Windows 8 In 36 Lessons
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
36 lessons for Windows 8 helps you navigate this new and confusing operating system. This is a carefully selected set of lessons which will get you comfortable with Windows 8 and ease your transition. Includes 30 videos so you can actually see how to do things in Windows 8. This book is best for beginners, and aimed mainly at everyday users and not power users. However it will help anyone get up to speed quickly with the Windows 8 interface.
Lessons Include:
* Finding the Desktop
* The new Start button
* Charms Menu
* Search Charm
* Shut down and Restart
* Finding programs like Paint and Word Pad
* Control Panel
* Quicksearch for Apps
* Calendar and Mail apps
* Adding attachments to emails
* Add an app to the Start screen
* Swapping between open apps and multitasking
* View recently opened apps
* How to Print
* Using the Cloud/Skydrive
* Maps, Weather, and other built-in apps
* Customizing appearance
* Managing security
* Managing App settings
* Task Manager
* And more!
After reading and watching the videos, you'll find Windows 8 much easier to use and know where to find many familiar items.
Customer Reviews
Videos terrible, content marginal
The author used screen capturing software for demonstration purposes and many of the videos were terrible. He would swipe to show off screen content and the video would then pixelate the icons and make them impossible to read.
The whole point of getting this video book was to see the tips and suggestions in action. Instead, I had to suffer through many of these poor videos.
Finally, the author was surprised or stumped in several places with Windows 8 quirks or offered content that was just marginal in quality. I expect an instructor on a topic to have more command of the subject.