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Windows 10

Andy Rathbone

Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1

About This Book .................................................................................................................................. 1

How to Use This Book ......................................................................................................................... 2

Touchscreen Owners Aren��t Left Out ................................................................................................... 3

And What about You? .......................................................................................................................... 3

Icons Used in This Book ...................................................................................................................... 3

Beyond the Book ................................................................................................................................. 4

Where to Go from Here........................................................................................................................ 4

Part One �C Windows 10 Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know .................................................. 5

Chapter 1 �C What is Windows 10? ........................................................................................................ 7

Learning Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 7

Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 7

What Is Windows, and Why Are You Using It? ..................................................................................... 7

What��s New in Windows 10? ................................................................................................................ 9

Should I Bother Upgrading to Windows 10? ....................................................................................... 11

What��s So Different About Windows 10? ............................................................................................ 11

Can My Current PC Still Run Windows 10? ........................................................................................ 13

The Seven Flavors of Windows 10 ..................................................................................................... 14

Review Questions .............................................................................................................................. 16

Review Answers ................................................................................................................................ 17

Chapter 2 �C Starting with the Start Menu............................................................................................ 19

Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 19

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 19

Being Welcomed to the World of Windows ......................................................................................... 19

Understanding user accounts......................................................................................................... 21

Keeping your account private with a password ............................................................................... 22

Signing up for a Microsoft account ................................................................................................. 24

Figuring Out the New Windows 10 Start Menu ................................................................................... 26

Launching a Start menu program or app ........................................................................................ 28

Finding something on the Start menu ............................................................................................. 29

Viewing or closing your open apps ................................................................................................. 30

Getting to know your free apps....................................................................................................... 31

Adding or removing Start menu items ............................................................................................ 34

Customizing the Start menu ........................................................................................................... 34

Exiting from Windows ........................................................................................................................ 38

Temporarily leaving your computer ................................................................................................ 39

Leaving your computer for the day ................................................................................................. 40

Review Questions .............................................................................................................................. 42

Review Answers ................................................................................................................................ 44

Chapter 3 �C The Traditional Desktop .................................................................................................. 47

Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 47

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 47

Finding the Desktop and the Start Menu ............................................................................................ 47

Working with the Desktop .................................................................................................................. 49

Launching apps with the Start menu .............................................................................................. 50

Jazzing up the desktop��s background ............................................................................................. 51

Toggling between Tablet mode and the desktop ............................................................................ 53

Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin ................................................................................................ 53

Bellying Up to the Taskbar ................................................................................................................. 55

Shrinking windows to the taskbar and retrieving them .................................................................... 57

Switching to different tasks from the taskbar��s Jump Lists .............................................................. 57

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Clicking the taskbar��s sensitive areas ............................................................................................. 58

Opening the Action Center ............................................................................................................. 60

Customizing the taskbar................................................................................................................. 62

Setting Up Multiple Desktops ............................................................................................................. 63

Making Programs Easier to Find ........................................................................................................ 65

Review Questions .............................................................................................................................. 67

Review Answers ................................................................................................................................ 68

Chapter 4 �C Basic Desktop Window Mechanics ................................................................................. 71

Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 71

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 71

Dissecting a Typical Desktop Window ................................................................................................ 71

Tugging on a desktop window��s title bar ......................................................................................... 72

Navigating folders within a desktop window��s Address bar ............................................................. 74

Finding commands on the Ribbon .................................................................................................. 75

Quick shortcuts with the Navigation Pane ...................................................................................... 76

Moving inside a window with its scroll bar....................................................................................... 78

Boring borders ............................................................................................................................... 80

Maneuvering Windows Around the Desktop ....................................................................................... 80

Moving a window to the top of the pile............................................................................................ 80

Moving a window from here to there............................................................................................... 80

Making a window fill the whole desktop .......................................................................................... 81

Closing a window ........................................................................................................................... 81

Making a window bigger or smaller ................................................................................................ 81

Placing two windows side by side .................................................................................................. 82

Making windows open to the same darn size ................................................................................. 82

Review Questions .............................................................................................................................. 84

Review Answers ................................................................................................................................ 85

Chapter 5 �C Storage: Internal, External, and in the Cloud ................................................................. 87

Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 87

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 87

Browsing the File Explorer File Cabinets ............................................................................................ 87

Getting the Lowdown on Folders ........................................................................................................ 91

Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Other Media ........................................................................... 91

Seeing the files on a drive .............................................................................................................. 92

Seeing what��s inside a folder.......................................................................................................... 94

Creating a New Folder ....................................................................................................................... 96

Renaming a File or Folder.................................................................................................................. 97

Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders ................................................................................................ 98

Getting Rid of a File or Folder ............................................................................................................ 98

Copying or Moving Files and Folders ................................................................................................. 99

Seeing More Information about Files and Folders............................................................................. 101

Writing to CDs and DVDs................................................................................................................. 103

Buying the right kind of blank CDs and DVDs for burning ............................................................. 103

Copying files to or from a CD or DVD ........................................................................................... 104

Working with Flash Drives and Memory Cards ................................................................................. 106

OneDrive: Your Cubbyhole in the Clouds ......................................................................................... 107

Choosing which OneDrive folders should sync with your PC ........................................................ 108

Changing your OneDrive settings................................................................................................. 111

Opening and saving files from OneDrive ...................................................................................... 112

Accessing OneDrive from the Internet .......................................................................................... 113

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 115

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 116

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Part Two �C Working With Programs, Apps, and Files ...................................................................... 119

Chapter 6 �C Playing with Programs, Apps, and Documents............................................................ 121

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 121

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 121

Starting a Program or an App........................................................................................................... 121

Opening a Document ....................................................................................................................... 123

Saving a Document ......................................................................................................................... 125

Choosing Which Program Should Open Which File .......................................................................... 126

Navigating the Windows Store ......................................................................................................... 129

Adding new apps from the Store app ........................................................................................... 129

Uninstalling apps ......................................................................................................................... 131

Taking the Lazy Way with a Desktop Shortcut .................................................................................. 132

Absolutely Essential Guide to Cutting, Copying, and Pasting ............................................................ 133

The quick ��n�� dirty guide to cut ��n�� paste ........................................................................................ 133

Selecting things to cut or copy ..................................................................................................... 134

Cutting or copying your selected goods ........................................................................................ 135

Pasting information to another place ............................................................................................ 136

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 138

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 139

Chapter 7 �C Finding the Lost............................................................................................................. 141

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 141

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 141

Finding Currently Running Apps and Programs ................................................................................ 141

Finding Lost Windows on the Desktop.............................................................................................. 142

Locating a Missing App, Program, Setting, or File ............................................................................ 143

Searching with Cortana.................................................................................................................... 146

Finding a Missing File inside a Folder .............................................................................................. 146

Finding Lost Photos ......................................................................................................................... 148

Finding Other Computers on a Network ........................................................................................... 149

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 151

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 152

Chapter 8 �C Printing and Scanning Your Work ................................................................................ 153

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 153

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 153

Printing from a Start menu App ........................................................................................................ 153

Printing Your Masterpiece from the Desktop .................................................................................... 155

Adjusting how your work fits on the page ..................................................................................... 156

Adjusting your printer��s settings.................................................................................................... 158

Canceling a print job .................................................................................................................... 159

Printing a web page ..................................................................................................................... 160

Troubleshooting your printer ........................................................................................................ 161

Scanning from the Start menu.......................................................................................................... 163

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 165

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 166

Part Three �C Getting Things Done on the Internet ........................................................................... 167

Chapter 9 �C Cruising the Web ........................................................................................................... 169

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 169

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 169

What��s an ISP, and Why Do I Need One? ........................................................................................ 169

Connecting Wirelessly to the Internet ............................................................................................... 171

Browsing the Web with Microsoft Edge ............................................................................................ 173

Moving from one web page to another ......................................................................................... 175

Using Microsoft Edge��s icons ....................................................................................................... 176

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Making Microsoft Edge open to your favorite site ............................................................................. 176

Revisiting favorite places ............................................................................................................. 177

Finding things on the Internet ....................................................................................................... 178

Finding More Information with Cortana ............................................................................................. 179

Saving Information from the Internet ................................................................................................ 180

Saving a web page ...................................................................................................................... 180

Saving text................................................................................................................................... 180

Saving a picture ........................................................................................................................... 180

Downloading a program, song, or other type of file ....................................................................... 181

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 183

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 184

Chapter 10 �C Being Social: Mail, People, and Calendar ................................................................... 187

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 187

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 187

Adding Your Accounts to Windows................................................................................................... 187

Understanding the Mail App ............................................................................................................. 189

Switching among the Mail app��s views, menus, and accounts ...................................................... 189

Composing and sending an email ................................................................................................ 192

Reading a received email............................................................................................................. 193

Sending and receiving files through email .................................................................................... 194

Managing Your Contacts in the People App ..................................................................................... 196

Adding contacts ........................................................................................................................... 196

Deleting or editing contacts .......................................................................................................... 198

Managing Appointments in Calendar................................................................................................ 198

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 201

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 202

Chapter 11 �C Safe Computing ........................................................................................................... 203

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 203

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 203

Understanding Those Annoying Permission Messages .................................................................... 203

Avoiding Viruses with Windows Defender......................................................................................... 204

Avoiding Phishing Scams................................................................................................................. 206

Setting Up for Children Controls ....................................................................................................... 207

Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 209

Review Answers .............................................................................................................................. 210

Part Four �C Customizing and Upgrading Windows 10 ..................................................................... 211

Chapter 12 �C Customizing Windows with the Control Panels ......................................................... 213

Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 213

Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 213

Finding the Right Switch .................................................................................................................. 213

Setting the Stage with the Settings App............................................................................................ 214

Bringing out the Big Guns: The Desktop��s Control Panel .................................................................. 216

System and Security ........................................................................................................................ 217

User Accounts ................................................................................................................................. 218

Network and Internet........................................................................................................................ 218

Changing the Appearance of Windows (Appearance and Personalization) ....................................... 218

Changing the desktop background ............................................................................................... 219

Choosing a screen saver ............................................................................................................. 220

Changing the computer��s theme................................................................................................... 221

Changing the screen resolution .................................................................................................... 222

Adding a second monitor or projector ........................................................................................... 223

Hardware and Sound ....................................................................................................................... 225

Adjusting volume and sounds ...................................................................................................... 225

Installing or setting up speakers ................................................................................................... 226

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