | 00:28 |
And so first, I need to Copy videos into
my Videos Folder.
| | 00:33 |
Let's take a look at the process of
copying videos into the videos folder so
| | 00:36 |
that they'll be accessible in the video
application.
| | 00:40 |
I'll start off by returning to the start
screen, and then I'm going to go to the
| | 00:43 |
desktop because I need to use the file
explorer in the desktop interface in
| | 00:46 |
order to actually work with my videos.
So I'll click the desktop tile.
| | 00:51 |
That takes me to the desktop environment.
And then I'll click on the file explorer
| | 00:56 |
thumbnail that is found on the task bar.
That will bring up the file explorer.
| | 01:01 |
By default I'll be looking at the
libraries folder, which contains a
| | 01:04 |
documents folder, a music folder, a
pictures folder, and of course a videos folder.
| | 01:10 |
I'll then navigate to the location where
the videos are actually stored at the moment.
| | 01:14 |
And that happens to be, in this case, on
a USB jump drive.
| | 01:18 |
So I'll click on that jump drive, and
you'll see that I have a folder called
| | 01:22 |
travel videos inside of that drive.
I'll go ahead and double-click the folder
| | 01:27 |
and you can see that I have three videos
contained inside of that folder.
| | 01:31 |
Since I want to copy all three of these
videos, and I actually want to copy them
| | 01:34 |
within the folder they're contained in,
I'm going to go back to that USB drive,
| | 01:37 |
and then I'll simply click my mouse on
the travel videos folder.
| | 01:43 |
But keep that mouse button down so that I
can drag that folder to a new location.
| | 01:47 |
That new location, of course, is the
videos folder, and so I'll hover my mouse
| | 01:51 |
over that videos folder.
You'll notice that there's an indication
| | 01:55 |
with the plus symbol and the "copy to my
videos" text, that these videos, when I
| | 01:59 |
release the mouse, will actually be
copied to that location.
| | 02:03 |
I could hold the shift key if I wanted to
move to this location, but generally
| | 02:07 |
speaking, my preference is to copy files
rather than move them.
| | 02:12 |
When I'm copying from a different
location, this case a separate external device.
| | 02:17 |
Just to help make sure that the files get
there successfully, I can always delete
| | 02:20 |
the originals later.
So I won't hold the Shift key or simply
| | 02:24 |
release the mouse button and those video
files will be copied to the videos folder.
| | 02:30 |
When I click on that videos folder, you
can see, sure enough, there are my travel videos.
| | 02:35 |
I'll go ahead and close the file explorer
window, and then I'll go back to the
| | 02:38 |
start screen.
And now, when I launch the video
| | 02:41 |
application once again, you'll see that
my videos actually appear.
| | 02:45 |
They're included in my videos.
I can click on the my videos header to go
| | 02:49 |
to that specific location and view all of
the contents there.
| | 02:53 |
Of course, in this case, it's just three
videos.
| | 02:56 |
But then I can click on one of those
videos, and it will play directly within
| | 02:59 |
the video application.
So I'm able to watch the video for
| | 03:03 |
example, I can always go back to the my
videos folder and then view a different
| | 03:07 |
video if I'd like.
I'll go ahead and click on the last video
| | 03:12 |
and note that I can pause the video at
any time if I'd like to, I can even scrub
| | 03:15 |
along the timeline to go to a different
position within the video And if I click
| | 03:18 |
on the video itself those controls will
disappear.
| | 03:24 |
So you can see that copying videos onto
your computer from another device so that
| | 03:28 |
they're accessible in the video
application is very, very simple.
| | 03:33 |
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| Watching movies and TV shows| 00:02 |
The video application in Windows 8 makes
it easy to manage and play your own video clips.
| | 00:07 |
But if you'd also like to watch TV
episodes or movies, this is also the
| | 00:11 |
place to go.
And with an Xbox Live account you're able
| | 00:15 |
to purchase any of those TV shows or
movies.
| | 00:18 |
And the best part is, to create that Xbox
Live account all you need to do is accept it.
| | 00:23 |
It becomes part of your existing Windows
account.
| | 00:26 |
I'll go ahead and click the video tile on
the start screen, and that will take us
| | 00:30 |
into the video application, and you'll
notice in addition to my own videos,
| | 00:33 |
videos that I have copied onto my
computer into the videos folder, I also
| | 00:37 |
have a variety of movies and TV episodes
and other content available to me.
| | 00:44 |
If you see something that is interesting
to you, you can simply click on that
| | 00:47 |
tile, and that will bring up some
information.
| | 00:50 |
So, for example here is a movie that is
available through Xbox video.
| | 00:53 |
You can play the trailer for that movie,
you can get additional information about
| | 00:57 |
the movie.
For example, playing the trailer on a
| | 01:00 |
larger screen, getting an overall
synopsis of the movie itself, and also
| | 01:03 |
seeing related movies.
Over here on the right you'll see that
| | 01:07 |
there are several movies that are
similar.
| | 01:09 |
In other words, if you like the movie
that you've currently selected you might
| | 01:12 |
also be interested in these other movies.
And if you decide that you are interested
| | 01:17 |
in watching the movie you can purchase it
and just simply click on the buy button
| | 01:20 |
and then you'll be asked for confirmation
if you have this option set in your settings.
| | 01:26 |
All you have to do is type in your
password and click okay.
| | 01:29 |
And the purchase'll be charged to the
credit card that you put on file and the
| | 01:32 |
movie will download so that you'll be
able to watch it directly.
| | 01:35 |
And of course, in addition to being able
to browse, you can also search.
| | 01:40 |
So, if I bring up the Charms Bar and then
click the Search Option, I can type the
| | 01:43 |
name of any TV show or movie that I'm
interested in watching.
| | 01:48 |
For example, I was just looking at The
Bourne Legacy movie.
| | 01:51 |
If I'm interested in seeing some of the
previous movies in that series.
| | 01:55 |
I could type in Bourne, and then choose
the particular movie that I'm interested
| | 01:58 |
in and navigate to the information about
that movie.
| | 02:02 |
So I can go ahead and find out the
details of that movie.
| | 02:04 |
And in this case, there's the option to
rent the movie as well, in addition to buying.
| | 02:09 |
So the process of renting or purchasing
movies or TV episodes through your xBox
| | 02:12 |
Live account in the video application is
very, very simple and you have a wide
| | 02:16 |
range of content available to you.
| | 02:20 |
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| Playing music| 00:02 |
If you like to have a little music
playing while you work or play at the
| | 00:05 |
computer, then you'll want to take a look
at the Music app.
| | 00:09 |
We'll go ahead and get started by
clicking on the Music tile on the Start screen.
| | 00:13 |
That will bring up the music application,
of course.
| | 00:16 |
But if I scroll all the way to the left,
you'll see that the My Music folder is
| | 00:20 |
completely empty, but I can fix that very
quickly.
| | 00:24 |
In fact, I have some music that I've
copied on to a USB drive and I'd like to
| | 00:27 |
copy that into the My Music folder.
You might have music or audio clips
| | 00:33 |
stored in other folders.
You can also move those files into the
| | 00:36 |
Music folder in order to access them
directly from the Music application.
| | 00:42 |
Let's take a look at one of the ways we
can accomplish that.
| | 00:45 |
I'll go back to the Start screen.
And I'll click on the Desktop tile in
| | 00:48 |
order to go back to the desktop, and
then, I'll click on the File Explorer
| | 00:51 |
button on the taskbar, that will bring up
the File Explorer.
| | 00:56 |
And if I click on the Music item under
Libraries, you'll see that that folder is
| | 00:59 |
indeed empty, which is why I'm not seeing
any of my music in the music application.
| | 01:05 |
I'll go ahead and click on the USB drive
where I have a folder containing a couple
| | 01:09 |
of songs from Cecil Vortex, one of my
favorite and I think very creative bands.
| | 01:15 |
I'm going to go ahead and drag that
folder into the Music folder, and that
| | 01:18 |
way, the songs in that folder will
actually be copied into My Music folder,
| | 01:22 |
and therefore, will be available within
the Music application.
| | 01:27 |
I'll go ahead and close the File Explorer
window and then go back to the Start screen.
| | 01:32 |
And once again, I'll return to the Music
application.
| | 01:35 |
And now, you see under My Music, I have
an album by Cecil Vortex.
| | 01:40 |
In this case, just a couple of songs from
that album.
| | 01:42 |
But by clicking on the Album, I can view
the songs that are on the album.
| | 01:46 |
I then have the option to Play the entire
album if I'd like or I could play a
| | 01:49 |
specific song just by clicking on it.
I'll go ahead and click on the song here,
| | 01:55 |
and then click the Play button, and the
song will begin playing immediately.
| | 02:00 |
(music playing) You'll see that I have controls
on the application Options bar, so that I
| | 02:04 |
can Pause the song, Skip to the next
song, go back to the Previous song.
| | 02:08 |
And in this case, even Delete the song or
get more information about the song.
| | 02:13 |
The song that is currently playing is
displayed in the Now Playing area.
| | 02:18 |
I'll return to the Start screen.
At the moment, I have the Live tile
| | 02:20 |
feature turned off for the Music
application.
| | 02:23 |
And so, I'll right-click or flick on that
Music tile, and then choose the Turn Live
| | 02:27 |
tile on option.
And now, you'll see that I get a Live
| | 02:31 |
tile indicating exactly which song is
playing in the background.
| | 02:35 |
Of course, it's paused at the moment, but
that does tell me which song is currently playing.
| | 02:39 |
And as the song changes, so does the Live
tile display.
| | 02:43 |
I'll go ahead and go back to the Music
app and we can take a look at some of the
| | 02:46 |
other options that are available.
For example, if I have an Xbox account,
| | 02:51 |
which is as easy as agreeing to have an
Xbox account assigned to your Microsoft
| | 02:55 |
Windows ID if you don't already have an
xbox account.
| | 02:59 |
Then you can play music, streaming music
directly over the Internet or purchase
| | 03:04 |
individual songs or albums as well.
So for example, I can click the play an
| | 03:08 |
artist option and I can type the name of
an artist that I would like to listen to.
| | 03:13 |
And then, click to choose that particular
artist and a playlist will be created
| | 03:17 |
that features that artist along with
similar artists and I can listen to that
| | 03:20 |
music directly.
I can also navigate among the various
| | 03:25 |
options there to view other various
options and purchase individual songs or
| | 03:29 |
entire albums.
So if you scroll through, if you find
| | 03:33 |
something you like, then you can simply
choose that option, look at the list of
| | 03:36 |
songs that are available, and then you'll
notice that we have a Buy Album option.
| | 03:41 |
I'll go ahead and click that button, and
you can see that I need to confirm that I
| | 03:44 |
want to make this purchase based on my
Microsoft account.
| | 03:48 |
All I need to do is type in my password
and click OK, and I will have that song
| | 03:51 |
downloaded directly to my computer.
But of course, we have lots of streaming
| | 03:56 |
options as well to take advantage of.
But lots of great options for listening
| | 04:01 |
to your existing music or new music
directly within the Music application in
| | 04:06 |
Windows 8.
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| Using the Reader| 00:02 |
If you read PDF or XPS documents such as
for electronic magazines, e-books or
| | 00:06 |
other documents, then you can take
advantage of the Reader application
| | 00:09 |
that's included as part of Windows 8 to
view those documents.
| | 00:15 |
Let's take a look at how we can use the
Reader application within Windows 8.
| | 00:20 |
I don't have the reader application as a
tile on the start menu.
| | 00:23 |
So, in order to access it I would have to
swipe up from the bottom of the screen or
| | 00:27 |
right-click on the start screen and then
click all apps.
| | 00:31 |
I can then find the reader application,
but since I anticipate using the reader
| | 00:34 |
application a fair amount I would like to
have it on the start screen.
| | 00:39 |
So here with a list of all applications
I'll right-click on the reader
| | 00:42 |
application or flick it if I'm on a touch
screen device and then choose the pin to
| | 00:46 |
start option.
I'll go ahead and go back to the start
| | 00:50 |
screen and then scrolling over to the far
right you will see that I have the reader
| | 00:53 |
application added to the start screen.
I'll go ahead, and bring that all the way
| | 00:58 |
over to the far left of the start screen
into the productivity section of
| | 01:02 |
applications that I have created.
And then I'll go ahead and click the tile
| | 01:07 |
for the Reader application in order to
bring up the Reader app.
| | 01:11 |
I don't have any recently viewed
documents.
| | 01:13 |
Those would appear here under the recent
label, of course.
| | 01:17 |
But I can browse to locate a PDF
document.
| | 01:20 |
I happen to have one in my documents
folder.
| | 01:22 |
So I'll click the Browse button, and
you'll notice that the documents folder
| | 01:26 |
is active by default.
But I can also click the Files popup and
| | 01:30 |
navigate to a particular location,
including my SkyDrive.
| | 01:35 |
But in this case, the document that I'm
looking for is right here in my Documents folder.
| | 01:39 |
I'll go ahead and click on that document
and then click Open in order to open up
| | 01:43 |
this document.
If I right-click or swipe up from the
| | 01:47 |
bottom of the screen, I can change the
display option.
| | 01:50 |
For example, I can switch to a one page
view so that I'm able to see an entire
| | 01:54 |
page all at once.
And then I can navigate across the
| | 01:57 |
document, going from page to page for
example.
| | 02:00 |
I can also set the view to two pages if I
want to see two pages across at any given time.
| | 02:06 |
And when I'm in the Two Page View, I can
also go back to the Cover Page if I'd
| | 02:09 |
like, but in this case, I'll switch to a
One Page View.
| | 02:13 |
In addition to being able to navigate
page by page, I can also use the
| | 02:16 |
Continuous Option.
Now that will zoom in the document, but
| | 02:19 |
then I can scroll through the document so
that I don't really have any page breaks.
| | 02:24 |
I don't have to go page by page.
I simply see a slight gap in between each
| | 02:28 |
of the pages.
But in most cases, if I have a display
| | 02:31 |
with an adequate resolution, I prefer to
use the one page option.
| | 02:36 |
Note that I also have options to open
another document or to save this document
| | 02:39 |
in a different location or with a
different file name.
| | 02:43 |
And if you click the More button, you'll
see that we can also rotate the document,
| | 02:47 |
view information about the document, or
close the file altogether.
| | 02:51 |
If I'd like to have this document
available to me on other devices, for
| | 02:55 |
example, on a mobile device running
Windows 8 RT, then I can also post this
| | 02:59 |
document to my Skydrive.
To do so I'll bring up the charm bar and
| | 03:05 |
then click the Share button, and I can
choose the SkyDrive option.
| | 03:09 |
I also have of course the e-mail option
if I prefer, but I'll go ahead and choose
| | 03:13 |
SkyDrive, and then I'll store this
particular document in my documents
| | 03:16 |
folder on the SkyDrive.
And then I'll just click the Upload
| | 03:21 |
button, and this file then will be
uploaded into my Documents folder on
| | 03:24 |
SkyDrive so that I can access it from my
other devices associated with the same account.
| | 03:30 |
I'll go ahead and close this document by
choosing Close File from the More pop-up,
| | 03:34 |
and then notice that now in the Reader
application I have that document in the
| | 03:38 |
list of recently opened documents and
that list will remain there.
| | 03:44 |
So, in the future, if I want to look at
that same document, I'll be able to get
| | 03:47 |
to it very, very easily.
So, obviously, a very straight forward
| | 03:52 |
and simple application, but one that
provides you with good utility as well.
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| Sharing with SkyDrive| 00:02 |
If you utilize multiple computers or
devices, or need to be able to access
| | 00:05 |
documents or photos from a remote
location, then you'll want to take a look
| | 00:09 |
at SkyDrive.
As a great solution for sharing important
| | 00:14 |
documents and photos.
The first step is to actually share
| | 00:18 |
content via SkyDrive.
Let's go ahead and share some photos with SkyDrive.
| | 00:22 |
I'll go ahead and launch the photos
application, and then I'll navigate to a
| | 00:25 |
folder that contains some images that I
would like to share.
| | 00:28 |
And then on the application options bar,
which I can access by swiping up from the
| | 00:32 |
bottom of the screen, or by right
clicking on an empty area of the screen,
| | 00:36 |
I can click select all option.
And then over on the charm bar I'll
| | 00:41 |
choose the share option, and I'll choose
to share these photos with SkyDrive.
| | 00:46 |
I'll select the pictures folder, and then
I'll simply click the upload button, and
| | 00:51 |
these photos will all be uploaded to my
SkyDrive account, so that they can be
| | 00:55 |
accessed on any of my computers or
devices.
| | 01:00 |
Now that I've shared these photos I can
access the SkyDrive application to view
| | 01:03 |
those photos.
So, let's assume that I was on a
| | 01:06 |
different computer and I launched the
SkyDrive application.
| | 01:10 |
You'll see all of the documents and
photos that I've shared are available
| | 01:14 |
within my SkyDrive.
I'll go ahead and click on the pictures
| | 01:17 |
folder, and you can see that I have all
of those photos that I had shared,
| | 01:20 |
available for viewing here.
And I can click on any photo to view it
| | 01:25 |
in a larger size of course.
And naturally that same experience
| | 01:29 |
applies regardless of which computer or
device I'm using to access my skydrive account.
| | 01:35 |
So for example if I was using a tablet
computer running Windows 8, then I could
| | 01:38 |
use the skydrive application there to
browse these photos just as easily.
| | 01:44 |
And I can even use a desktop application
for SkyDrive, so that I can very easily
| | 01:48 |
copy files to the SkyDrive account with
File Explorer.
| | 01:52 |
Let's take a look at that option.
That does require that I utilize another application.
| | 01:57 |
I'll go ahead and search for that
application.
| | 02:00 |
I'll go ahead and type SkyDrive desktop
and execute that search.
| | 02:05 |
And it looks like this link will take me
to the appropriate location.
| | 02:10 |
So I'll go ahead and click on that
option, and then I'll scroll down, and
| | 02:14 |
what I want is the SkyDrive application
for the desktop.
| | 02:18 |
And I'll go to the download link, and
then I'll click the Run option so that I
| | 02:22 |
can run that application on my computer.
I'll go ahead and confirm that decision.
| | 02:28 |
And this will install SkyDrive, so that
I'm able to access SkyDrive from all of
| | 02:32 |
my desktop applications as well.
You can see here that I get a little bit
| | 02:37 |
of information about SkyDrive and how it
works.
| | 02:40 |
And I'll be automatically signed in to my
SkyDrive account.
| | 02:44 |
You can see that there is a specific
folder for SkyDrive.
| | 02:47 |
But of course I'll be able to work a
little bit more easily, as you'll see in
| | 02:50 |
just a moment.
And I can also choose what I want to
| | 02:53 |
synchronize, and generally speaking I
would say that you probably want to
| | 02:56 |
synchronize all of your files and folders
for the SkyDrive.
| | 03:00 |
I'll go ahead and click Next.
And then click Done in order to complete
| | 03:04 |
that process.
At this point, if I bring up File
| | 03:07 |
Explorer, you'll notice that I have a
SkyDrive option under Favorites.
| | 03:12 |
I'll go ahead and navigate to my
Documents folder, and then I'll drag a
| | 03:15 |
new document that is not on my SkyDrive,
onto the SkyDrive option under Favorites.
| | 03:21 |
I'll also hold the Control key on the
keyboard while I'm dragging and dropping
| | 03:25 |
so that the file will be copied, not
moved, to my SkyDrive.
| | 03:29 |
One thing to keep in mind, however, is
that when I drag an item onto the
| | 03:32 |
SkyDrive, it's not placed into a folder.
So if I want to maintain a folder
| | 03:36 |
structure, I'll need to go back to the
SkyDrive and make an adjustment.
| | 03:40 |
I could also add specific SkyDrive
folders to my Favorites list if I wanted to.
| | 03:44 |
But I'll go ahead and just click on the
SkyDrive option.
| | 03:47 |
And then click and drag in order to move
this document into the Documents folder
| | 03:51 |
and, of course, I could also create
additional sub folders if I wanted to.
| | 03:56 |
At this point, I'll go ahead and close
the SkyDrive window, and I'll return to
| | 04:00 |
the start screen and go to the SkyDrive
application.
| | 04:03 |
And you'll notice I have two documents
where before I had one document, and that
| | 04:07 |
new document that I just copied to my
SkyDrive folder.
| | 04:11 |
And again, that document will be
accessible from any computer or device
| | 04:15 |
where I can access my SkyDrive.
So just by sharing your documents or
| | 04:19 |
photos with your SkyDrive, you're able to
access those documents from just about anywhere.
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4. Working with the DesktopAccessing and personalizing the desktop| 00:02 |
It's easy to think of the Start Screen as
being the entirety of Windows 8.
| | 00:06 |
After all you're going to spend a fair
amount of time working with the Start
| | 00:09 |
screen, and when you launch Metro
applications, they sort of feel like
| | 00:12 |
they're running within the Start Screen
itself.
| | 00:15 |
But of course we still have the
traditional Windows desktop environment
| | 00:18 |
available to us.
And in many cases you'll want to make use
| | 00:22 |
of that desktop environment.
For example, to run applications that
| | 00:25 |
require that environment or to take care
of certain tasks related to managing your
| | 00:29 |
computer, for example.
Let's take a look at how we can access
| | 00:33 |
and personalize the desktop.
If you don't have any applications
| | 00:37 |
running, you can actually just press the
Windows key on the keyboard to access the desktop.
| | 00:41 |
But there's also a tile associated with
the desktop.
| | 00:45 |
So you can simply tap or click on that
tile to take yourself to the desktop environment.
| | 00:50 |
Let's take a look at some of the options
for personalizing the desktop interface.
| | 00:55 |
Including changing our wallpaper image
and the color scheme, for example.
| | 00:58 |
I'll go ahead and right-click on the
desktop using a mouse.
| | 01:02 |
Or, if you're using a touchscreen device
that includes support for the desktop
| | 01:05 |
environment you can just tap and hold
your finger on the screen for a moment.
| | 01:10 |
And then from the pop-up menu we can
choose Personalize.
| | 01:13 |
That will bring up the personalization
dialog.
| | 01:16 |
There are a variety of themes available
that you can use to quickly configure the
| | 01:20 |
overall appearance of the desktop
environment.
| | 01:23 |
You'll see, for example, that there are
several themes that are included with
| | 01:26 |
Windows 8, by default.
But you can also configure the individual
| | 01:30 |
items that make up that overall theme.
For example, we can click on the desktop
| | 01:35 |
background option, and here we can choose
a specific image that we would like to
| | 01:39 |
use as our desktop wallpaper.
I'll go ahead and change the picture
| | 01:43 |
location option to the pictures library.
That's the folder containing all of my
| | 01:48 |
pictures, and then I can choose which
image I would like to use, or, in fact I
| | 01:52 |
can allow multiple images to rotate
through.
| | 01:57 |
I think I'll simply choose a single image
that I would like to use as my desktop
| | 02:00 |
picture, so I'll click the Clear All
button, and then I'll simply click the
| | 02:03 |
check box for one of the images that I
would like to use.
| | 02:09 |
If I do have multiple images selected, I
can specify how frequently I want that
| | 02:12 |
image to change, and also how whether or
not I want to randomly shuffle through
| | 02:15 |
all of the photos.
I can also specify whether I want to fill
| | 02:20 |
the screen.
In other words, have the image cropped to
| | 02:23 |
fill the available space or I can use the
fit option if I want the image to retain
| | 02:27 |
its original dimensions without being
cropped.
| | 02:31 |
I can also span across multiple displays.
I can stretch the image to fill the
| | 02:35 |
available space.
And I can also tile the image or simply
| | 02:38 |
center the image.
I'll go ahead and use the fill option in
| | 02:41 |
this case and then I'll click the Save
Changes button to apply that change to
| | 02:45 |
the desktop wallpaper.
You may have noticed, that when I changed
| | 02:49 |
the image for my desktop wallpaper, that
the color scheme automatically changed as
| | 02:53 |
well, and that's because I don't really
have a color scheme defined at all.
| | 02:58 |
Rather the automatic setting is
established.
| | 03:01 |
But I can choose a specific color scheme
if I'd like simply by clicking on the
| | 03:04 |
color option and then clicking on one of
the color swatches to choose which color
| | 03:08 |
I'd like to use.
This color looks rather nice, I think
| | 03:13 |
that's working nicely, so I'll go ahead
and click the Save Changes button.
| | 03:17 |
I can also specify which sounds I would
like to use for various events.
| | 03:21 |
You can see that the default option is
currently established, but I could also
| | 03:24 |
use custom sounds if I wanted to and I
can also specify a screen saver.
| | 03:29 |
So, for example, I can choose a photo
slide show screen saver, and then
| | 03:33 |
configure the settings.
For example, choosing which images I want
| | 03:37 |
to include.
By default, the pictures folder is being used.
| | 03:41 |
And I can determine the speed of the
slideshow and whether or not I want the
| | 03:44 |
photos to be shuffled into a random
order.
| | 03:48 |
I can specify how many minutes should
pass with no activity before the screen
| | 03:51 |
saver is activated.
And a very nice feature I can turn on a
| | 03:55 |
check box so that when I resume the
system, in other words, when I press a
| | 03:57 |
key on a keyboard or move the mouse, the
log on screen will be displayed.
| | 04:02 |
In other words, when the screen saver
activates, the computer will be locked
| | 04:06 |
and require a password.
So if you walk away from your computer,
| | 04:09 |
and in this case after one minute the
screen saver activates.
| | 04:13 |
Then anyone who tries to access your
computer will need to enter a password,
| | 04:16 |
so it's a nice little additional safety
precaution you can use as well.
| | 04:20 |
I'll go ahead and click the OK button and
if I'd like I can also save this theme so
| | 04:24 |
that if I switch themes later it's very
easy to get back to this particular theme.
| | 04:30 |
I'll go ahead and click the Save Theme
option.
| | 04:32 |
I'll type in a name for this theme.
Since this photo was captured in Croatia
| | 04:36 |
I'll just call this my Croatia theme.
And then I'll click the Save button in
| | 04:40 |
order to save that theme.
With my settings established for
| | 04:44 |
personalizing my desktop environment, I
can then simply close the personalization
| | 04:48 |
dialog and enjoy my new desktop
experience.
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| Using desktop applications| 00:02 |
Many of the applications you'll likely
use with Windows 8 operate in the desktop environment.
| | 00:07 |
And that means you'll have a slightly
different experience, compared to the
| | 00:10 |
applications that run essentially
directly within the start screen environment.
| | 00:14 |
Those are generallly refered to as metro
applicaitons.
| | 00:17 |
You can certainly access the desktop
simply by clicking on the desktop tile in
| | 00:21 |
the start screen and then choose
applications, for example launching an
| | 00:24 |
application from a desktop shortcut or
from the file explorer.
| | 00:28 |
But generally speaking, it's simpler to
just launch those desktop applications
| | 00:32 |
directly from the start screen.
Let's take a look at how we can configure
| | 00:36 |
those applications.
To begin with, if we scroll over to the right.
| | 00:40 |
We'll find that I do have a desktop
application already pinned to my Start screen.
| | 00:44 |
And so if I click on that application,
I'll be switched automatically to the
| | 00:48 |
desktop environment.
And then I have this application launched
| | 00:52 |
and ready to use.
Of course beyond what you might think of
| | 00:55 |
as applications, there are also other
programs that you'll put to use on a
| | 00:58 |
somewhat regular basis within the desktop
environment.
| | 01:02 |
For example, I tend to use the file
explorer fairly frequently to copy
| | 01:05 |
documents photos and other files.
Rather than switching to the desktop
| | 01:09 |
environment and then launching the file
explorer.
| | 01:11 |
I can simply launch the file explorer
directly from the start screen.
| | 01:16 |
Let's take a look at that process.
I'll go back to the start screen and then
| | 01:20 |
I'll right-click on an empty area of the
start screen and choose all applications,
| | 01:23 |
and then I can scroll over to the right
and find file explorer.
| | 01:29 |
I'll go ahead and right-click or flick on
that application, and then choose the pin
| | 01:32 |
to start option.
I'll then go back to the start screen,
| | 01:38 |
and scrolling over to the right, you'll
see that I now have a tile for file explorer.
| | 01:43 |
I can drag that tile all the way over to
the far left where I have my productivity
| | 01:46 |
applications, and that will add the tile
to that location.
| | 01:51 |
And this is a shortcut, essentially, to a
desktop application.
| | 01:55 |
The file explorer runs in the desktop,
not within the metro interface.
| | 01:59 |
And so if I click on this tile, I'll be
taken to the desktop, and that file
| | 02:02 |
explorer will be brought to the
forefront.
| | 02:06 |
So you can see that working with
applications that run in the desktop environment.
| | 02:10 |
Is really no different from any other
application obviously there's the
| | 02:13 |
difference in terms of the overall
interface but by and large the process is
| | 02:16 |
the same.
Simply launch the application and take it
| | 02:20 |
from there.
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| Window sizing| 00:02 |
Many of thee applications you'll use in
Windows 8 will operate in the desktop
| | 00:05 |
environment and that means that instead
of filling thee entire screen the way
| | 00:09 |
metro applications do, they might fill
just a window of a particular size, but
| | 00:12 |
in most cases you can
| | 00:14 |
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| | 00:17 |
Actually change the size of that window.
For example, I'm browsing a Web page in
| | 00:21 |
Internet Explorer at the moment.
And you can see that the page is taking
| | 00:25 |
up more space than is available.
Now I can't necessarily fit an entire
| | 00:29 |
page on to the screen.
That depends in large part on just how
| | 00:32 |
big the page is.
In this case regardless of how large I
| | 00:35 |
make this window it will take scrolling
at least vertically but I can adjust the
| | 00:39 |
size and position of this window.
To begin with I can move a window around
| | 00:44 |
all I need to do is click on the title
bar and drag to move that window into a
| | 00:47 |
different location.
I can also resize the window.
| | 00:52 |
For example I can move my mouse over to
the right edge and then when I see that
| | 00:56 |
double headed arrow icon for my mouse
pointer I can click and drag to the right
| | 00:59 |
in this case to enlarge the window.
Or to the left to reduce the size of the window.
| | 01:06 |
I can also grab a corner if I want to
re-size both the height and width at the
| | 01:09 |
same time.
There are also some snapping behaviors
| | 01:13 |
that you might want to take advantage of.
If I drag downward towards the task bar,
| | 01:17 |
at some point I'll see a little circle
indicating that I've reached the bottom
| | 01:21 |
and that if I release the mouse, the
window will automatically be re-sized.
| | 01:26 |
To fill the available height, and I can
do the same thing for the width.
| | 01:30 |
I can also move the window around while
it's vertically enlarged, so to speak.
| | 01:34 |
And I can grab a corner to resize the
window altogether.
| | 01:37 |
If the window is relatively small in the
display area, I can also drag the title
| | 01:41 |
bar upward, toward the top of the screen.
And when I reach the top, you'll see that
| | 01:47 |
I get an overall halo around my desktop
environment.
| | 01:51 |
If I release the mouse there, the window
will be maximized.
| | 01:54 |
In other words it will take up all of the
available space.
| | 01:58 |
I also have some control buttons at the
top right of the window display.
| | 02:01 |
The first of those buttons is Minimize,
that will minimize the window down to the
| | 02:05 |
task bar, so that the window essentially
disappears, I can then click on the task
| | 02:09 |
bar icon for that application to bring
the window back.
| | 02:14 |
The second button toggles between what's
called restore down and maximize at the
| | 02:18 |
moment because my window is already
maximized if I click this button the
| | 02:22 |
window will be restored down to its
original smaller size and if I click that
| | 02:25 |
button a second time.
The window will be maximized to fill all
| | 02:31 |
of the available space.
And finally, when I'm finished with this
| | 02:35 |
widow all together, and I'm ready to
close it, I can simply click the X button
| | 02:39 |
to close that particular window, in
essence, closing that application, in
| | 02:42 |
this case, Internet Explorer.
So that gives you a sense of the overall
| | 02:47 |
basics when it comes to working with
windowed applications within the desktop environment.
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| Creating a desktop shortcut| 00:02 |
If you tend to spend a fair amount of
time working in the desktop environment
| | 00:05 |
you might find it convenient to create
desktop shortcuts for key applications
| | 00:08 |
that you use on a regular basis while
you're in that desktop environment.
| | 00:14 |
Let's take a look at how we can create
desktop shortcuts quickly and easily.
| | 00:17 |
I'll start off by switching to the
desktop environment by clicking on the
| | 00:21 |
desktop tile and then in that desktop
environment, I can right-click, or tap
| | 00:24 |
and hold if I'm using a touchscreen
device, in order to bring up a context
| | 00:28 |
sensitive menu.
From that menu I'll choose New followed
| | 00:34 |
by Shortcut so that I can create a new
application shortcut.
| | 00:39 |
When I click that option, I'll get a
create shortcut dialog where I can
| | 00:42 |
specify the location of the item I want
to create a shortcut to.
| | 00:46 |
And in this case, it's going to be an
application.
| | 00:49 |
I could also create a shortcut to, for
example, a folder where I store certain documents.
| | 00:54 |
The point is that I can create shortcuts
to a variety of different things on the desktop.
| | 00:59 |
I'll go ahead and click the browse
button.
| | 01:01 |
And this is the only slightly tricky part
is that I need to know where the
| | 01:04 |
application is that I want to create the
shortcut for.
| | 01:08 |
I'll go ahead and expand the computer
option.
| | 01:11 |
And then I'll expand my primary hard
drive which is the hard drive where
| | 01:14 |
Windows is installed.
In most cases, that will be the C drive.
| | 01:18 |
I can then specify either program files,
or program files x86.
| | 01:22 |
And certain applications will fall under
either of these folders.
| | 01:27 |
It just depends on the particular
application.
| | 01:29 |
In this case, I want to create a shortcut
for the Windows Media Player.
| | 01:33 |
Because I tend to launch the Windows
Media Player on a semi-regular basis to
| | 01:37 |
playback certain videos, for example.
So once I've navigated to the folder
| | 01:41 |
where the application exists, I can click
on the application itself.
| | 01:46 |
And it is important to make sure that
you're working with the correct file.
| | 01:50 |
For example, there's also a setup_wm file
here.
| | 01:54 |
That's a setup utility.
I want the actual application itself.
| | 01:58 |
So I'll select that application, and then
click the OK button and you can see that,
| | 02:02 |
that application's path has now been
specified in the location field.
| | 02:07 |
I'll go ahead then and click the next
button, and now I can enter a name for
| | 02:10 |
this shortcut.
I can certainly change this name at any
| | 02:14 |
time after I've created the shortcut, but
it's nice to be able to adjust the name
| | 02:17 |
for the shortcut right here in the
process of creating it.
| | 02:21 |
And of course, by default, that shortcut
is going to be named with the name of the
| | 02:24 |
item I selected.
Which, in this case, is not all that meaningful.
| | 02:28 |
WMPlayer certainly stands for Windows
Media Player, but I might not know that
| | 02:32 |
at first glance and so I'll type Windows
Media Player and then I'll click the
| | 02:36 |
Finish button and that shortcut is
created for me.
| | 02:41 |
I can certainly drag that shortcut to any
position on the desktop if I'd like.
| | 02:46 |
In this case I'll just tuck it right
underneath the recycle bin, and now to
| | 02:49 |
launch the Windows Media Player I can
simply double-click on that shortcut
| | 02:52 |
right on the desktop.
So you can see, the process of creating
| | 02:58 |
shortcuts to applications, folders,
documents, just about anything you might
| | 03:03 |
use in the desktop environment is very
easy to do.
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| Working with the File Explorer| 00:02 |
If you're anything like me, you're going
to accumulate a lot of files over time.
| | 00:06 |
For me, that tends to mean lots of
photographs, a fair number of video clips
| | 00:10 |
and plenty of documents.
And when you want to manage those files,
| | 00:14 |
you'll want to use the File Explorer, and
this actually provides a great way for
| | 00:18 |
managing a wide variety of documents
within Windows.
| | 00:22 |
Let's take a look.
I have a tile for File Explorer on my
| | 00:24 |
start screen, but you can also go to the
desktop, and by default, you'll find the
| | 00:28 |
File Explorer on the task bar, so you
could simply click on that shortcut to
| | 00:31 |
launch the File Explorer.
And here we can see a wide variety of files.
| | 00:37 |
In fact, we can get to any file just
about on our entire computer system, that
| | 00:41 |
includes additional storage devices
connected to your computer.
| | 00:45 |
For example, I have a USB drive plugged
in at the moment.
| | 00:48 |
We can also access our local hard drive,
our documents folder, music folder,
| | 00:53 |
pictures, videos, you get the idea.
We can access all of the locations on our
| | 00:58 |
computer, and copy or move files between
those rename files, preform basically a
| | 01:02 |
wide variety of file management tasks.
Let's take a look at an example.
| | 01:08 |
I'll click on the documents folder, and
here I have a couple of copies of a
| | 01:11 |
particular magazine that is published in
electronic form.
| | 01:15 |
And as I accumulate more and more copies
of this magazine, I might want to get
| | 01:18 |
them a little bit more organized.
For example I can place them into a new folder.
| | 01:23 |
What I think you'll find is that on the
ribbon, up at the top of the File
| | 01:26 |
Explorer, just about every command you
might otherwise want to issue can be
| | 01:30 |
found at a click of a button.
That ribbon is divided into sections.
| | 01:35 |
So for example, we have the File menu
essentially, where we can open a new
| | 01:38 |
window for the File Explorer, we can
clear our history, get help or close File
| | 01:42 |
Explorer altogether.
On the Home tab, you'll find most of the
| | 01:46 |
commands you're likely to use.
But we can also share files directly
| | 01:49 |
through the Share tab.
We can go to the View tab to change the
| | 01:53 |
view settings.
For example, using medium icons as
| | 01:56 |
opposed to the details display.
We can also adjust the sort order for our
| | 02:01 |
files, so for example I can sort by date
modified as opposed to the file name.
| | 02:05 |
I can add columns if I want to see
additional information in this details
| | 02:09 |
view and we can also establish a couple
of different options.
| | 02:13 |
So for example, if I want to show item
check boxes so that I can very quickly
| | 02:17 |
and easily select particular items, I can
choose whether or not to show file name
| | 02:20 |
extensions and whether or not to display
hidden items, items that have a hidden
| | 02:24 |
attribute assigned to them.
That gives you a pretty good idea of some
| | 02:30 |
of the overall workings of the File
Explorer.
| | 02:33 |
Let's take a look once again at creating
that folder we talked about.
| | 02:36 |
I'll go back to the Home tab, and you'll
see that I have a New Folder button.
| | 02:40 |
That will create a new folder in the
current location.
| | 02:43 |
So that means inside of my documents
folder, where I'm looking right now.
| | 02:46 |
So if I simply click the New Folder
button, a new folder is created.
| | 02:51 |
The name of that folder, by default, is
New Folder, but notice that I'm in rename mode.
| | 02:56 |
If I simply start typing, I'll rename
that folder.
| | 02:59 |
I'll go ahead and call this Pixology.
That's the name of the magazine here.
| | 03:03 |
Then I'm going to place into that folder,
and then I can select those individual files.
| | 03:09 |
So I'll go ahead and select the first
file there, the first copy of Pixology
| | 03:12 |
that I have, and then I'm going to hold
the Shift key, so that I can click on the
| | 03:16 |
second copy of Pixology and select
everything in between.
| | 03:21 |
In this case, it's just the two files,
but if I click on one item and then
| | 03:24 |
Shift-click on another item, all the
items in between will be selected.
| | 03:29 |
If I hold the Control key on the
keyboard, I can select or deselect
| | 03:32 |
individual items.
So now at this point, I just have those
| | 03:36 |
two issues of Pixology, those two
documents selected, and I can move them
| | 03:39 |
into a new location That new location, of
course, is the Pixology folder, which
| | 03:43 |
happens to be in the same location.
But I'm actually going to use a slightly
| | 03:48 |
different approach here, because in some
cases, I won't have the destination in
| | 03:52 |
the same location as the source, as the
actual documents that I'm moving.
| | 03:56 |
So instead, over on the left side here in
my Navigation pane, I'm going to click to
| | 04:01 |
expand the documents folder so that I can
see the My Documents folder underneath
| | 04:05 |
and Pixology below that.
Now I'll go ahead and select those two
| | 04:10 |
copies of pixology magazine.
So on the right side, I've selected the
| | 04:14 |
files that I want to move or copy and on
the left side I'm able to see the
| | 04:17 |
navigation structure and more
specifically, I'm able to see the destination.
| | 04:24 |
Now I could simply drag and drop, and in
this case that would cause those copies
| | 04:27 |
of Pixology Magazine to be moved into the
Pixology folder.
| | 04:32 |
But that's not always the case.
If I were dragging files from a different
| | 04:36 |
drive letter, the behavior would be
different.
| | 04:38 |
So, for example, down below here, you'll
see that I have that USB jump drive.
| | 04:43 |
If I were to click and drag, instead of
moving, as would happen if I were to drag
| | 04:47 |
to a folder on the same drive.
If I drag over to the jump drive, you'll
| | 04:53 |
see that the default is Copy.
In other words, if I drag to a
| | 04:57 |
destination on the same drive letter, the
default operation is Move.
| | 05:01 |
If I drag to a different drive letter,
the default operation is Copy.
| | 05:06 |
The thing is, sometimes I lose track of
whether I'm going across different drive
| | 05:09 |
letters or not, and so my recommendation
is when you're using the mouse, to use
| | 05:13 |
the right mouse button to drag and drop.
When you do that, if you hold the right
| | 05:19 |
mouse button down and then drag and drop
to the new destination, the default, you
| | 05:22 |
can see, is still move in this case, but
when I release the mouse, instead of an
| | 05:26 |
action simply being taken, I'll get a pop
up menu that lets me choose which
| | 05:29 |
specific action I want to take.
And in this case, it is indeed a move
| | 05:36 |
that I want to perform, so I'll click the
Move Here option.
| | 05:40 |
You can see now, those documents have
been moved into the Pixology folder
| | 05:44 |
inside of My Documents.
Now of course there are a wide variety of
| | 05:48 |
tasks you might perform in the File
Manager, and you'll find all of those on
| | 05:51 |
the various menu items that are available
on the ribbon display.
| | 05:56 |
The most important thing, I think, is to
understand the basic concepts involved
| | 05:59 |
with a file explorer, and to know how to
find your way around so that, whatever it
| | 06:02 |
is that you need to do in terms of
managing your files, you'll be able to
| | 06:05 |
accomplish it easily.
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| Safely removing a device| 00:02 |
The files that I work with tend to be
very important to me.
| | 00:05 |
Those might be documents that have
important information in them, or
| | 00:07 |
photographs that preserve important
memories.
| | 00:11 |
Whatever the case, I want to make sure
that I'm not causing harm to the files
| | 00:14 |
that I may copy around on my system.
And that means when I'm working with an
| | 00:19 |
external source device for example, I
want to make sure that I properly remove
| | 00:23 |
that device.
I don't want to simply unplug an external
| | 00:27 |
hard drive for example.
But rather, I want to use this Safe
| | 00:30 |
Removal option.
I'll go ahead and switch to the desktop
| | 00:34 |
display, and I'll open up the File
Explorer and navigate to my thumb drive.
| | 00:39 |
This is a USB storage device that allows
me to transfer files very easily among a
| | 00:43 |
wide variety of computers.
I had some files on this device, but I've
| | 00:47 |
moved them to a new location on my
computer, and so I'm all finished working
| | 00:51 |
with this device.
I'm ready to unplug it, but I don't
| | 00:54 |
want to simply unplug.
Now at the moment, that actually happens
| | 00:58 |
to be a perfectly safe action to perform,
because no files are currently being
| | 01:03 |
transferred onto or off of this device.
And actually, the greatest risk comes
| | 01:09 |
from situations where I'm copying files
onto this device.
| | 01:13 |
And then I unplug it midstream, because
that will cause file corruption.
| | 01:17 |
There will be incomplete files on the
device.
| | 01:20 |
If I'm copying files off of the device,
there's not as much risk involved.
| | 01:24 |
But still, it's a good habit to get into
to always use the Safe Removal option.
| | 01:30 |
I'll go ahead and close the File
Explorer, and then down on the taskbar,
| | 01:33 |
you'll see that I have a Devices and
Printers option.
| | 01:36 |
Now, if you don't have that available
directly on the taskbar, you can simply
| | 01:40 |
click that little upward pointing arrow
and you'll find it on the popup that appears.
| | 01:45 |
But I have mine right here, so I'll go
ahead and click on that thumbnail, and
| | 01:48 |
that will bring up a menu.
You'll notice that, in addition to being
| | 01:52 |
able to go to the Devices and Printers
Setup, I can also Eject any of the
| | 01:55 |
devices that are connected to my
computer.
| | 02:00 |
Now you want to be very careful to select
the right device.
| | 02:03 |
For example, I most certainly don't want
eject my C drive, because that's the
| | 02:06 |
primary hard drive that I'm using on this
computer.
| | 02:10 |
Rather, I want to eject my external
storage device, my USB thumb drive.
| | 02:14 |
And so all I need to do is click on that
option, click on the name of that device,
| | 02:18 |
in this case, it's called Cruiser.
And so I can click the Eject Cruiser option.
| | 02:24 |
And you'll see a small popup that
indicates it is now safe to remove that device.
| | 02:30 |
If it were not safe, because files were
in use or being transferred to or from
| | 02:33 |
the device, you will receive a message
indicating that, and you most certainly
| | 02:36 |
should not unplug the device.
But in this case, I've followed the
| | 02:41 |
proper procedure, my device is ready to
remove.
| | 02:44 |
And so I can go ahead and just unplug it
from the USB port.
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| Using the Recycle Bin| 00:02 |
One of the things I'm very often grateful
for is that when you delete a file, it's
| | 00:06 |
not necessarily actually deleted.
Let me show you what I mean.
| | 00:09 |
I'll go ahead and switch to the desktop
environment by clicking on the Desktop
| | 00:13 |
Tile on the Start Screen and you'll
notice that I have some files on the desktop.
| | 00:19 |
These happen to be PDF Documents, but
they're actually just copies.
| | 00:22 |
I had created copies for another purpose.
I have what I consider to be the
| | 00:26 |
original, so to speak, in my Documents
folder in a Pixology folder.
| | 00:31 |
So I have two copies of these particular
documents.
| | 00:34 |
I don't need the extra copies.
I'll go ahead and close the file explorer
| | 00:38 |
and then I can delete these files.
I'll go ahead and select both of them.
| | 00:42 |
I could then right-click, for example,
and choose the delete option or I can
| | 00:45 |
simply drag and drop to the recycle bin.
But I'm going to go ahead and right-click
| | 00:50 |
and choose delete.
Just to demonstrate that deleting isn't
| | 00:54 |
really deleting.
But instead those files that we delete
| | 00:58 |
will go to the recycle bin.
You might have noticed that the recycle
| | 01:01 |
bin now looks like it has some paper in
it.
| | 01:04 |
It started off being empty in this case
but now, it's got some documents inside
| | 01:08 |
of it.
And what that means is that the files I
| | 01:11 |
deleted weren't really deleted.
They're just being held temporarily, and
| | 01:15 |
I can always effectively undelete them if
necessary.
| | 01:18 |
I'll go ahead and double-click on the
recycle bin in order to bring up the file
| | 01:22 |
explorer, browsing that recycle bin.
And you'll see that those two files are
| | 01:27 |
indeed still there.
Now I have a couple of options available
| | 01:30 |
to me.
I can restore these items.
| | 01:32 |
I could select an item and then choose to
restore that selected item.
| | 01:36 |
Or I could choose to restore all items so
everything in the recycle bin will be
| | 01:40 |
restored to it's original location.
In other words, where it was when I chose
| | 01:44 |
to delete it.
I'll go ahead and click Yes to confirm
| | 01:47 |
that action and you'll see that those
documents appear on the desktop.
| | 01:52 |
So that gives me one additional little
fail safe opportunity.
| | 01:56 |
If I delete files, I can get them back.
Now, it's important to keep in mind that
| | 02:01 |
for files on external drives, or files
that are especially large, you will not
| | 02:04 |
be able to access them in the recycle
bin.
| | 02:08 |
They will be removed permanently.
But you'll be notified of that when you
| | 02:11 |
actually delete the files.
It will indicate that those items will be
| | 02:14 |
permanently deleted rather than put to
the Recycle Bin.
| | 02:17 |
I'll go ahead and drag and drop these
items into the Recycle Bin which is
| | 02:21 |
another way of, essentially, deleting.
In other words, moving those files, as it
| | 02:25 |
were, to the Recycle Bin.
But let's assume at this point that I'm
| | 02:29 |
perfectly comfortable with getting rid of
these files altogether.
| | 02:32 |
After all, all of the contents of the
recycle bin at this moment happen to be
| | 02:35 |
documents that I already have other
copies of.
| | 02:39 |
To actually, permanently delete these
items from the recycle bin, I could right
| | 02:42 |
click on the recycle bin on the desktop
and then choose empty recycle bin.
| | 02:47 |
Or on the ribbon, I can simply click the
empty recycle bin button.
| | 02:51 |
And then click Yes to confirm that I do,
indeed, want to permanently delete those items.
| | 02:56 |
And now, those files are gone for good.
Fortunately, I do have the originals
| | 03:01 |
saved safely in my Documents folder, but
once you empty the Recycle Bin, there's
| | 03:04 |
really no going back to those files that
were permanently deleted.
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| Snipping for screen captures| 00:02 |
Windows 8, includes an application called
the Snipping tool, that allows you to
| | 00:05 |
capture the screen as an image.
So that you can save that as a file, and
| | 00:09 |
send it to someone else for example, or
just save it for yourself.
| | 00:14 |
Let's take a look an example of using the
Snipping tool.
| | 00:16 |
I'll go ahead and switch to the Desktop,
and you can see that I'm being asked if I
| | 00:20 |
want to permanently delete these two
items.
| | 00:23 |
I'd gone into the Recycle Bin, and I
clicked on the button to empty the
| | 00:26 |
recycle bin.
But now this question has made me a
| | 00:29 |
little nervous, and I'm not sure exactly
what I'm supposed to do.
| | 00:32 |
So, I'd like to capture a screen shot
here and perhaps email that screenshot to
| | 00:36 |
someone else.
So they can explain to me what I should do.
| | 00:40 |
So I'll go back into the start screen and
I'm going to right-click on an empty area
| | 00:44 |
and choose, All Apps.
And then I'll scroll over to the right
| | 00:47 |
and you'll see that we have the Snipping
tool.
| | 00:50 |
I'll go ahead and click that application.
You can see that it operates in the
| | 00:53 |
desktop environment.
And it gives me the opportunity to
| | 00:57 |
capture the screen.
We actually have several options for
| | 01:00 |
capturing the screen.
If I just click the New button, then I'll
| | 01:03 |
be able to draw a rectangle to define
which area of the screen I would like to capture.
| | 01:08 |
But if I click the downward pointing
triangle, then I will get a popup menu
| | 01:12 |
where I can choose the type of screen
capture I'd like to create.
| | 01:16 |
I can capture, for example, the entire
screen, or just a window.
| | 01:20 |
I'll go ahead and choose the Window Snip
option, and now, I can select the
| | 01:24 |
specific window that I want to capture.
If I move my mouse around, you'll see
| | 01:28 |
that, for example, I can capture the file
explorer, or just the dialog that's
| | 01:32 |
asking the question.
I'll go ahead and select just that
| | 01:36 |
dialog, and so I'll click on the dialog
itself.
| | 01:39 |
And you can see now, I've captured that
particular portion of the screen.
| | 01:44 |
I could then click on the Save button,
and I'll go ahead and save this on my desktop.
| | 01:49 |
I'll call this Recycle Bin Question, and
then I'll click the save button in order
| | 01:54 |
to save that file.
So you can see, the image has been saved
| | 01:58 |
on my desktop.
And then I can share this file, this
| | 02:02 |
image, with someone else who might be
able to explain exactly what this
| | 02:05 |
question means and which button I should
click.
| | 02:09 |
Now of course this is just a basic
example of a situation where you might
| | 02:12 |
capture the screen so that you can share
some element of the screen with someone else.
| | 02:17 |
The point is that we can use that
Snipping tool to create those images, to
| | 02:21 |
capture the entire screen, a specific
portion of the screen, or even a
| | 02:24 |
particular window within that screen.
So, a tool that you might not use all
| | 02:29 |
that often, but when you do use, it can
be very, very helpful.
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|
5. Managing Your Computer SystemChanging Windows settings| 00:02 |
There are a great many settings you can
configure within Windows 8.
| | 00:06 |
But most of those are found in just a
couple of locations.
| | 00:09 |
So, it's not too difficult to just browse
among the various settings available to
| | 00:12 |
see if there are any settings you need to
adjust.
| | 00:16 |
Or, if you're looking for a particular
setting, you should be able to find it
| | 00:18 |
without too much trouble.
Let's take a look at both of the major
| | 00:22 |
areas where you'll find settings for your
computer.
| | 00:25 |
The first option is found on the charm
bar.
| | 00:28 |
So I'll swipe in from the right side of
the screen or press Windows+C on the
| | 00:31 |
keyboard and then on the charm bar I'll
go ahead and click Settings.
| | 00:37 |
The upper portion of the Settings panel
will include settings for whatever
| | 00:40 |
application or tool you're currently
using.
| | 00:43 |
So in this case I'm working with the
Start screen.
| | 00:45 |
I haven't launched any application so I'm
able to adjust the settings for the tiles.
| | 00:50 |
But down below, you'll also find
additional settings.
| | 00:53 |
I have my network settings, I have the
volume control, a brightness control if
| | 00:57 |
my display is so-equipped.
I can adjust the settings for
| | 01:01 |
notifications, I can access the power
options, I can adjust the keyboard
| | 01:04 |
settings, and, down below, I have this
larger option to Change PC settings.
| | 01:10 |
I'll go ahead and click Change PC
settings.
| | 01:12 |
And that will bring up the PC settings
application where I can adjust a wide
| | 01:16 |
variety of different settings for my
computer.
| | 01:20 |
So for example I can change the lock
screen and the start screen as well as my
| | 01:23 |
account picture.
I can adjust user settings, changing my
| | 01:27 |
account photo, changing my password,
creating a picture password.
| | 01:31 |
I can even add new users if I want to
allow different people to access the computer.
| | 01:36 |
Each only being able to access their own
documents and settings for example.
| | 01:40 |
I can adjust settings for notifications
that will be brought up by the
| | 01:43 |
applications or the operating system.
I can adjust search settings.
| | 01:48 |
I can change my sharing settings.
General settings which include the time setting.
| | 01:53 |
Now in most cases the time will be set
automatically and you won't need to apply
| | 01:57 |
any adjustment, but it's a good idea to
check to make sure that your computer is
| | 02:00 |
in the correct time zone for example.
And if you ever need to change it
| | 02:05 |
directly you can do so right here.
You'll also find a variety of other
| | 02:09 |
settings: spelling settings, language
settings and other options related to
| | 02:13 |
your overall installation of Windows.
There are some privacy settings such as
| | 02:18 |
allowing applications to use your current
location.
| | 02:21 |
You can also adjust settings for specific
devices, so if I want to adjust settings
| | 02:25 |
for my printer or some other device
that's connected to my computer I can do
| | 02:29 |
that here.
There are also some Ease of Access
| | 02:33 |
settings that make the computer a little
bit easier to use for those who have some
| | 02:36 |
level of impairment.
We have synchronization options, home
| | 02:41 |
networking options...
And also Windows Update.
| | 02:44 |
Now Windows Update operates automatically
in the background.
| | 02:47 |
But anytime you can specifically choose
to check for the latest updates.
| | 02:52 |
Now all of these settings, and obviously
this is a lot of settings, are found
| | 02:56 |
directly here within PC settings, which
I've launched from within the Start screen.
| | 03:01 |
But of course there are additional
settings as well.
| | 03:04 |
Let's take a look at those, I'll go back
to the Start screen, and then I'll bring
| | 03:07 |
up the application options bar.
And choose all apps so that I can access
| | 03:12 |
all of the applications.
And then I'll choose Control panel which
| | 03:16 |
will bring up the control panel in the
desktop environment.
| | 03:20 |
And here you'll find an even larger
variety of settings that you can adjust.
| | 03:24 |
Many of these settings may relate to
specific applications you've installed
| | 03:28 |
for example, but you'll also find
settings related to your overall system,
| | 03:31 |
to your computer.
You can see here for example that we have
| | 03:36 |
Windows Defender, we have speech
recognition settings, we have user
| | 03:39 |
accounts accessible here.
A wide variety of settings related to
| | 03:43 |
your overall computer setup.
In most cases you probably won't need to
| | 03:47 |
access these settings or at least you
won't need to access them very often.
| | 03:52 |
But when there's an issue with any of
your devices or software, this is one of
| | 03:55 |
the places you'll want to check,
especially if you're dealing with devices
| | 03:59 |
or software that relate specifically to
the desktop environment within Windows 8.
| | 04:05 |
So between the Control panel as well as
the PC's settings application.
| | 04:09 |
You should be able to find just about any
setting you need, for any software,
| | 04:13 |
operating system feature, or device that
you're using.
| | 04:17 |
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| Protecting your PC with Windows Defender| 00:02 |
Computer security is a hot topic these
days and with good reason.
| | 00:06 |
As there a variety of threats out there,
including for example, viruses that cause
| | 00:09 |
a variety of different problems on your
computer, you'll want to make sure that
| | 00:13 |
you're using software to help protect
your computer.
| | 00:18 |
Now, if you haven't given this much
thought in the past, you might not need
| | 00:20 |
to worry as much as this might imply.
Because, in fact, Windows 8 includes the
| | 00:25 |
Windows Defender and its automatically
active.
| | 00:29 |
In other words, its automatically working
in the background to protect your computer.
| | 00:33 |
Let's take a look at the basics of
Windows Defender.
| | 00:36 |
I'll go ahead and right-click on an empty
area of the start screen.
| | 00:39 |
You could also swipe up from the bottom
of the screen to bring up the application
| | 00:43 |
options bar and then I'll choose All
Apps.
| | 00:47 |
We'll then scroll over to the far right
and you'll find under the Windows Systems
| | 00:51 |
section, Windows Defender.
This is actually a Desktop application
| | 00:55 |
but we can launch it form right here.
I'll go ahead and click the Windows
| | 00:59 |
Defender button there and you'll see that
we're switched to the Desktop mode and
| | 01:03 |
the Windows Defender dialog appears.
And we can see a nice big green display
| | 01:08 |
with a check mark indicating that Windows
Defender is monitoring my computer and
| | 01:12 |
helping to protect it.
You'll notice that real-time protection
| | 01:18 |
is turned on, and that virus and spyware
definitions are up to date.
| | 01:22 |
The last scan was actually at 3 in the
morning.
| | 01:24 |
It was a quick scan, but that quick scan
will typically find any real problems.
| | 01:29 |
And if there are problems, files might be
quarantined or you might be alerted to
| | 01:32 |
the problem, so that you can address
whatever issue needs to be dealt with.
| | 01:37 |
At any time you can choose to perform a
scan yourself, we can choose a quick
| | 01:40 |
scan, for example.
I'll go ahead and click the Scan Now
| | 01:44 |
button, and you'll see that that quick
scan doesn't take very much time at all.
| | 01:48 |
And once the scan is complete, you can
see that the time of the last time has
| | 01:54 |
been updated.
We can also preform a full scan, or we
| | 01:59 |
can choose the custom option.
I'll go ahead and click Scan Now, and
| | 02:03 |
you'll see that because I chose the
custom option, I'm able to specify which
| | 02:07 |
particular locations I want to scan.
So, for example, I could scan just my
| | 02:12 |
local hard drive, or perhaps just one of
my other drives.
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I'll go ahead and click Cancel in this
case, though.
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And typically, I'll perform a quick scan
on a regular basis.
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And a full scan on a periodic basis.
Now, at the moment, you can see that the
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Virus and Spyware Definitions are up to
date.
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These are the definitions that define the
signature as it were of viruses and
| | 02:34 |
spyware so that the system is able to
locate them.
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And you want to make sure that those
definitions are always up to date.
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I'll go to the Update tab, and you can
see there's an indication that the
| | 02:44 |
software is up-to-date.
And we can also the date that the
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definitions were most recently updated.
At any time though, you can click the
| | 02:53 |
Update button so that Windows Defender
will check for the latest updates.
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And if updates are available, it will
install those updates automatically.
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So you can see in this case, there are
some updates available and those are
| | 03:05 |
being installed for me as we speak.
We can also view the history.
| | 03:11 |
This includes a history of any
quarantined items.
| | 03:13 |
In other words, problem software, problem
files, that had to be quarantined in
| | 03:17 |
order to protect your computer.
You can also see a list of allowed items,
| | 03:21 |
those are items you've allowed to run on
the computer even though there was some
| | 03:25 |
potential for risk.
So for example, if you download an
| | 03:29 |
application off the Internet, you'll be
prompted to make sure that you want to
| | 03:32 |
run that application, that you consider
it to be a safe application.
| | 03:37 |
And if so, that would be added to the
allowed list and you can also see all
| | 03:40 |
detected items, every issue that was
detected on your computer.
| | 03:46 |
Once you've chosen one of these options,
you can simply click the View Details
| | 03:50 |
button to see more information about that
item.
| | 03:53 |
And finally, we have the Settings tab and
this allows us to adjust the settings for
| | 03:57 |
Windows Defender.
We can determine whether we want
| | 04:00 |
real-time protection to be on or off.
I certainly recommend leaving it turned on.
| | 04:05 |
We can identify specific files and
locations that should be excluded from
| | 04:08 |
scanning, as well as, specific file types
that should be excluded altogether.
| | 04:13 |
And certain processes that should be
excluded as well as advanced settings.
| | 04:18 |
The Microsoft Active Protective Service
options which relate to automatic
| | 04:22 |
information being sent to Microsoft, so
they can improve Windows Defender, as
| | 04:26 |
well as the Administrator option.
Generally speaking, I would say that all
| | 04:31 |
of these settings should be left at their
default, unless you're sure exactly what
| | 04:35 |
you're doing.
So what this all boils down to is that
| | 04:38 |
you don't really need to do much.
Windows Defender is on by default.
| | 04:42 |
So the only reason really to visit
Windows Defender is if you need to adjust
| | 04:46 |
settings for any reason or you want to
just make sure that you do have the
| | 04:49 |
latest updates.
If you saw a recent virus threat, for
| | 04:53 |
example, you might want to double-check,
and make sure that Windows Defender us
| | 04:56 |
up-to-date or if you're just feeling a
little nervous, and you want to perform a scan.
| | 05:01 |
If you have a little bit of time on your
hands, you can choose the Full Scan
| | 05:04 |
option and then click Scan Now and
Windows Defender will scan your entire
| | 05:08 |
system for any potential problems.
But overall, as long as Windows Defender
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is enabled, which it is by default, you
shouldn't have much to worry about at all.
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| Adding devices| 00:02 |
There are of course a wide variety of
devices you might use with your computer.
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A very basic devices of course include a
Keyboard or Mouse.
| | 00:10 |
You might attach an external hard drive.
But in many cases a device will require
| | 00:13 |
special software, referred to as drivers,
in order to be able to function properly
| | 00:17 |
in a Windows environment.
And when you learn about this and
| | 00:21 |
consider that there's often additional
software included with those devices, you
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might feel a little bit intimidated.
Fortunately I can assure you that the
| | 00:30 |
process of installing new devices tends
to be incredibly simple, let me show you
| | 00:33 |
exactly what I mean.
I'm going to switch to the Desktop
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environment here and then I'll click on
the Devices and Printers button down on
| | 00:40 |
the Task bar.
And you'll notice that I have a variety
| | 00:44 |
of devices connected most of which are
actually hard drives at the moment.
| | 00:48 |
I can click on Open Devices and Printers
though, to bring up the Devices and
| | 00:51 |
Printers option from the Control panel.
And I'm going to scroll down here so just
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that you can see that there are not any
actual printers installed.
| | 01:00 |
There's a Fax printer which is a fax
capability that sort of behaves like a
| | 01:04 |
printer so that I can essentially print
directly to a fax.
| | 01:09 |
There's also a Microsoft XPS Document
Writer option, and this allows me to
| | 01:12 |
print directly to this type of a file.
If you're familiar with the Adobe PDF
| | 01:17 |
file format, the portable document file
format, the Microsoft XPS file format is
| | 01:22 |
similar in concept.
It is a consolidated document that can
| | 01:26 |
contain a wide variety of different
media.
| | 01:30 |
And so we can for example, print directly
to that document so that any other
| | 01:33 |
Windows user can very easily view that
document.
| | 01:36 |
But I want to add a printer, a real
printer so I can print documents out to
| | 01:40 |
paper and ink.
And I don't have a printer installed at
| | 01:43 |
the moment, but I do have a printer that
has been recently unpacked.
| | 01:47 |
And I'm ready to plug it into the
computer, to begin the process of
| | 01:50 |
installing and configuring that printer,
and you might be surprised at just how
| | 01:54 |
easy it is.
I'll go ahead and plug the printer into
| | 01:58 |
the computer, in this case a USB
Connection.
| | 02:02 |
You might notice on the task bar, we have
an indication of some activity happening.
| | 02:06 |
You'll see a progress indicator and an
icon for a printer, and now you can see
| | 02:10 |
that a new printer has been installed,
and it's ready to use.
| | 02:15 |
I could print a document right away,
utilizing this printer that has just been connected.
| | 02:20 |
And I can assure you, this is a printer
that is connected, but has never been installed.
| | 02:24 |
I've never on this computer installed
software for this printer.
| | 02:28 |
That's because Windows is able to install
device drivers for a wide variety of
| | 02:32 |
devices, completely automatically.
And in situations where that device
| | 02:37 |
driver is not available, you'll be
prompted to either Insert a Disk or
| | 02:40 |
browse online for the appropriate driver
for your device.
| | 02:45 |
So a very simple process, in most cases
literally just a matter of plugging in
| | 02:49 |
the device and starting to use it.
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| Printing| 00:02 |
As much as it seems to be a digital
world, they're certainly plenty of
| | 00:05 |
situations where you'll want to print a
document or a photo to paper and ink.
| | 00:10 |
In many applications that operate in the
desktop environment, that process is
| | 00:14 |
relatively straightforward.
You often have a Print button right on
| | 00:17 |
the toolbar, or you can go the File menu
and choose Print, for example.
| | 00:21 |
But let's take a look at a broader method
of printing that works either from the
| | 00:24 |
desktop, or from any application, any
metro-application in the start screen.
| | 00:29 |
I'll start off in this case by utilizing
the Reader application, but I could
| | 00:33 |
certainly open any photo or document in
any application that I want to, and print
| | 00:37 |
that file very, very easily.
But I'm going to start with Reader, so
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I'll launch the Reader application, and
then I'll choose the document that I
| | 00:45 |
would like to open.
In this case, a PDF copy of an electronic magazine.
| | 00:50 |
I can of course, navigate through this
document if I'd like, but in this case I
| | 00:54 |
actually just want to print this
document.
| | 00:58 |
Now your natural assumption might be that
you would want to bring up the
| | 01:01 |
application options bar, either by
swiping from the bottom of the screen or
| | 01:04 |
simply right-clicking, and that you'd be
able to print from there.
| | 01:08 |
But that's actually not where the print
feature is located, and that's because
| | 01:12 |
there is a more universal method for
printing within Windows 8 utilizing devices.
| | 01:17 |
I have a printer attached to my computer.
It's installed and ready to use, and so
| | 01:21 |
it is one of the available devices.
So instead of using the application
| | 01:26 |
options bar, what I'm going to do is
bring up the charm bar.
| | 01:30 |
I can press Windows+C on the keyboard for
example, or I can swipe inward from the
| | 01:34 |
right side of the screen if I'm using a
touchscreen device.
| | 01:38 |
And then, I can access devices.
I'll go ahead and click that devices
| | 01:43 |
option, and now you'll see, I'm working
within the Reader application.
| | 01:47 |
I'm viewing a PDF document in this case,
and in the list of devices, I have an
| | 01:51 |
Epson printer, I have the Microsoft XPS
document writer.
| | 01:56 |
In this case, I want to print to paper
and ink, and so I'll go ahead and click
| | 01:59 |
that Epson printer option.
I can specify then how many copies of the
| | 02:03 |
document I'd like to print, whether I
want to print all pages, just the current
| | 02:07 |
page, or a custom range of pages.
And I can also choose which paper size I
| | 02:12 |
want to use.
There are additional settings I can
| | 02:15 |
access via More Settings.
I can adjust the printer orientation,
| | 02:19 |
portrait versus landscape, and I can
determine whether or not I want to
| | 02:22 |
collate if I'm printing multiple copies,
and I also have here a size option for
| | 02:26 |
the paper output.
I'll go ahead and go back to that main
| | 02:30 |
menu, though.
You can see that it's a 44 page document.
| | 02:33 |
I can even navigate through a preview of
the document here if I want to, and when
| | 02:36 |
I'm all set, I can simply click the Print
button and that document will be printed.
| | 02:42 |
So a very easy method of printing
documents that works from virtually any
| | 02:47 |
application in the desktop or from the
start screen in Windows 8.
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| Backing up your files| 00:02 |
Windows 8 doesn't include a backup
feature that actually backs up your
| | 00:05 |
entire computer.
But in most cases, a full system backup
| | 00:08 |
isn't terribly critical in any event.
For example, many of the files stored on
| | 00:13 |
your hard drive relate to the operating
system, and that can very easily be
| | 00:15 |
re-installed without too much trouble.
So, what you're generally interested in
| | 00:20 |
is making sure that you're creating
copies of your data files.
| | 00:24 |
Your music files, videos, documents,
photos etcetera.
| | 00:29 |
Those files would be generally stored in,
what's referred to as, the Library.
| | 00:33 |
That's where your documents, photos
videos, and music are stored, and that
| | 00:36 |
can be baked up automatically using the
File History feature.
| | 00:41 |
Let's take a look, I'll go ahead and
bring up the Application Options bar by
| | 00:44 |
swiping up from the bottom of the screen
or right-clicking on an empty area of the
| | 00:48 |
Start screen.
And then I'll click on the All Apps
| | 00:52 |
option that will bring up all
applications, and I can scroll over to
| | 00:55 |
the far right, and there I'll find the
Control panel option that will open up
| | 00:59 |
the Control panel in the desktop
environment.
| | 01:03 |
And in that Control panel I want to
choose File History.
| | 01:07 |
And that is essentially my data backup
for all of my libraries.
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And that includes the photos, the
documents, video files Music et cetera.
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So most of the key files that I really
care about.
| | 01:20 |
I'll go ahead and turn on File History,
it is off by default.
| | 01:24 |
And file history will identify which
drives can be used for that file history.
| | 01:28 |
And you can see in this case I have an
additional hard drive that is available
| | 01:32 |
and can be used for File History.
And any time I update one of my files
| | 01:36 |
contained in the library, that
information will be transferred
| | 01:39 |
automatically to this additional drive.
And then if I lose an important file, for
| | 01:44 |
example maybe I delete a document by
accident, I can come back to File History
| | 01:48 |
and then choose Restore Personal Files in
order to access the Restore feature.
| | 01:54 |
And this will allow me to choose which
location I want to access, and which
| | 01:58 |
files I want to restore to their original
location.
| | 02:02 |
I would certainly say that the File
History option does not replace an
| | 02:06 |
overall system backup, as much as most of
your important files might be contained
| | 02:10 |
within the libraries.
That won't necessarily include all files
| | 02:15 |
that you really care about.
So, this is a good basic starting point
| | 02:18 |
in terms of backing up what are probably
your most important files on your computer.
| | 02:23 |
But I certainly encourage you to create
another backup strategy perhaps using
| | 02:27 |
additional backup software in conjunction
with external storage devices, so that
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you can back up all of the files that you
really care about.
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