My Surface 2

Jim Cheshire is a technology expert with a passion for gadgets. He has written a dozen books and many online articles on technology and is the author of many best-selling technical guides. Jim works on the Azure Application Platform and Tools team at Microsoft and was an early adopter of Windows RT. When Jim’s not writing, he spends time with his family, plays keyboards with his band, and enjoys writing music. You can contact Jim through his website at www.JimcoBooks.com.

Introduction 1

Scratching the Surface ..............................................................................................2



Why You’ll Love My Surface 2 .............................................................................2

What You’ll Find in the Book ................................................................................3

Go Beneath the Surface 2 .......................................................................................6

 

1 An Introduction to Surface 2 9

The Surface 2 Device ...................................................................................................9

 Ports and Controls ..............................................................................................10

 The Kickstand .........................................................................................................13

 Type Cover and Touch Cover ....................................................................13

Windows RT 8.1 Basics ............................................................................................14

 The Start Screen ...................................................................................................15

 App Switching and Charms .......................................................................16

 Typing in Windows RT 8.1 ...........................................................................17

 Adding Devices .....................................................................................................19

 Adding a Bluetooth Device ........................................................................20

 Removing Devices ..............................................................................................20

 Notifications .............................................................................................................21

 The Lock Screen ...................................................................................................23

 Playing a Slide Show on the Lock Screen .....................................25

Additional Settings ....................................................................................................26

 Volume and Mute ...............................................................................................26

 Screen Brightness and Rotation Lock ...............................................27

 Hiding Notifications Temporarily ..........................................................28

 Shutting Down, Sleeping, and Restarting ....................................28

 Synchronizing Settings ..................................................................................29

Moving On .........................................................................................................................31

 

2 Connecting to Networks 33

Wireless Networking ................................................................................................33

 Connecting to a Wireless Network ......................................................34

 Connecting to a Hidden Network ........................................................36

 Disconnecting from a Network ..............................................................38

Using Airplane Mode .......................................................................................39

Network Sharing ..........................................................................................................39

 Turning Sharing On or Off ..........................................................................40

 Accessing Network Resources .................................................................41

Remoting into Other Computers ..................................................................42

 Enabling Connections on the Remote Computer ...............42

 Connecting to Remote Computers.....................................................43

 

3 Using and Customizing the Start Screen 47

Locating and Launching Apps ........................................................................47

 Launching Apps from the Start Screen ...........................................48

 Searching for Apps ............................................................................................50

Switching Between Recent Apps ..................................................................51

 Switching Between Running Apps .....................................................51

 Displaying a List of Running Apps ......................................................52

 Displaying Two Apps Simultaneously ..............................................53

Organizing the Start Screen ..............................................................................54

 Rearranging Tiles .................................................................................................54

 Naming Groups.....................................................................................................55

Customizing the Start Screen ..........................................................................55

 Changing the Start Screen Color Scheme and Background Picture .............................56

 Showing Administrative Tools .................................................................58

 Showing Additional Tiles .............................................................................59

 Removing Tiles from the Start Menu ................................................59

 Pinning Apps to the Start Menu ............................................................60

 Changing Tile Sizes ............................................................................................60

 Controlling Live Tiles ........................................................................................61

 Removing Personal Information from Live Tiles .....................62

 

4 Security and Windows RT 8.1 65

Securing Your PC ..........................................................................................................66

 Changing Your Password .............................................................................66

 Locking Your PC ....................................................................................................68

 Signing Out of Your PC...................................................................................69

 Configuring Auto-Lock ..................................................................................69

Using Picture Passwords .......................................................................................70

 Creating a Picture Password......................................................................70

 Changing Your Picture Password ..........................................................72

 Replaying Your Picture Password .........................................................73

 Removing Your Picture Password .........................................................75

Using PINs ..........................................................................................................................75

 Creating a PIN .........................................................................................................75

 Changing a PIN .....................................................................................................76

 Removing a PIN ....................................................................................................77

 Signing In with a PIN .......................................................................................77

 Using a PIN When a Picture Password Is Set ..............................78

Managing User Accounts .....................................................................................78

 Adding a Local Account ................................................................................79

 Adding a Microsoft Account .....................................................................81

 Removing a User Account ...........................................................................83

 Changing an Account Type ........................................................................84

 Setting an Account for Assigned Access .......................................85

 Clearing Assigned Access ............................................................................86

 Switching Accounts ..........................................................................................87

 Changing from a Local Account to a Microsoft Account ..............................88

 Switching to a Local Account...................................................................90

 

5 Using Family Safety 95

Configuring Family Safety ...................................................................................95

 Enabling and Disabling Family Safety for a User ....................96

 Configuring Activity Reporting for a User ....................................97

Viewing Activity Reports ......................................................................................98

 Viewing Activity Reports .............................................................................98

Using Web Filtering ............................................................................................... 101

 Enabling Web Filtering ............................................................................. 102

 Modifying the Allow or Block List .................................................... 103

 Blocking Sites from the Activity Report ..................................... 104

Using Time Allowances and Curfews .................................................... 104

 Setting an Allowance .................................................................................. 105

 Setting a Curfew .............................................................................................. 106

Configuring App and Game Restrictions ........................................... 106

 Configuring App Restrictions ............................................................. 107

 Configuring Game Restrictions Using Ratings ..................... 108

 Blocking or Allowing Specific Apps ............................................... 110

Handling Requests ................................................................................................. 111

 Responding to a Request from the User’s PC ........................ 111

 Responding to a Request from the Website ........................... 112

Managing Users in Family Safety .............................................................. 112

 Adding a New Parent................................................................................... 113

 Linking Accounts ............................................................................................. 113

Configuring Email Notifications ................................................................. 115

 Changing Frequency of Request Emails .................................... 115

 Changing Activity Report Email Settings .................................. 116

 

6 Backing Up Your Data 119

Configuring and Starting File History ................................................... 119

 Starting Your First Backup ....................................................................... 120

 Selecting a Different Drive...................................................................... 121

 Excluding Folders ............................................................................................ 122

 Choosing When Backups Happen ................................................... 123

 Controlling Local Disk Usage................................................................ 124

 Controlling How Long Backups Are Kept.................................. 125

Restoring Files ............................................................................................................ 125

 Restoring Files to the Original Location ..................................... 125

 Resolving File Conflicts .............................................................................. 126

 Restoring to a Different Location ..................................................... 127

Cleaning Up Files ..................................................................................................... 128

 Performing a Clean Up ............................................................................... 128

Troubleshooting File History......................................................................... 129

 Viewing File History Event History .................................................. 130

 

7 Searching and Browsing the Internet 133

Using Search .......................................................................................... 133

 Searching for Web Pages with Smart Search ......................... 134

 Copying a Search Result Link ............................................................... 135

 Searching for Images ................................................................................... 136

 Searching for Videos..................................................................................... 139

 Using Hero Search .......................................................................................... 141

 Disabling Bing Search ................................................................................. 142

 Clearing Your Search History ................................................................ 143

 Changing Personalization Settings ................................................. 144

 Controlling SafeSearch ............................................................................... 144

Browsing Sites with Internet Explorer .................................................. 145

 Opening a Site in the Modern UI Internet Explorer ......... 146

 Using Reading View ...................................................................................... 147

 Changing Reading View Style and Font Size ......................... 149

 Viewing a Site in Desktop Internet Explorer........................... 149

 Pinning Web Pages to the Start Screen ...................................... 150

 Searching a Web Page ................................................................................ 150

 Setting the Zoom Level ............................................................................. 151

Protecting Your Privacy ...................................................................................... 152

 Adding a Tracking Protection List .................................................... 152

 Enabling Do Not Track ................................................................................ 153

 Blocking Third-Party Cookies ............................................................... 154

 Disallowing Location Services ............................................................. 155

 Controlling Web Services ......................................................................... 156

Using Tabs ...................................................................................................................... 157

 Opening a Link in a New Tab ................................................................ 157

 Creating a New Blank Tab ........................................................................ 158

 Closing a Tab ....................................................................................................... 158

 Opening an InPrivate Tab ........................................................................ 159

 Reopening a Closed Tab ........................................................................... 160

Favorites and Frequent Sites ......................................................................... 160

 Adding a Favorite ............................................................................................ 160

 Browsing to a Favorite Page .................................................................. 161

 Opening a Favorite in a New Tab ...................................................... 162

 Deleting a Favorite ......................................................................................... 162

 Editing a Favorite ............................................................................................ 162

 Visiting a Frequent Site .............................................................................. 163

 Opening a Frequent Site in a New Tab ........................................ 163

 Deleting a Frequent Site Tile ................................................................ 164

Managing Website Passwords ..................................................................... 164

 Saving a Password for a Site .................................................................. 164

 Disabling the Offer to Save Passwords ........................................ 165

 Viewing and Removing Saved Password Entries ............... 166

 

8 Connecting with People 169

Working with Contacts ....................................................................................... 169

 Adding Contacts from the Cloud ..................................................... 170

 Changing Contact Sort Order .............................................................. 173

 Filtering Your Contacts ............................................................................... 174

 Linking Contacts .............................................................................................. 174

 Unlinking Contacts ........................................................................................ 176

 Making a Contact a Favorite ................................................................. 177

 Pinning Contacts to the Start Screen ............................................ 178

 Creating a New Contact ............................................................................ 179

 Deleting a Contact ......................................................................................... 180

 Removing All Contacts from a Service ........................................ 181

 Editing a Contact ............................................................................................. 182

 Contacting Someone from the People App ........................... 184

Social Networking .................................................................................................. 185

 Posting to Social Networks .................................................................... 185

 Viewing Updates on Social Networks .......................................... 186

Sharing Content with People ....................................................................... 188

 Sharing App Content with Social Networks ........................... 188

 Emailing App Content to Contacts ................................................. 190

 Sharing a Screenshot ................................................................................... 190

 Listing Share Apps in Alphabetical Order ................................. 192

 Managing the List of Often-Shared Choices .......................... 192

 Disabling the Often-Shared Shortcut List................................. 193

 

9 Using Mail 195

Adding and Managing Email Accounts .............................................. 195

 Adding an Outlook.com (Hotmail) Account ........................... 196

 Adding an Exchange Account ............................................................. 198

 Adding a Google Account....................................................................... 199

 Adding a Custom Account ..................................................................... 201

 Setting When and How Much Email Is Downloaded ..... 203

 Renaming an Account ................................................................................ 204

 Choosing What to Sync ............................................................................. 205

 Automatically Organize Your Mail ................................................... 206

 Changing an Account Password ....................................................... 206

 Controlling Account Email Notifications ................................... 207

 Removing an Account ................................................................................ 208

Reading and Organizing Email ................................................................... 209

 Reading an Email ............................................................................................. 209

 Viewing or Saving Email Attachments ....................................... 210

 Marking Emails Read or Unread ........................................................ 211

 Deleting Email Messages ......................................................................... 212

 Deleting All Messages in a Folder .................................................... 212

 Undeleting Email Messages .................................................................. 213

 Pinning a Folder to the Start Screen .............................................. 215

Organizing Mail ......................................................................................................... 217

 Creating a Folder ............................................................................................. 218

 Creating a Subfolder .................................................................................... 219

 Renaming a Folder ......................................................................................... 220

 Deleting a Folder ............................................................................................. 221

 Adding and Removing Favorite Folders ..................................... 222

 Adding and Removing Favorite People ...................................... 223

 Moving Messages ........................................................................................... 224

 Moving All Messages from Specific People ............................ 225

 Sweeping Mail ................................................................................................... 227

Composing and Sending Email .................................................................. 228

 Creating a New Email Message .......................................................... 228

 Replying to Email ........................................................................................... 230

 Formatting Text in an Email ................................................................. 231

 Adding Emoticons to Email ................................................................... 231

 Attaching Files to an Email ..................................................................... 232

 Saving Email Drafts ....................................................................................... 233

 Continuing a Saved Draft ........................................................................ 234

 Using an Email Signature ......................................................................... 234

 Sending Automatic Replies.................................................................... 235

 

10 Using Calendar 239

Connecting Calendars ........................................................................................ 239

 Adding an Outlook.com Calendar ................................................... 240

 Adding an Exchange Calendar ........................................................... 241

Viewing Calendars .................................................................................................. 242

 Hiding a Calendar ........................................................................................... 242

 Changing a Calendar’s Display Color ............................................ 243

 Viewing Events in What’s Next View .............................................. 244

 Changing the Background in What’s Next View ................. 244

 Viewing Events in Month View ........................................................... 245

 Viewing Events in Week View ............................................................... 246

 Viewing Events in Day View ................................................................... 247

Working with Events ............................................................................................ 247

 Adding a Basic Event .................................................................................. 248

 Quickly Creating an Event ....................................................................... 250

 Adding a Recurring Event ....................................................................... 251

 Setting Reminders .......................................................................................... 251

 Specifying an Event Status ..................................................................... 252

 Creating a Private Event ............................................................................ 252

 Editing an Event ............................................................................................... 253

 Deleting an Event ........................................................................................... 254

 

11 Keeping Up to Date with News 257

Reading the News ................................................................................................... 257

 Reading an Article .......................................................................................... 258

 Pinning a Section to the Start Screen........................................... 261

 Disabling Offline Reading ....................................................................... 262

 Saving an Article for Reading Later ................................................ 263

 Reading Articles Offline with Reading List .............................. 264

Other News Sources ............................................................................................. 266

 Reading News from Other Sources ................................................ 266

 Pinning a News Source to the Start Screen............................. 268

Custom News .............................................................................................................. 269

 Adding a Source as a Section in Bing News ........................... 269

 Removing a Section from Bing News ........................................... 269

 Adding Multiple News Sources .......................................................... 270

 Adding a News Topic ................................................................................... 271

 Rearranging Sections in Bing News ............................................... 272

Sharing News .............................................................................................................. 272

 Emailing a News Article............................................................................. 273

 Sharing an Article on Social Networks ........................................ 274

 

12 HomeGroups and SkyDrive 277

Using HomeGroups ............................................................................................... 277

 Joining a HomeGroup ................................................................................ 278

 Leaving a HomeGroup ............................................................................... 279

 Accessing Shared Files ............................................................................... 280

Using SkyDrive ........................................................................................ 281

 Browsing Files in SkyDrive ...................................................................... 282

 Opening Files with a Specific App ................................................... 283

 Creating a New Folder ................................................................................ 284

 Uploading Files to SkyDrive .................................................................. 285

 Deleting Files from SkyDrive ................................................................ 286

 Reviewing SkyDrive Usage ..................................................................... 286

 Disabling Automatic Save to SkyDrive ........................................ 287

 Enabling Access to All SkyDrive Files When Offline......... 287

 Enabling Access to Selected SkyDrive Files When Offline ................................. 288

 

13 Discovering and Playing Music 291

Browsing Music ......................................................................................................... 291

 Exploring the Catalog ................................................................................. 292

 Exploring an Artist ......................................................................................... 294

 Browsing Albums in the Xbox Music Store ............................. 295

Managing Your Music Library ...................................................................... 297

 Adding a Folder to Your Collection ................................................. 297

 Adding Album Art .......................................................................................... 299

 Purchasing an Album .................................................................................. 299

 Automatically Downloading Music ................................................ 301

 Deleting Music from Your Collection ............................................ 302

 Matching the Music in Your Collection ....................................... 304

Using an Xbox Music Pass ............................................................................... 305

 Purchasing an Xbox Music Pass ......................................................... 306

 Automatically Downloading Xbox Music Pass Music .... 307

 Downloading Xbox Music Pass Music .......................................... 308

Playing Music on Other Devices ................................................................ 308

 Adding a Play Device ................................................................................... 309

 Playing Music on a Play Device .......................................................... 310

Music Playlists ............................................................................................................. 312

 Adding Songs to the Now Playing Playlist ............................... 312

 Creating a Playlist ........................................................................................... 312

 Adding Songs to a Playlist ...................................................................... 313

 Editing a Playlist ............................................................................................... 314

 Renaming a Playlist ....................................................................................... 314

 Deleting a Playlist ........................................................................................... 315

 Seeing What’s Playing ................................................................................. 315

 Shuffling or Repeating Songs in a Playlist ................................ 316

Using Radio ................................................................................................................... 316

 Creating a Radio Station ........................................................................... 317

 Playing a Radio Station .............................................................................. 318

 Deleting a Radio Station ........................................................................... 318

 

14 Watching Video 321

Managing Personal Videos ............................................................................. 321

 Adding Videos to Personal Videos ................................................... 322

 Deleting Videos from Personal Videos ......................................... 324

 Setting the Default View .......................................................................... 325

Exploring, Buying, and Renting Videos ............................................... 326

 Browsing Movies.............................................................................................. 326

 Renting Movies ................................................................................................. 328

 Buying Movies.................................................................................................... 329

 Browsing the Television Store .............................................................. 331

 Buying TV Shows ............................................................................................. 333

Playing Videos ............................................................................................................ 335

 Playing Videos on Your Surface 2 ..................................................... 335

 Playing Videos on Your Xbox Console .......................................... 336

 

15 Pictures 339

Adding Pictures to the Photos App ........................................................ 339

 Importing Pictures into the Pictures Library .......................... 340

Viewing Pictures and Video ........................................................................... 341

 Browsing Pictures ........................................................................................... 342

 Watching a Slide Show .............................................................................. 343

 Deleting Pictures ............................................................................................. 344

 Deleting Pictures When the Recycle Bin Is

 Configured to Prompt ......................................................................... 345

 Using a Picture in Your Lock Screen ............................................... 346

 Setting the Pictures App Tile Image .............................................. 346

 Shuffling Pictures on the App Tile ................................................... 347

Sharing Pictures ........................................................................................................ 347

 Sharing a Picture with Email ................................................................. 348

Editing Pictures ......................................................................................................... 349

 Rotating and Cropping Pictures ........................................................ 349

 Automatically Fixing Image Problems ......................................... 350

 Removing Red Eye ......................................................................................... 351

 Retouching a Photo ...................................................................................... 352

 Adjusting Lighting ......................................................................................... 353

 Adjusting Color ................................................................................................. 354

 Enhancing a Color .......................................................................................... 355

 Applying a Vignette Effect ...................................................................... 356

 Using Selective Focus .................................................................................. 357

Using the Camera App ....................................................................................... 358

 Taking Pictures .................................................................................................. 359

 Changing Picture Exposure ................................................................... 360

 Adding Location Information to Pictures.................................. 360

 Changing Photo Aspect Ratio ............................................................. 361

 Showing Grid Lines ....................................................................................... 362

 Taking Video ........................................................................................................ 362

 Taking Panoramic Pictures...................................................................... 363

Viewing the Camera Roll .................................................................................. 364

 Viewing Pictures and Videos ................................................................. 364

 Viewing Panoramas....................................................................................... 365

 

16 Using Maps 367

Exploring Maps.......................................................................................................... 367

 Viewing and Zooming ................................................................................ 368

 Using Zoom Controls ................................................................................... 369

 Viewing Your Location ................................................................................ 370

 Changing the Units of Measurement ........................................... 370

 Changing the Map Style ........................................................................... 371

 Using Bird’s Eye View ................................................................................... 372

 Showing Traffic .................................................................................................. 373

Searching Maps ........................................................................................................ 373

 Searching for a Place .................................................................................... 374

 Adding Pins .......................................................................................................... 375

Getting Directions .................................................................................................. 376

 Allowing Maps to Use Your Updated Location .................... 376

 Getting Directions .......................................................................................... 376

 Recalling Favorite Locations and Favorite Routes ............. 378

 Editing Favorites .............................................................................................. 378

Sharing Maps .............................................................................................................. 380

 Sharing Maps with Email ......................................................................... 380

 

17 Creating Documents with Microsoft Word 2013 383

Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents ................................... 383

 Creating a New Blank Document ..................................................... 384

 Creating a Document from a Template ...................................... 385

 Saving Documents to Your Tablet .................................................... 386

 Saving Documents to SkyDrive .......................................................... 387

 Opening Documents on Your Tablet ............................................. 388

 Opening Documents on SkyDrive ................................................... 389

 Managing Recent Documents ............................................................ 389

 Switching Microsoft Accounts ............................................................ 390

Formatting Text ............................................................................. 391

 Formatting Existing Text ......................................................................... 391

 Formatting New Text ................................................................................... 392

 Formatting Text Using Styles ................................................................ 392

 Editing Styles ...................................................................................................... 393

 Creating a New Style .................................................................................... 394

Adding Pictures ......................................................................................................... 395

 Adding Pictures from Your Tablet or Removable Media ................................... 395

 Adding Pictures from the Cloud ........................................................ 396

 Formatting Pictures....................................................................................... 397

 Changing Picture Layout.......................................................................... 397

Proofing Documents ............................................................................................ 398

 Correcting Misspelled Words ............................................................... 398

 Adding Words to the Dictionary ....................................................... 398

 Using the Dictionary .................................................................................... 399

 Using the Thesaurus ..................................................................................... 400

Sharing Documents .............................................................................................. 400

 Sharing Documents Using Email ...................................................... 401

 Sharing Using Social Networking .................................................... 402

Printing Documents .............................................................................................. 403

 Printing an Entire Document ............................................................... 403

 Printing Specific Pages ............................................................................... 404

Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................ 405

 Using the Quick Access Toolbar ......................................................... 405

 Adjusting Input Mode ................................................................................ 406

 Using the Format Painter ......................................................................... 407

 

18 Crunching Numbers with Microsoft Excel 2013 409

Creating, Opening, and Saving Workbooks .................................... 409

 Creating a Workbook ................................................................................... 410

 Opening a Workbook .................................................................................. 411

 Saving a Workbook ........................................................................................ 411

Entering Data .............................................................................................................. 412

 Adding Data ......................................................................................................... 413

 Resizing a Column .......................................................................................... 413

 Changing Data Formatting .................................................................... 414

 Adding Data with AutoFill ...................................................................... 415

Creating Formulas and Functions ............................................................ 416

 Directly Entering a Formula ................................................................... 416

 Using the Insert Function Dialog ...................................................... 417

 Creating Formulas from Selections ................................................ 418

Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................ 418

 Freezing Panes ................................................................................................... 419

 Creating Sheets ................................................................................................. 420

 Filtering Data....................................................................................................... 421

 

19 Presenting with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 423

Creating, Opening, and Saving Presentations .............................. 423

 Creating a Presentation ............................................................................. 424

 Saving a Presentation.................................................................................. 425

 Opening a Presentation ............................................................................ 426

Creating Slides and Content ......................................................................... 426

 Creating a New Slide .................................................................................... 427

 Deleting a Slide ................................................................................................. 427

 Changing Slide Layout ............................................................................... 428

 Adding Text to a Slide ................................................................................. 428

 Adding Shapes to a Slide ......................................................................... 429

 Aligning Objects .............................................................................................. 430

Using Themes ............................................................................................................. 431

 Applying a Theme .......................................................................................... 431

 Modifying a Theme ....................................................................................... 432

Using Animations and Transitions ........................................................... 432

 Applying a Transition ................................................................................... 433

 Customizing a Transition .......................................................................... 434

 Adding an Animation .................................................................................. 435

 Configuring an Animation Trigger .................................................. 436

Presenting with PowerPoint .......................................................................... 436

 Changing Slide Order .................................................................................. 437

 Entering Slide Show Mode ..................................................................... 437

Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................ 438

 Using Sections ................................................................................................... 438

 Using Headers and Footers .................................................................... 439

 

20 Organizing Notes with Microsoft OneNote 2013 441

Creating and Organizing Sections ........................................................... 442

 Creating a Section .......................................................................................... 442

 Changing a Section’s Color .................................................................... 443

 Renaming a Section ...................................................................................... 444

 Merging Sections ............................................................................................ 444

 Moving or Copying a Section .............................................................. 446

 Deleting a Section .......................................................................................... 447

Creating and Editing Pages ............................................................................ 447

 Creating a Page ................................................................................................. 448

 Adding Text to a Page ................................................................................. 448

 Adding Pictures on Your Tablet to a Page ................................. 449

 Adding Pictures from the Cloud to a Page .............................. 450

 Renaming a Page ............................................................................................ 451

 Moving or Copying a Page ..................................................................... 452

 Deleting a Page................................................................................................. 453

Creating and Organizing Notebooks .................................................... 453

 Creating a Notebook .................................................................................... 454

 Switching and Opening Notebooks .............................................. 455

 Moving and Sharing a Notebook ..................................................... 456

 Using the Recycle Bin .................................................................................. 457

Using Send to OneNote ................................................................................... 458

 Capturing a Screen Clipping ................................................................. 458

 Sending Content to OneNote .............................................................. 460

 Adding a QuickNote ..................................................................................... 461

 

21 Using Email and Staying Organized with Microsoft

Outlook 2013 463

Adding an Email Account in Outlook 2013 ..................................... 463

 Starting Outlook for the First Time ................................................. 464

 Adding a New Email Account .............................................................. 465

 Manually Adding an IMAP or POP Email Account ............ 467

 Changing the Outgoing Server Port ............................................. 469

Reading and Sending Email .......................................................................... 471

 Reading an Email Message..................................................................... 471

 Replying to an Email .................................................................................... 472

 Sending a New Email ................................................................................... 473

Managing and Organizing Email .............................................................. 474

 Moving Messages ........................................................................................... 474

 Ignoring Conversations ............................................................................. 476

 Categorizing Email Messages .............................................................. 476

 Removing a Category from a Message ....................................... 478

 Filtering Messages by Category ......................................................... 478

Configuring Windows 8.1 RT to Use Outlook 2013 .................. 479

 Configuring the Default Mail App ................................................... 479

 Changing the Email App Used for Mail Hyperlinks .......... 480

 

22 Enhancing Windows with Apps 483

Browsing the Windows Store ....................................................................... 483

 Browsing Categories .................................................................................... 484

 Exploring Apps .................................................................................................. 485

 Searching for Apps ........................................................................................ 488

Installing and Uninstalling Apps ............................................................... 488

 Installing Apps ................................................................................................... 489

 Uninstalling Apps............................................................................................ 490

 Reinstalling Purchased Apps ................................................................ 491

Updating Apps........................................................................................................... 492

 Manually Checking for Updates ........................................................ 492

 Installing App Updates .............................................................................. 493

Great Apps for Your Surface 2 ...................................................................... 494

 Netflix ......................................................................................................................... 495

 Skype .......................................................................................................................... 497

 Microsoft Minesweeper............................................................................. 498

 Hyper for YouTube.......................................................................................... 498

 iHeartRadio ........................................................................................................... 499

 Kindle ......................................................................................................................... 500

 WeatherBug ......................................................................................................... 502

 News360 .................................................................................................................. 503

 eBay ............................................................................................................................. 505

 

23 Updating and Troubleshooting Windows 8.1 RT 509

Updating with Windows Update............................................................... 509

 Checking for and Installing Updates Manually .................... 510

 Installing Optional Updates .................................................................. 512

Troubleshooting Windows 8.1 RT ............................................................. 513

 Refreshing and Repairing Your PC ................................................... 513

 Resetting Windows ........................................................................................ 516

 Troubleshooting Battery Draining on Standby ................... 517

 

Index 521