Windows 10

Variants

Windows 10 improved significantly on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The improvement was made available to experts on that date, to the general public 9 days later. That’s called the November Update. It’s also called
version 1511, since it was invented in 2015’s month 11.

Windows 10 improved significantly further on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 (about a year after Windows 10 was first invented), in what’s called the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Windows 10 AU). It’s also called version 1607, since it was invented in 2016’s month 7 (though not distributed until the beginning of month 8).

The normal edition, called Windows 10 Home, is for use in homes and small businesses.

A fancier edition, Windows 10 Pro, is for big businesses that insist on more security.

An even fancier edition, Windows 10 Enterprise, is for even bigger businesses that require even more security.

Windows 10 Education resembles Windows 10 Enterprise but is for schools instead of businesses.

A stripped-down edition, called Windows 10 Mobile, handles screens smaller than 8 inches (phones & tiny tablets).

a nice keyboard (including even a Menu key, which shows the symbol “º”)

a screen that can detect where you touch it (a touchscreen)

a mouse

Easy way             On touchscreen, tap an object.

No touchscreen   Using mouse (or touchpad), click an object.

Easy way             On touchscreen, swipe up.

No touchscreen   Rotate mouse’s wheel toward you.

& no mouse         Using touchpad, click “v” (on list’s bottom-right corner).

Easy way             On touchscreen, swipe down.

No touchscreen   Rotate mouse’s wheel toward the screen.

& no mouse         Using touchpad, click “^” (on list’s top-right corner).

Easy way             On touchscreen, press an object awhile.

No touchscreen   Using mouse (or touchpad), right-click an object.

Easy way             On touchscreen, pinch 2 fingers together.

No touchscreen   While pressing Ctrl key, rotate mouse’s wheel toward you.

Easy way             On a touchscreen, spread 2 fingers apart.

No touchscreen   While pressing Ctrl key, rotate mouse’s wheel toward screen.

Easy way             On keyboard, press the Windows Start key.

No keyboard        Press Windows Start button (in screen’s bottom black border).

& no such button Tap (or click) the screen’s bottom-left corner.

Easy way             On keyboard, press the Menu key.

No Menu key       On touchscreen, press a blank space awhile.

& no touchscreen Using mouse (or touchpad), right-click a blank space.

New Windows computers include Windows 10.

Old computers that have Windows 7 or 8.1 can be upgraded to Windows 10. (That upgrade was free before July 30, 2016 but now costs $119.)

Old computers that have Windows 8 can be upgraded to Windows 8.1 (free), then upgraded to Windows 10 (free before July 30, 2016 but now $119).

Old computers that have Windows XP or Vista cannot be upgraded free to Windows 10. Replace them with new computers instead.

a new 2-in-1 laptop that came with Windows 10 already installed (Toshiba’s Satellite P55W-C5200X, which is fast and has a touchscreen)

a new standard laptop that came with Windows 10 already installed (Hewlett-Packard’s Notebook 15-ay091ms, which has a touchscreen and is sold directly by Microsoft, which calls it a “Signature Edition” because it has no junky apps added)

an older laptop that came with Windows 8 upgraded to Windows 8.1 and is now upgrading to Windows 10 (Acer’s Aspire V5-571P-6866, which has a touchscreen)

a very old laptop that came with Windows 7 and is now upgrading to Windows 10 (Hewlett-Packard’s G71-340US, which has no touchscreen)

an all-in-one computer that came with Windows 8 upgraded to Windows 8.1 and is now upgrading to Windows 10 (Hewlett-Packard’s Envy 20-d013w, which has a touchscreen)

a tablet that came with Windows 8.1 and is now upgrading to Windows 10 (Toshiba’s Encore WT8-A32, which has a touchscreen).

Fundamentals

HP’s Notebook 15-ay091ms

Toshiba’s Satellite P55W-C5200X

the computer itself

HP’s is 15 inches wide, 10 inches front-to-back, 1 inch thick.

Toshiba’s is smaller: 15 inches wide, 9⅝ inches front-to-back, ¾-inch thick.

an outlet connector (to plug into an electrical outlet)

a power adapter (black box that converts AC power to DC)

HP’s is 3⅝"´1½"´1".

Toshiba’s is smaller: 3⅜"´1⅜"´1".

HP’s contains 3 instructional materials: setup instructions, a warranty, and a list of HP’s international tech-support phone numbers.

Toshiba’s contains 4 instructional materials: a quick-start pamphlet, a warranty, a list of optional accessories, and a warning about how to make a backup.

HP’s light is on the keyboard’s left edge.

Toshiba’s light is on the keyboard’s front edge.

HP’s power button is on the keyboard’s top-left corner, near the screen.

Toshiba’s power button is on the keyboard’s right-hand edge, near the screen.

HP’s screen will say “hp”.

Toshiba’s screen will say “TOSHIBA”.

the tablet itself (8⅜ inches tall, 5⅜ inches wide, ⅜ of an inch thick)

a power adapter (black box, 2"´1¾"´1⅛", to convert AC power to DC)

a USB cable (for connecting your tablet to the power adapter or a computer)

the computer itself (20¼ inches wide, 16½ inches tall, 7¾ inches deep)

a power adapter (black box, 6½"´2¾"´1½", to convert AC power to DC)

an outlet connector (to plug into an electrical outlet)

a keyboard (containing letters, numbers, and symbols on keys for typing)

a mouse (curved box that fits in your palm and can slide across the desk)

Flip the keyboard upside-down. You see a white plastic tab with a red arrow on it. Pull that tab out of the keyboard. (That activates the keyboard’s battery.) Then put the keyboard right-side-up again.

Do the same thing for the mouse. (Flip the mouse upside-down. You see a white plastic tab with a red arrow on it. Pull that tab out of the mouse. That activates the mouse’s battery. Then put the mouse right-side-up again.)

The keyboard and mouse will communicate with the computer wirelessly.

Put the computer itself on your desk (or table), so the computer’s screen stands up, faces you, and is tilted slightly back (so it’s perpendicular to your line of sight).

Put the keyboard in front of the computer. Put the mouse to the right of the keyboard.

Hide the power adapter behind the computer. Plug the power adapter into the computer’s back. Plug the outlet connector into the power adapter.

If you have a tablet that didn’t come with a keyboard, make a keyboard appear temporarily by tapping the keyboard icon (which is on the screen, near the screen’s bottom-right corner, and looks like a miniature keyboard). Tapping the keyboard icon makes a virtual keyboard appear on the screen. Whenever you want the virtual keyboard to disappear, tap the X at the virtual keyboard’s top-right corner.

If a cord comes out of the mouse, plug the cord into the computer. If no cord comes out of the mouse, the mouse is wireless, so make sure it contains a battery, the battery is activated, and the mouse’s On-Off switch (on the mouse’s bottom) is pushed to “On”.

Put the mouse on your desk and directly in front of your right arm. Make the mouse lie flat. Make the mouse face you so you can read its brand name (such as “hp”).

Move the mouse across your desk. As you move the mouse, remember to keep it flat and facing you.

On the screen, you’ll see an arrow, which is called the mouse pointer. As you move the mouse, the arrow moves also.

If you move the mouse to the left,             the arrow moves to the left.

If you move the mouse to the right,       the arrow moves to the right.

If you move the mouse toward you,      the arrow moves down.

If you move the mouse away from you, the arrow moves up.

Practice moving the arrow by moving the mouse. Remember to keep the mouse facing you at all times.

If you want to move the arrow far and your desk is small, move the mouse until it reaches the desk’s edge; then lift the mouse off the desk, lay the mouse gently on the middle of the desk, and rub the mouse across the desk in the same direction as before.

Find the touchpad. (It’s between the Space bar and the keyboard’s front edge. It’s typically a silver box with rounded corners.)

Rest your finger gently on the touchpad’s middle (but don’t press). Slide your finger gently across the touchpad.

On the screen, you’ll see an arrow, called the mouse pointer. As you slide your finger across the touchpad, the arrow moves also.

If you slide your finger to the left,             the arrow moves to the left.

If you slide your finger to the right,          the arrow moves to the right.

If you slide your finger toward you,          the arrow moves down.

If you slide your finger toward the screen, the arrow moves up.

Practice moving the arrow by sliding your finger on the touchpad.

If you want to move the arrow far, slide your finger until it reaches the touchpad’s edge; then lift your finger off the touchpad, rest your finger gently on the touchpad’s middle, and slide your finger across the touchpad in the same direction as before.

Learn how to use Windows 8 or 8.1 (by reading pages 98-103).

Then update to the newest version of Windows 8.1, by following the “Update Windows” procedure on page 103. If you have enough patience, do the “Update Windows” procedure several times (by tapping “Check Now” again), to make sure you get even the “updates to the updates”, so you get the very newest version of Windows 8.1.

Then go to the Desktop screen (by tapping the Desktop tile). At the screen’s bottom, you see the Windows logo (4 white windowpanes) at the screen’s bottom-left corner, but you also see an extra Windows logo near the screen’s bottom-right corner. Tap that extra Windows logo. The computer says “Get Windows 10”.

Learn how to use Windows 7 (by reading pages 121-123).

Then upgrade to the newest version of Windows 7, by doing this: click the Start button then “All Programs” then “Windows Update” (which appears when you scroll down). Following the instructions on the screen, choose all updates (except don’t bother updating Skype). Click “Install updates”.

Shut down the computer, then turn it back on. About a minute after you turn it back on, you see the Windows 10 logo (4 white windowpanes) at the screen’s bottom, near the right corner. Click that logo. The computer says “Get Windows 10”.

Tap the optimistic message (“Upgrade Now” or “OK, let’s continue”).

If the computer says “Downloading Windows 10” (because the computer didn’t secretly download Windows 10 already), the computer slowly copies Windows 10 from the Internet to your computer, while the computer says 1% then 2% then 3%, etc., then 100% then “Preparing for Installation”; wait awhile until it says “Great, we’ll get the upgrade started”. If the screen temporarily goes black during that process (because the computer’s screen went to sleep), wake up the screen by doing this: rub your finger across the screen (or touchpad) or jiggle the mouse.

Tap “Accept”.

Tap “Start the upgrade now” (or “Restart now”, whichever you see). The computer turns itself off then back on, says “Configuring update for Windows 10”, then turns itself off then back on again.

Your computer is probably modern enough to be 64-bit instead of 32-bit. To make sure, hold down the Windows Start key, and while you keep holding down that key, tap the Pause/Break key. Notice whether the computer says “32-bit” or “64-bit”. Then close that window (by clicking its X).

If your computer is indeed 64-bit, use the Internet to go to “http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=616936”. (If your computer is 32-bit, go to 616935 instead of 616936.)

Tap “Run” then “Yes”. Press Enter. The computer says “Downloading Windows 10”. The computer slowly copies Windows 10 from the Internet to your computer, while the computer says 1% then 2% then 3%, etc.

Then the computer says “Verifying your Download” then “Creating Windows 10 media” then just “Windows”. Tap “Windows”.

The computer says “Preparing” then “Getting updates” then “License terms”. Tap “Accept”.

The computer says “Getting updates” again then “Making sure you’re ready to install” then “Ready to install”.

Tap “Install”. The computer says “Installing Windows 10. Your PC will restart several times. This might take a while.”

Eventually, the computer says “Upgrading Windows. Your PC will restart several times. Sit back and relax.”

Then you have a long delay, while a pie chart slowly says 1% then 2% then 3%, etc. (In the middle of that process, if the screen might go black for a minute or two. Be patient; but if the screen goes black for many minutes, tap the power button. If doing that doesn’t make the screen light up, temporarily remove the power by doing this: unplug the computer, remove the computer’s battery if any, wait a minute, reinsert the battery, plug the computer in, and press the computer’s power button).

Finally, the computer says “Hi there, welcome back!” Press the Enter key 3 times (or tap “Next” then “Use Express settings” then “Next”).

The computer says “Hi there”.

In the box under “What time zone are you in?” the computer temporarily says “Pacific Time”. If you’re not in the Pacific Time zone, do the following. Tap “Pacific Time”. You start seen a list of time zones. To see the rest of the list, put your finger in the list and swipe up or down. Find your time zone. If you’re in the United States, your time zone is one of these:

(UTC-10:00) Hawaii

(UTC-09:00) Alaska

(UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

(UTC-07:00) Arizona

(UTC-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)

(UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

(UTC-05:00) Indiana (East)

When you’ve found your time zone, tap it.

Tap “Next” (near the screen’s bottom-right corner).

The computer says “Here’s the legal stuff”. Tap “Accept” (near the screen’s bottom-right corner).

The computer says “Let’s get connected”. Make sure you’ve properly set up your room’s wireless router (which lets a computer communicate with the Internet). Tap the router’s name.

If the computer says “Enter the network security key”, type the router’s password (which is probably printed on the router’s bottom).

Tap “Next” then “Use Express Settings”.

The computer says “Make it yours.” If you don’t have a Microsoft account yet, tap “Create one!” and follow its instructions; otherwise, answer questions about your Microsoft account then tap “Sign in”. During that process, the computer lets you create a personal identification number (PIN) for this computer; create the PIN by following the instructions.

If the computer says “Get your files here, there, and everywhere”, Microsoft wants you to tap “Next” (so files you save are copied to Microsoft’s Website, to share with your other computers), but you can instead choose “Save new files only to this PC by default”, which is simpler. Tap one or the other.

The computer says “Meet Cortana”. Tap the button on the screen’s bottom-right corner. (On new computers, that button says “Use Cortana”. On older computers, that button says “Next”.)

On new computers, you see “Register and Protect”. On older computers, you see “Register My Product”. If you see little square boxes, you can put check marks in them by tapping them; up to you!

Tap “Next”.

The computer says some messages. (If your computer is new, it says “We’re happy you’re here” then “Lots of great features to get excited about” then “Getting everything ready for you”. If your computer is older, it says “Setting up your apps”.)

Finally, the computer says “Let’s Start”.

You see the Lock screen, which shows the time and date. (If you’re not in the Pacific time zone, the time might be temporarily wrong.)

Press the keyboard’s Enter key or Space bar. (If you don’t have a keyboard, do this instead: put your finger in the screen’s middle then swipe up, toward the screen’s top edge.)

If the computer says “PIN,” type the PIN you created for this computer. (If the computer does not say PIN, type the password you created then press the Enter key, which has the symbol 8  on it.)

The screen’s bottom-right corner shows the time and date.

The screen’s bottom-left corner shows the Windows Start button, which is a black square containing the Windows logo (a window containing 4 white windowpanes, which are boxes).

Those things (the time & date and the Windows Start button) are on the taskbar, which is a black bar that runs all the way across the screen’s bottom and is about ⅜" tall. The taskbar includes the time & date, the Windows Start button, and many things between them.

Unfortunately, because your computer has no keyboard, Windows activates tablet mode, which is supposed to make your computer easier but actually makes it more difficult because it hides many on-screen controls that this book wants you to use. Turn off tablet mode by doing the following.

On the Desktop screen, next to the time, you see the notification button (which looks like a cartoon character’s dialog box). Tap it.

Tap “Tablet mode”, so its box turns gray (instead of blue). The gray mean “turned off”.

When you’ve finished that, tap a blank spot in the screen’s middle.

Next, make sure the screen’s width is bigger than its height. (That’s called landscape mode.) If instead the screen’s height is bigger than its width, you’re in portrait mode, whose taskbar unfortunately lacks a search box; switch to landscape mode by rotating the screen 90 degrees then lifting the screen’s top edge off the desk.

Tap the Windows Start button.

Tap “Settings”. (If you don’t see that word yet, make it appear by tapping the “º” at the screen’s top-left corner.)

Tap “Update & security” then “Learn more” (which is blue). The computer will say “Join the celebration — get the Windows 10 Anniversary Update today”.

Tap “Get the Anniversary Update now”, which is in a blue box. (If you don’t see that box yet, make it appear by scrolling down. To scroll down, put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up, or repeatedly click the “v” near the screen’s bottom-right corner.) The computer will say “Windows10Upgrade28084.exe finished downloading.”

Tap “Run” then “Yes” then “Update Now”. The computer will say “Downloading Windows 10 update”. 15 minutes afterwards (or later, if your Internet connection is slow), the computer will say “Verifying” then “Updating Windows 10”. 17 minutes afterwards (or later, if your computer is slow), the computer will say “Your update is ready. Your PC needs to restart to complete the update.”

Tap “Restart now” then “Close”. The computer will say “Restarting” then “Working on updates. Don’t turn off your PC. This will take a while. Your PC will restart several times.” 45 minutes afterwards (or later, if your computer is slow), the computer will say something interesting.

If the computer says “Welcome to Windows 10!” press the Enter key thrice.

The screen will go black awhile. Eventually, the computer will restart.

If your old Windows 10 required you to press Enter then your password then Enter again, the computer will make you do that login procedure.

The computer will say “Hi.” The screen will go black again. The computer will say “Getting things ready, please don’t turn of your PC” then “These updates help protect you in an online world”.

The computer will say “Go to Start > Get Start app to see what’s new” and “Don’t turn off your PC”.

If the computer says “Thank you for updating to the latest version of Windows 10”, tap “Exit”.

Mouse method While you’re looking at the Desktop screen, slide the mouse across your desk or table, until the tip of the arrowhead (mouse pointer) is on the Windows Start button. Then, while holding the mouse perfectly still, tap the mouse’s left button.

Touchpad method While you’re looking at the Desktop screen, rest your finger gently on the touchpad’s middle (but don’t press). Slide your finger across the touchpad, until the tip of the arrowhead (mouse pointer) is on the Desktop tile. Lift your finger off the touchpad. Then press the touchpad’s bottom-left corner (which is called the left button) or, if you prefer, do this: tap the touchpad once, firmly but briefly, anywhere on the touchpad (except the touchpad’s bottom-right corner, which is special).

Windows 10 AU You see these 3 services, each represented by a
black-and-white symbol:

File Explorer (whose symbol is a box, in the shape of a manila folder)

Settings (whose symbol is a gear, which looks like a bumpy circle)

Power (whose symbol is a circle with a line coming up from it).

You see those 3 symbols. To choose a service, tap (or click) its symbol.

Old Windows 10 You see these 4 services:

File Explorer

Settings

Power

All apps

You see those words. To choose a service, tap (or click) it.

On some computers, the Twitter tile is missing.

On HP’s new laptop, the Store tile is narrower, to squeeze in a Skype tile to its right, and you get Candy Crush Soda Saga instead of plain Candy Crush Saga.

Toshiba’s laptop says “Microsoft Office” instead of “Get Office”.

Old laptops by Acer & HP say “iHeartRadio” instead of “USA Today”.

HP’s new laptop says “PicsArt” instead of “Flipboard”, says “Flipboard” instead of “USA Today”, and says “Word 2016” and “Excel 2016” and “PowerPoint 2016” instead of “Get Office”.

On Toshiba’s laptop and HP’s new laptop, the “Play and explore” tiles are to the right of the “Life at a glance” tiles.

On the other computers, the “Play and explore” tiles are below the “Life at a glance” tiles and are partly hidden until you do this: if you have a touchscreen, put your finger on a blank black spot in the tile area and swipe up; if you don’t have a touch screen, repeatedly click the “v” (which is at the Start menu’s bottom-right corner).

Adobe creative, Amazon 1, Amazon 2, AOL On, Evernote, iHeartRadio, Insteon for hub, Kindle, McAfee LiveSafe, MGO, my Toshiba, MyMusicCloud, Netflix, Next Issue magazines, Prey, SocialSafe, Spotify, TripAdvisor, Zappos, Zinio reader, Zuus

Amazon, Book Place, camera, create recovery, eBay, food&drink, get Skype, health&fitness, iHeartRadio, Kindle, maps, Microsoft Office, Netflix, Norton Internet Security, Norton Studio, Reading List, sports,
Toshiba Central, TruCapture, Xbox 360 SmartGlass, Zinio reader

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Acer system information, Amazon, ebay, ChaCha, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Evernote, food&drink, get Skype, health&fitness, Hulu Plus, iCookbook, Internet Explorer, Kindle, maps, Merriam-Webster dictionary,
Microsoft Office, Netflix, newsXpresso, Norton Security, Reading List, Shark Dash, Social Jogger, sports, Spotify, travel, TuneIn Radio,
Zinio reader, 7digital music store

Windows 10 AU In the Start menu, near the screen’s left edge, you see a column that starts listing all your apps. That list is divided into 3 sections. The top section says “Recently added” and lists the 2 apps that are new; if you updated from old Windows 10 recently, that list says “Connect” and “Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant”. The next section says “Most used” and tries to list the 6 apps you’ve used most often recently (but that list is unreliable). The bottom section lists all app choices in alphabetical order but is too tall to fit on the screen; to see the rest of the list, put your finger on a black area in the list and swipe up (or repeatedly tap the keyboard’s down-arrow key, or move your mouse’s pointer to that list then rotate the mouse’s wheel toward you.)

Old Windows 10 In the Start menu’s top-left corner, you see your name. Under your name, the computer tries to list of the 6 apps you’ve used most often recently (but that list is unreliable). If you haven’t used any apps often yet, Toshiba’s laptop shows this list temporarily:

WinZip

Get Started

Get Skype

Maps

People

Calculator

If you’ve recently put extra programs into your computer, you see a list of them also. To see all the apps in your computer, tap “All apps” (which is in the Start menu’s list of 4 services). Then you starting see an alphabetical list of all app choices. (To see the rest of the list, put your finger on a black area in the list and swipe up.) Below the list of apps, you see “Back”. Tap “Back” to return to the normal Start menu.

-games-, 3D builder, Adobe creative, alarms & clock, Amazon 1, Amazon 2, AOL On, app explorer, Booking, calculator, calendar, camera, Candy Crush Saga, contact support, Cortana, CyberLink PhotoDirector, CyberLink PowerDirector, DTS, Evernote, games, get Dropbox, get Office, get Skype, get started, Groove music, iHeartRadio, Insteon for hub, Internet Explorer, Kindle, mail, maps, McAfee, MGO, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Money, movies & TV, my Toshiba, MyMusicCloud, Netflix, news, Next Issue magazines, OneDrive, OneNote, people, phone companion, photos, Prey, settings, SocialSafe, sports, Spotify, store, Toshiba, Toshiba registration, Toshiba start, TripAdvisor, TruRecorder, Twitter, voice recorder, weather, Windows accessories,
Windows administrative tools, Windows ease of access, Windows feedback, Windows PowerShell, Windows system, WinZip, Xbox, Zappos,
Zinio reader, Zuus

3D builder, Access 2016, alarms & clock, calculator, calendar,
camera, Candy Crush Soda Saga, contact support, Cortana,
CyberLink Power Media Player 14, DTS audio control panel, Excel 2016, get Office, get Skype, get started, Groove music, HP, mail, maps, messaging, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office 2016 Tools, Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Microsoft Wi-Fi, Money, moves & TV, news, OneDrive, OneNote, OneNote 2016, Outlook 2016, people, phone, phone companion, photos, PowerPoint 2016, Publisher 2016, settings, Skype video, sports, Sway, Twitter, voice recorder, weather, Windows accessories, Windows administrative tools,
Windows ease of access, Windows feedback, Windows PowerShell, Windows system, Word 2016, Xbox

Reliable method Tap “Power” (which is on the Start menu) then “Sleep”.

Quick method Tap the power button (the same button you used to turn the computer on).

Shut method (works well just on modern laptops) Shut the laptop (so its screen covers up the keyboard).

off (consumes no power, so the screen is black)

on (so you can use the computer)

sleeps (consumes very little power; the screen is black, but the computer keeps remembering what you’d been doing and waits for you to press the flashing power button, to turn the computer back on fully)

If the computer equipment is untouched for 5 minutes and the computer is running on battery power (instead of being plugged in), blacken the screen.

If the computer equipment is untouched for 10 minutes, blacken the screen (even if the computer is plugged in).

If the computer equipment is untouched for 15 minutes, blacken the screen and also make the computer’s brain (CPU) sleep (so the CPU chip uses less power).

If the computer equipment is untouched for 5 minutes and the computer is running on battery power (instead of being plugged in), blacken the screen.

If the computer equipment is untouched for 10 minutes, blacken the screen (even if the computer is plugged in). If the computer is running on battery power, also make the computer’s brain (CPU) sleep (so the CPU chip uses less power).

If the computer equipment is untouched for 20 minutes, blacken the screen and make the computer’s brain (CPU) sleep, even if the computer is plugged in.

Choose Settings (which is on the Start menu). Tap “System” then “Power & sleep”. Change the number of minutes (by tapping “v” then how many minutes you want). When you finish, close the Settings window (by tapping the X at the screen’s top).

Tiles we love

US, world, crime, offbeat, technology, politics, opinion, entertainment, money top stories, sports, Microsoft

My News   My Sources   Top Stories   US   World   Crime   Offbeat   Technology   Election 2016   Good News   Opinion   Entertainment   Money   Sports

Tap “Search” (which is near the window’s top-right corner).

Type the topic that interests you. At the end of your typing, press the Enter key.

Tap the Favorites icon (the black-and-white half-star at the screen’s left edge). You see cities.

If you want one of those cities, tap it.

If you want a different city, tap “+” then type the city you want (such as “Boston MA” or “Paris, France” or its ZIP code); at the end of your typing, press the Enter key then tap the city you want.

If you tap a headline, you see the whole article.

If you tap data, you see details.

To return to the previous screenful, tap the left-arrow (at the screen’s top-left corner).

If nobody’s used that tile before, the computer says “Accounts”; to reply, tap “Ready to go”.

If the computer asks “Let Mail and Calendar access your location?”, tap “Yes”.

To see the next month, put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up, so you see the month that’s below.

To see the previous month, put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe down, so you see the month that’s above.

If you accidentally tap instead of swipe, escape from your mistake by pressing the Escape key (which is at the keyboard’s top-left corner and says “Esc”) or tap a different day.

Remove the check mark from the “All day” box (by tapping the check mark).

Then the computer tentatively assumes the event will start at 8:00 AM. If the event will not begin at 8:00 AM, tap the “8:00 AM” then tap the correct starting time, by choosing from the menu of times that appears. (To see the whole menu, put your finger in the menu’s middle and swipe up or down.)

The computer tentatively assumes the event will last 30 minutes. If the event will not last 30 minutes, tap the wrong ending time then tap the correct ending time, by choosing from the menu of times that appears.

Tap “More details”. You see a new window.

Tap in the big box at that window’s bottom. Type your comments about the event.

If the event is all-day, the computer assumes you want a reminder 12 hours before the event. If the event is shorter than all-day, the computer assumes you want a reminder 15 minutes before the event starts. If you don’t like that assumption, tap in the Reminder box (which is near the screen’s top) then tap one of these choices about the reminder:

None           (which means no reminder at all)

0 minutes    (send the reminder when the event starts)

5 minutes    (send the reminder   5 minutes before the event)

15 minutes   (send the reminder 15 minutes before the event)

30 minutes   (send the reminder 30 minutes before the event)

1 hour         (send the reminder an hour before the event)

12 hours      (send the reminder 12 hours before the event)

1 day           (send the reminder on the day before the event)

1 week        (send the reminder a week before the event)

When you finish editing those details, tap “Save and close” (which is near the screen’s top-left corner).

Tap “More details”. Look at those details. Edit them if you wish. If you want to delete the event, tap “Delete”; otherwise, tap “Save and close”.

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www.yahoo.com

www.WashingtonPost.com

Tap the Hub button (which is to the right of the star and looks like 3 horizontal lines). Then tap the star below the Hub button.

Make the favorites list appear (by tapping the Hub button then the star below).

Put your finger on the Web page you want to delete, and hold your finger there for at least half a second. (That’s called press & hold.)

Tap “Remove”.

Tap the Hub button (which is to the right of the star and looks like 3 horizontal lines). Then tap History button (an arrow circling around a clock).

You start seeing a list of Web pages you visited recently. The list includes what you visited through Microsoft Edge but also includes what you visited through other tiles, such as the Weather tile.

Some of the Web pages are hidden under a date. To see what’s hidden there, tap that date. To hide that date’s details again, tap that date again.

If the list is too long to fit your screen, put your finger in the list’s middle and swipe up.

While visiting the Web page, tap the More button (which is at the screen’s right edge and says “…”) then “Pin this page to Start” then “Yes”.

Make sure you’ve bought a printer, attached it to the computer, turned the printer’s power on, and put paper into the printer. While viewing the Web page, tap the More button (which is at the screen’s right edge and says “…”) then “Print”.

Near the screen’s top-left corner, you see the word “Printer”. Under “Printer”, you see the Printer box. Make sure that box contains your printer’s name. If it contains something else (such as “Microsoft Print to PDF”), tap it then tap your printer’s name.

Tap the Print button (which is near the screen’s bottom-left corner).

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Tap the app.

You’ll see more info about the app. (If you want to see even more info about the app, look farther down. by swiping up).

If you decide to get the app, tap the blue button that shows its price or “Free”. If it’s not free, answer any questions about your identity (your PIN, address, and credit card).

The app will be copied from the Internet to your computer. Then the computer will say “This product is installed.”

To run the app immediately, tap the blue “Open” button. To run the app soon afterwards, tap the app on the part of the Start menu called “Recently added”. To run the app much later, tap “All apps” on the Start menu then tap the app.

If you change your mind and want to delete the app from your computer, right-click the app (which is in the “All apps” list) then tap “Uninstall”. But deleting an app does not get you a refund.

Tap “Next” then “I agree”. Type what you want the computer to call you (such as your nickname or first name) then press the Enter key. Tap “Got it”.

Typing method Tap “Ask me anything” (to make sure its box is white) then type your question or command. At the end of your typing, press the Enter key. The computer will type a written reply.

Voice method Tap the microphone icon (little picture of a microphone) that’s to the right of “Ask me anything”. The “Ask me anything” changes to “Listening”. Using your voice, immediately say your question or command. The computer will type what you said. When you finish speaking, pause. If you’re lucky, you’ll hear an actress (Jen Taylor, portraying the female robot “Cortana”) answer your question or command; and you’ll see, on the screen, a transcript of what she’s saying. If you’re unlucky, you’ll just see a Web page about the topic.

Feuding families. Forbidden love. Poison. For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. The end.

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

What do Winnie the Pooh and Ivan the Terrible have in common? The same middle name.

What did one ocean say to the other ocean? Nothing, they just waved.

A very, very dry martini. Evaporated, in fact.

Right-click the Windows Start button. Click “Device manager”. Click the “>” left of “Sound, video and game controllers”. Right-click “IDT High Definition Audio Codec”. Click “Update Driver Software” then “Search automatically for updated driver software” then “Close” then close the Device Manager window (by clicking its X).

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Standard method Tap the Start button. (For old Windows 10, then tap “All apps”.) You start seeing an alphabetical list of all apps. Get to the “S” part of that list (by putting your finger in the list’s middle and swiping up, or by tapping “A” then “S”). Tap “Sports”.

Shortcut method (just on Acer) While looking at the Start menu, put your finger on a blank black spot in the tile area and swipe up, until you see the Sports tile. Tap the Sports tile.

News    Scoreboard    Slideshows    Videos

today (all sports), NFL (football), NBA (basketball), MLB (baseball), NHL (hockey), golf, major-league soccer, NASCAR Sprint Cup (car racing), tennis, my favorites, more sports

Tap the Start button. (For old Windows 10, then tap “All apps”.) You start seeing an alphabetical list of all apps. If you don’t see “Calculator” yet, get to the “C” part of that list (by putting your finger in the list’s middle and swiping up, or by tapping “A” then “C”). Tap “Calculator”.

Touch method On the screen, tap the calculator’s 4 button, then tap 2, then +, then 5, then =.

Mouse method On the screen, click the calculator’s 4 button (by using the mouse or touchpad or to point at the 4 button and then clicking), then click 2, then +, then 5, then =.

Main-keyboard method On the physical keyboard’s main section (the left section), press the 4 key (which is above the E and R keys), then the 2 key (which is above the Q and W keys), then (while holding down the Shift key) the + key, then 5. Then press the = key (or the Enter key).

Numeric-keypad method On the physical keyboard’s far-right section (called the numeric keypad), try pressing the 4 key, which is below the 7 key. (If that doesn’t make 4 appear on the screen, press the Num Lock key then try again to press the 4 key.) Then, still using the numeric keypad, press the 2 key, then the + key, then the 5 key, then the Enter key.

Button on screen   Keyboard Meaning

+                                +                 plus

-                                -                  minus

×                                *                 times

¸                                 /                  divided by

=                               = or Enter   show the final answer, the “total”

.                                   .                  decimal point

C                                 Esc              clear the total, so it becomes zero

CE                              Del              clear this entry, so you can retype it

Õ                              Backspace   erase the last digit you typed

±                                 F9               create (or erase) this entry’s minus sign

A standard calculator is simple and cute: it does just arithmetic.

A scientific calculator includes extra buttons, so you can do advanced math.

Button   Meaning

n!             factorial

p             pi (a circle’s circumference divided by the circle’s diameter)

If you said you wanted the calculator to be standard, the computer does 2+3 (which totals 5), then multiplies by 4, giving a final total of 20.

If you said you wanted the calculator to be scientific instead, the computer does “2+3´4=” by doing the multiplication first, like scientists do: 3´4 is 12, and 2+12 gives a final total of 14 (not 20).

Button   Meaning

x²            square of the previous number

                example: “7 x²” is 49 (because 7 times 7 is 49)

Ö              square root of the previous number

                example: “49 Ö” is 7 (because 49 is 7 times 7)

1/x        divide 1 by the previous number

                example: “4 1/x” is .25 (because 1/4 is .25)

                on the standard calculator, this button is visible

                on the scientific, this button hides until you press the ­ button

%           multiply the 2 previous numbers, then divide by 100

                example: “2 × 3 %” is .06 (because it’s 2×3/100)

                afterwards, click the C button (to clear the total)

                this button is on just the standard calculator, not the scientific

Button   Meaning

MS           memory store (copy the main box’s number to memory)

MR           memory retrieve (copy memory’s newest number to the main box)

M+          memory add (edit memory’s newest number,

                by adding the main box’s number to it)

M-            memory subtract (edit memory’s newest number,

                by subtracting the main box’s number from it)

MC           memory clear (erase memory, so no numbers are in memory)

Tap the Start button. (For old Windows 10, then tap “All apps”.) You start seeing an alphabetical list of all apps. If you don’t see “Camera” yet, get to the “C” part of that list (by putting your finger in the list’s middle and swiping up, or by tapping “A” then “C”). Tap “Camera”.

Toshiba laptop Above the screen, the computer’s black border includes a tiny pinhole camera (next to the blue light). The camera is aimed toward you. The camera is medium-quality (1280×720 resolution, .9 megapixels).

Acer laptop Above the screen, the computer’s black border includes a tiny pinhole camera (next to the green light). The camera is aimed toward you. The camera is medium-quality (1280×1024 resolution, 1.3 megapixels).

HP laptop Above the screen, the computer’s black border includes a tiny pinhole camera (next to the white light). The camera is aimed toward you. The camera is low-quality (640×480 resolution, .3 megapixels).

HP all-in-one Above the screen, the computer’s black border includes a tiny pinhole camera (next to the white light). The camera is aimed down at you. The camera is medium-quality (1280×800 resolution, 1 megapixel).

Toshiba tablet The screen is surrounded by a black border. That border’s top-right corner includes a tiny pinhole camera aimed toward you. That’s called the front camera (or front-facing camera). Behind that camera, on the computer’s backside, is another pinhole camera, aimed in the opposite direction (such as toward your desktop), in the same direction as your eye sees; that’s called the back camera (or rear-facing camera). To make the rear-facing camera show something useful, lift the tablet off the desk. To switch from one camera to the other, tap “Change camera” (which you’ll see when you swipe up from the bottom black border). The front camera is 2-megapixel; the back camera is higher quality (8-megapixel).

Keyboard method Press the keyboard’s Space bar.

Touchscreen method Tap the photo-camera icon (the big drawing of a photo camera, at the screen’s right edge).

Make sure the printer is turned on, has paper, and is connected to the computer. Tap “…” (which is near the screen’s top-right corner) then “Print”. If the orientation box says “Portrait” but the photo is wider than its height, change “Portrait” to “Landscape” by tapping “Portrait” then “Landscape”. Tap “Print”.

Keyboard method Press the Delete key then the Enter key.

Touchscreen method Tap the Delete icon (the white trash can near the screen’s top-right corner) then the blue “Delete” button.

Basic fixes

Filters

Light

Color

Effects

Tap “Enhance” to enhance the photo. If you don’t like that enhancement, tap “Enhance” again to undo it.

Tapping “Rotate” has the same effect as the Rotate icon I mentioned before.

If you tap “Crop”, you see a big white box surrounding the photo’s middle. At the box’s 4 corners, you see white circles. Slide (drag) the circles until the big white box surrounds just the part of the photo you want to keep. Then tap the Apply icon (the white check mark near the screen’s top-right corner). The computer will keep that part of the photo and hide the rest.

If the photo is tilted, straighten it doing this: put your finger on the Straighten icon, then slide your finger around black circle. The farther you slide, the more the photo will rotate.

To erase red from a person’s eye pupil, tap “Red eye” then the person’s eye.

To erase a blemish (such as a scratch, pimple, wrinkle, mosquito, or ex-lover), do this: zoom in (by putting your fingers on the photo then spreading them apart), then tap “Retouch”, then tap each part of the blemish. The blemish will be hidden (because it will acquire the same color as what surrounds it), though the photo will look less natural. When you finish retouching, tap “Retouch” again, then zoom back out (by putting your fingers on the photo then pinching them together).

To make the photo brighter, put your finger on the Brightness icon then slide your finger clockwise around the black circle. (To darken, slide counterclockwise.)

To increase the contrast (make the light areas lighter and the dark areas darker), put your finger on the Contrast icon then slide clockwise.

To increase the highlights (make the light areas lighter), put your finger on the Highlights icon then slide clockwise.

To remove shadows (make the dark areas lighter), put your finger on the Shadows icon then slide clockwise.

To change the photo’s temperature, put your finger on the Temperature icon then slide your finger around the black circle. (Sliding clockwise makes the photo more orange, so it looks fiery hot; sliding counterclockwise makes the photo bluer, so it looks ice cold.

To change the photo’s tint, put your finger on the Tint icon then slide: clockwise makes the photo more magenta (reddish purple); counterclockwise makes the photo greener.

To change the photo’s saturation, put your finger on the Saturation icon then slide: clockwise makes the photo more colorful; counterclockwise makes the photo grayer.

To make a particular color more vibrant (brighter and more saturated), tap the Color boost icon, so it hops up and down. Then tap, in your photo, the color you want to saturate (so the Color boost icon’s tip is on that color, and Color boost’s inner circle shows a sample of that color). Finally, slide clockwise around the black circle. In the photo, everywhere having that color becomes more saturated.

To make a vignette (where the photo’s corners are darkened, so the photo’s center is emphasized), put your finger on the Vignette icon then slide your finger clockwise around the black circle.

To make selective focus (where the photo’s corners are blurred, so the photo’s middle is emphasized), tap “Selective focus”. On the photo, you see a circle, with a cross in its center. Drag the cross until it’s the center of what you want to emphasize; then drag the circle’s white dots until the circle (or oval) surrounds the part of the photo you want to emphasize. Finally, press the Apply icon (the white check mark near the screen’s top-right corner). The computer will keep the photo’s emphasized part in focus and make the photo’s outside be blurred (purposely out of focus).

Undo    Redo    Compare    Save a copy    Save    Cancel    …

To undo your most recent change, tap “Undo”. (To undo your 2 most recent changes, tap “Undo” twice.) If you said “Undo” then wish you didn’t, tap “Redo” (to undo the “Undo”).

To peek at the original unedited photo again (so you can compare it to your edited version), the “Compare” choice is unreliable, so do this instead: while holding down the Ctrl key, hold down the “/” key awhile. That shows you the original unedited photo again. When you remove your finger from the “/” key, you see the edited photo again. That feature works for most edits but not for shape changing (cropping, rotating, straightening).

Do you like the edited photo better than the original? You have 3 choices:

To keep all your edits (and destroy the original photo), tap “Save”.

To return to the original photo (and destroy all edits), tap “Cancel” then “Leave”.

To keep both versions (the original and the edited), tap “Save a copy”.

Tap the Photos tile. You see tiny copies of all the photos you took recently. Put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up; then you see older photos (if any).

Tap your favorite photo. Then that photo consumes the whole screen. Swipe left to see earlier photos; swipe right to see newer photos.

If you want to return to seeing tiny copies of many photos, press the Escape key (which says “Esc” on it and is at the keyboard’s top-left corner).

Tap the “…” (which is near the screen’s top-right corner) then “Photo timer” then the check mark (which is near the screen’s bottom-right corner).

Then when you press the Space bar (or tap the camera icon), the computer will delay 5 seconds before snapping the picture, so you have 5 seconds to practice your smile before the photo is snapped.

All future photos will be affected by the timer, until you turn off the timer by doing this: tap the “…” then “Photo timer” then the X near the screen’s bottom-right corner.

To access the movie you created, tap the photos icon (the tiny drawing of 2 mountaintops, at the screen’s top-right corner). You see the Photos window. In that window, the movie starts to play.

If you want to pause, tap the Space bar; to resume, tap the Space bar again (or the triangle in the screen’s middle). When the movie finishes playing, you can watch it again by tapping the Space bar (or the triangle in the screen’s middle).

To see an earlier movie or photo, tap the left-arrow key. When access a movie, a triangle appears in the screen’s movie; to play the movie, tap the Space bar (or triangle).

Keyboard method Press the Delete key then the Enter key.

Touchscreen method Tap the Delete icon (the white trash can near the screen’s top-right corner) then the blue “Delete” button.

To delete the movie’s beginning, tap the Space bar at the beginning of the part you want to keep. The playing will pause. Drag a completely white circle from the screen’s left edge to the middle circle.

To delete the movie’s ending instead, tap the Space bar at the end of the part you want to keep. The playing will pause. Drag a completely white circle from the screen’s right edge to the middle circle.

Standard method Tap the Start button. (For old Windows 10, then tap “All apps”.) You start seeing an alphabetical list of all apps. Get to the “M” part of that list (by putting your finger in the list’s middle and swiping up, or by tapping “A” then “M”). Tap “Maps”.

Shortcut method (just on Acer) While looking at the Start menu, put your finger on a blank black spot in the tile area and swipe up, until you see the Maps tile. Tap the Maps tile.

Double-tap method Double-tap where you want to zoom in.

Stretch method Put two fingers where you want to zoom in. Then stretch (slide your fingers apart).

Address method Tap in the white Search box (at the screen’s top-left corner). Type a location (such as “196 Tiffany Lane, Manchester NH” or “Los Angeles airport” or “White House”). At the end of your typing, press the Enter key.

WordPad

Next to the Windows Start button is the Windows Search box. Make sure that box is white or light gray. (If it’s black or dark gray, make it lighter by tapping it or the Windows Start button.)

Type “wordp”. (Type on a physical keyboard, or make an on-screen keyboard appear by tapping the keyboard icon at the screen’s bottom.) Your typing appears in the Windows Search box.

You see a list of things that contain “wordp”. Tap “WordPad: Desktop app”.

Physical keyboard     Type that letter while holding down the Shift key.

On-screen keyboard  Tap the Shift key. Then type that letter.

Physical keyboard Tap the Caps Lock key. Then type the passage. The computer will automatically capitalize the passage as you type it. When you finish typing the passage, tap the Caps Lock key again: that tells the computer to stop capitalizing.

On-screen keyboard Double-tap the Shift key. Then type the passage. The computer will automatically capitalize the passage as you type it. When you finish typing the passage, tap the Shift key again: that tells the computer to stop capitalizing.

Physical keyboard The Backspace key is in the top-right corner of the keyboard’s main section. It’s to the right of the + key and has a left-arrow on it.

On-screen keyboard The Backspace key is at the keyboard’s top-right corner. It’s to the right of the p key and has the symbol Õ on it.

è   3   ë

ê   e   é

     ē

These letters offer accents: a, c, d, e, g, h, i, j, n, o, s, t, u, w, y.

All letters on the top row offer numbers.

The comma offers a semicolon.

The period offers a colon.

The question mark offers many symbols.

Symbol  How to type it

      €       While pressing the Ctrl and Alt keys, type the letter “e”.

      ç       While pressing the Ctrl key, tap the “,” key.        Then type the letter “c”.

      ñ       While pressing Ctrl (and Shift), tap the “~” key. Then type the letter “n”.

      ô       While pressing Ctrl (and Shift), tap the “^” key. Then type the letter “o”.

      ü       While pressing Ctrl (and Shift), tap the “:” key.  Then type the letter “u”.

      è       While pressing the Ctrl key, type the symbol `.   Then type the letter “e”.

      é       While pressing the Ctrl key, type the symbol '.    Then type the letter “e”.

128 Ç             144 É             160 á             225 ß

129 ü             145 æ             161 í

130 é              146 Æ            162 ó

131 â              147 ô             163 ú

132 ä              148 ö             164 ñ             230 µ

133 à             149 ò             165 Ñ

134 å             150 û              166 ª              241 ±

135 ç             151 ù             167 º

136 ê             152 ÿ             168 ¿              246 ÷

137 ë             153 Ö             169

138 è             154 Ü             170 ¬             248 °

139 ï               155 ¢              171 ½

140 î               156 £             172 ¼             250 ·

141 ì               157 ¥             173 ¡

142 Ä             158 P             174 «

143 Å             159 ƒ             175 »             253 ²

0128 €                            0192 À        0224 à

                   0161 ¡         0193 Á        0225 á

0130 ‚         0162 ¢        0194         0226 â

0131 ƒ         0163 £        0195 à       0227 ã

0132 „         0164 ¤        0196 Ä        0228 ä

0133 …       0165 ¥        0197 Å        0229 å

0134 †         0166 ¦         0198 Æ       0230 æ

0135 ‡         0167 §        0199 Ç        0231 ç

0136 ˆ         0168 ¨         0200 È        0232 è

0137 ‰       0169 ©       0201 É        0233 é

0138 Š         0170 ª         0202 Ê        0234 ê

0139 ‹         0171 «        0203 Ë        0235 ë

0140 Œ       0172 ¬        0204 Ì         0236 ì

                   0173 ­         0205 Í         0237 í

0142 Ž        0174 ®       0206 Π        0238 î

                   0175 ¯        0207 Ï         0239 ï

                   0176 °         0208 Р       0240 ð

0145 ‘         0177 ±        0209 Ñ        0241 ñ

0146 ’         0178 ²         0210 Ò        0242 ò

0147 “         0179 ³         0211 Ó        0243 ó

0148 ”         0180 ´         0212 Ô        0244 ô

0149 •         0181 µ        0213 Õ        0245 õ

0150 –         0182 ¶         0214 Ö        0246 ö

0151 —       0183 ·            0215 ×     0247 ÷

0152 ˜         0184 ¸         0216 Ø        0248 ø

0153 ™       0185 ¹         0217 Ù        0249 ù

0154 š         0186 º         0218 Ú        0250 ú

0155 ›         0187 »        0219 Û        0251 û

0156 œ        0188 ¼        0220 Ü        0252 ü

                   0189 ½        0221 Ý        0253 ý

0158 ž         0190 ¾        0222 Þ         0254 þ

0159 Ÿ        0191 ¿         0223 ß         0255 ÿ

To see a higher part of your document, click the scroll-up arrow (Ù)

or do this: put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe down.

To see a lower part of your document, click the scroll-down arrow (Ú)

or do this: put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up.

Tap method Tap the screen there.

Mouse method Move the mouse pointer there, then click the mouse’s left button.

Touchpad method Move the mouse pointer there, then tap the touchpad.

On-screen-keyboard method Press the “<” key (to move left to the previous character) or the “>” key (to move right to the next character).

Physical-keyboard method Press these movement keys:

Key you press   Where the cursor will move

right-arrow        right to the next character

left-arrow          left to the previous character

down-arrow      down to the line below

up-arrow           up to the line above

End                   right to the end of the line

Home                 left to beginning of the line

Page Down        down to the next screenful

Page Up            up to the previous screenful

Here’s what happens if you press those movement keys while holding down the Ctrl key:

Key you press                Where the cursor will move

Ctrl with right-arrow      right (to the next word or punctuation symbol)

Ctrl with left-arrow         left (to the beginning of a word or punctuation)

Ctrl with down-arrow     down to the next paragraph

Ctrl with up-arrow          up to the beginning of a paragraph

Ctrl with Page Down      down to the end of the screen’s last word

Ctrl with Page Up           up to the beginning of the screen’s first word

Ctrl with End                  down to the end of the document

Ctrl with Home               up to the beginning of the document

The Backspace key erases the character that’s before the cursor.

The Delete key (which is just on a physical keyboard and says “Delete” or “Del”) erases the character that’s after the cursor.

Touch method Put your finger on the zoom slider, then drag it toward the right.

Mouse method Put the mouse pointer on the zoom slider. Then while pressing the mouse’s main button (the left button), move the mouse toward the right.

While holding down the Ctrl key, press the A key. That means “all”. All of the document turns blue.

Then press the Delete key (or Backspace key). All of the document disappears, so you can start over!

The Save button is a purple-and-white square that’s supposed to look like a floppy disk (though it also looks like a TV set).

The Undo button is an arrow curving toward the left. The arrow is blue (unless you haven’t typed anything yet).

Type the name. Your typing will appear in the “File name” box. At the end of your typing, press the Enter key (which has the symbol 8  ). That tells the computer to copy the document onto the hard disk. (On a tablet, which has no hard disk, the computer copies the document onto a solid-state drive, which made of RAM chips imitating a hard disk.)

New

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Save as

Print

Page setup

Send in email

About WordPad

Exit

Choose Open from the File menu (by clicking Open).

The computer starts showing you a list of all documents in the Documents library. To see the rest of the list, either “click in that list then rotate the mouse’s wheel toward you” or “repeatedly click the down-arrow that’s to the right of that list”.

If you want to use one of those documents, double-click the document’s name. (To double-click, tap the mouse’s left button twice quickly, so the taps are less than .4 seconds apart. While tapping the left button twice, make sure the mouse remains still: don’t let the mouse jiggle, not even a smidgen!
Double-clicking is also called opening.) The computer will put that document onto the screen and let you edit it. If instead you want to delete one of those documents, click the document’s name then press the Delete key then the Enter key; the computer will move that document to the Recycle Bin.

One of the documents might be embarrassing (perhaps because it’s pornographic or a private letter), and you want to hide it from your colleagues and family.

Even after you’ve deleted a document, that document’s name might still be on that list.

The recently-used list shows just the names of the last 9 documents you mentioned. Go use other WordPad documents; they’ll go onto the recently-used list and bump off the older documents.

Get out of WordPad (by choosing Exit from the File menu and answering any questions about saving a document). Then go back into WordPad. That resets WordPad, so it can find the new printer you just attached. Get onto the screen whatever document you want to print (by typing a new document or choosing an old document from the File menu).

Typist method Click the Font Size box. In that box, type a size number from 8 to 72. The number can end in .5; the number can be 8 or 8.5 or 9 or 9.5 or 10 or bigger. (Theoretically, you can pick a number even smaller than 8 or even bigger than 72, but those extreme numbers create ugly results.) When you finish typing the number, press the Enter key.

Down-arrow method Click the down-arrow that’s to the right of the Font Size box. You see this list of popular sizes: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, and 72. That list of popular sizes is called the
Font Size menu. Click the size you want.

Grow method Click the Grow Font button (which says A5 on it). That makes the font be slightly bigger (the next popular size). To make the font grow even bigger than that, click the Grow Font button again.

Shrink method Click the Shrink Font button (which says A6 on it). That makes the font be slightly smaller (the next popular size down). To make the font shrink even smaller than that, click the Shrink Font button again.

This text is 8 points high, 9 points high, 10 points high, 11 points high, 12 points high, 14 points high, 16 points high, 18 points high,
20 pt., 22 pt., 24 pt., 26 pt., 28 pt., 36pt.,48pt.,72pt.

This font is called “Times New Roman”. It’s the best for typing long passages of text, such as paragraphs in books, newspapers, magazines, and reports. It squeezes lots of words onto a small amount of paper but remains easy to read. You can make it plain or bold or italic or bold italic.

If you make it big & bold, like this, it imitates an old-fashioned news headline.

This font is called “Tahoma”. It’s simple. It resembles Calibri and Arial but has several advantages, such as a better capital “I”. You can make it plain or bold or italic or bold italic. It’s best for typing short phrases that attract attention. For example…

If you make it big & bold, like this, it’s good for titles, signs, and posters.

If you make it small, like this, it’s good for footnotes, photo captions, classified ads, telephone books, directories, and catalogs.

This font is called “Comic Sans MS”. It resembles Tahoma but looks hand-drawn, like the words in a funny comic book. You can make it plain or bold or italic or bold italic. It’s best for typing short phrases that draw attention and giggles. For example…

If you make it big & bold, like this, it’s good for funny titles, signs, and posters.

This font is called “Courier New”.

If you make it 12 points high, like this, it resembles the printout from a typewriter.

It makes each character have the same width: for example, the “m” has the same width as the “i”. It’s a good font for typing tables of numbers, since the uniform width lets you line up each column of numbers easily.

Choose plain, bold, italic, or bold italic.

Click the down-arrow that’s to the right of the A’s underline. You see 30 colors.

If you like one of those colors, click it.

If you don’t like any of those colors, click “More Colors”, which shows you 48 colors: click your favorite then “OK”.

Click the down-arrow that’s to the right of the pen. You see 15 colors. Click the color you want (such as yellow).

To underline the phrase, activate the Underline button (by clicking it).

To make the phrase be bold, activate the Bold button (by clicking it).

To italicize the phrase, activate the Italic button (by clicking it).

To make the phrase be tiny and raised, activate the Superscript button (by clicking it).

To make the phrase be tiny and lowered, activate the Subscript button (by clicking it).

To make the phrase look crossed out, activate the Strikethrough button (by clicking it).

To prevent the phrase from being underlined, bold, italicized, superscripted, subscripted, or crossed out, deactivate those buttons (by clicking them again).

To change the phrase’s point size, choose the size you want from the Font Size menu.

To change the phrase’s font, choose the font you want from the Font menu.

To delete the phrase, press the Delete key.

To replace the phrase, just type whatever words you want the phrase to become.

Drag method Point at the phrase’s beginning. Then drag to the phrase’s end.

Shift-click method Click the phrase’s beginning. Then while holding down the Shift key, click the phrase’s end.

Movement-key method By using your keyboard’s movement keys (such as up-arrow, down-arrow, left-arrow, and right-arrow), move to the phrase’s beginning. Then while holding down the Shift key, use the movement keys to move to the phrase’s end.

Line method To select just one line, click in its left margin.

Multiline method To select several lines, click in the first line’s left margin; then while holding down the Shift key, click in the bottom line’s left margin.

Word method To select just one word, double-click in its middle.

Paragraph method To select just one paragraph, triple-click in its middle (or double-click in its left margin).

Multiparagraph method To select several paragraphs, triple-click in the first paragraph’s middle; then while holding down the Shift key, click in the last paragraph’s middle.

All method To select the entire document (all!), tap the A key while holding down the Ctrl key.

You tried to type a capital A, but instead of pressing the Shift key you accidentally pressed the Ctrl key. “Ctrl with A” tells the computer to “select the whole document”, so the whole document becomes highlighted. The next character you type replaces the highlighted text, so the highlighted text is all lost.

Immediately say “undo” (by clicking the Undo button or pressing Ctrl with Z). That undoes your last action. Say “undo” several times, until you’ve undone enough of your actions to undo the calamity.

First, select the phrase you want to move, so the phrase turns blue.

Then take your finger off the mouse’s button. Move the mouse’s pointer to the phrase’s middle (so you see an arrow). Finally, hold down the mouse’s button; and while you keep holding down the mouse’s button, move the mouse slightly. You’ll see a vertical line (red or black); drag that line to wherever you want the phrase to move. (Drag anywhere you wish in the document, or drag to the document’s end. The computer won’t let you drag past the document’s end.)

At the end of the drag, lift your finger from the mouse’s button. Presto, the phrase moves where you wished!

Instead of clicking the Cut button,

you can press Ctrl with X (which means “X it out”).

Instead of clicking the Paste button,

you can press Ctrl with V (which stands for “Velcro”).

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If you’re typing a title or headline and want it to be centered, click the Center button.

If you’re typing a business letter and want it to begin by showing the date next to the right margin, click the Align text right button.

If you’re typing an informal memo or letter to a colleague or friend, and want the paragraph to look plain, ordinary, modest, and unassuming (like Clark Kent), click the Align text left button.

If you’re creating something formal (such as a newspaper or textbook) and want the paragraph to have perfectly straight edges (so it looks official, uptight, and professional, like Robocop), click the
Justify button.

To change the alignment of a paragraph you typed earlier, click in that paragraph’s middle then click the alignment button you wish.

Press the Enter key twice (to leave a big blank space above the title).

Next, click the Center button (so the title will be centered) and the Bold button (so the title will be bold). Type the words you want to be in the title and press the Enter key afterwards.

Congratulations! You’ve created a centered title!

Next, make the paragraph underneath the title be normal: make that paragraph be uncentered (click the Align text left button or Justify button) and make it be unbolded (deactivate the Bold button, by clicking it).

Instead of clicking the Justify                button, you can press Ctrl with J.

Instead of clicking the Align Text Left   button, you can press Ctrl with L.

Instead of clicking the Align Text Right button, you can press Ctrl with R.

Instead of clicking the Center                button, you can press Ctrl with E

                                                              (which stands for “Equidistant”).

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Type paragraphs 1 and 2 normally (without pressing the Increase indent button).

When you start typing paragraph 3, press the Increase indent button. That makes the computer start indenting, so paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 will be automatically indented.

When you start typing paragraph 6, here’s how to prevent the computer from indenting it: click the Decrease indent button at the beginning of paragraph 6.

bulleted list

numbered list (1, 2, 3)

lettered list (a, b, c)

capital-lettered list (A, B, C)

Roman-numeral list (i, ii, iii)

capital-Roman-numeral list (I, II, III)

Click where you want the search to begin. (For example, if you want the search to begin at the document’s beginning, click in the middle of the document’s first word.) Click Find (or press Ctrl with F). Type the word you want to find (“love”), and press Enter.

The computer will search for “love”. If the computer finds a “love” in your document, it will highlight that “love” so it turns blue. (If the Find window covers the part of your document that says “love”, drag that window out of the way, by dragging the window’s title, “Find”.)

If you want to find the next “love” in your document, press Enter; if you do not want to search for more “love”, click the Find window’s X (or press the Esc key).

Click Replace. Type the old word you want to replace (“love”), then press the Tab key, then type the new word you want instead (“idolize”), then click the Replace All button. That makes the computer change each “love” to “idolize”. Then press the Esc key twice.

I love you. Love you! LOVE YOU! I want to kiss your glove!

I idolize you. Idolize you! IDOLIZE YOU! I want to kiss your gidolize!

For example, if you write a letter that talks about Fred, then want to write a similar letter about Sue, tell the computer to replace each Fred with Sue.

If you write a book about “How to be a better salesman” and then a feminist tells you to change each “salesman” to “salesperson”, tell the computer to replace each “salesman”.

If you’re writing a long ad that mentions “Calvin Klein’s Hot New Flaming Pink Day-Glo Pajamas” repeatedly, and you’re too lazy to type that long phrase so often, just type the abbreviation “Calnew”. When you’ve finished typing the document, tell the computer to replace each “Calnew” with the long phrase it stands for.

Method 1 Click “Select all”.

Method 2 While holding down the Ctrl key, tap the A key (which means “All”).

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Next to the Windows Start button is the Windows Search box. Make sure that box is white or light gray. (If it’s black or dark gray, make it lighter by tapping it or the Windows Start button.)

Type “pai”. (Type on a physical keyboard, or make an on-screen keyboard appear by tapping the keyboard icon at the screen’s bottom.) Your typing appears in the Windows Search box.

You see a list of things that contain “pai”. Tap “Paint: Desktop app”.

Finger method Put your finger on the screen’s middle, then slide your finger on the screen (right, left, up, or down), as if you were finger-painting on the screen. For example, try drawing a smile, by doing the following…. Put your finger on the screen, where you want the smile to begin (at the smile’s top-left corner), then move your finger on the screen while you draw the smile. When you finish drawing the smile, lift your finger off the screen. Then draw the rest of the face!

Mouse method Move the mouse pointer to the screen’s middle. Then drag (move the mouse while holding down the mouse’s left button). As you drag, you’ll be drawing a squiggle. For example, try drawing a smile, by doing the following.… Put the mouse pointer where you want the smile to begin (at the smile’s top-left corner), then depress the mouse’s left button while you draw the smile. When you finish drawing the smile, lift the mouse’s button. Then draw the rest of the face!

Touchpad method By sliding your finger lightly across the touchpad, move the mouse pointer to the screen’s middle. Then drag (while pressing the touchpad’s bottom-left corner with your left hand’s index finger, slide the right hand’s index finger across the touchpad). As you drag, you’ll be drawing a squiggle. For example, try drawing a smile, by doing the following.… Put the mouse pointer where you want the smile to begin (at the smile’s top-left corner), then press the touchpad’s bottom-left corner while you draw the smile. When you finish drawing the smile, stop pressing the touchpad’s bottom-left corner. Then draw the rest of the face!

The finger method        is best for drawing big smooth curves.

The mouse method       is best for drawing tiny objects.

The touchpad method  is best for drawing tiny objects if you don’t have a mouse.

black   gray-50%  dark red  red    orange  yellow           green  turquoise          indigo       purple

white   gray-25%  brown     rose  gold      light yellow   lime    light turquoise   blue-gray  lavender

Click “Edit colors”.

Below “Basic colors”, you see 48 little colored blocks. On the right, you also see a big block containing a rainbow of many colors.

Click your favorite color. The vertical strip on the right will show variations of that color (from pale to dark); click the variation you want.

When you’ve finished choosing your color, click “OK”.

The color you chose will appear below the 20 main colors. Whatever you draw next will be that color.

While holding down the Ctrl key, press the A key. That means “all”. All of the picture is surrounded by a blue dotted line.

Then press the Delete key. The entire picture disappears, so you can start over!

Brush, which is plain & normal

Calligraphy brush 1, which thickens any diagonal line that’s “falling” (heading toward the screen’s bottom-right corner)

Calligraphy brush 2, which thickens any diagonal line that’s “rising” (heading toward the screen’s top-right corner)

Airbrush, to look like paint splattered out of a spray can by a vandal

Oil brush, to look like an oil painting

Crayon, to look like Crayola used by a toddler

Marker, to look like a Sharpie marker pen or a highlighter pen

Natural pencil, to look like a sketch drawn by a fine artist using a soft pencil

Watercolor brush, to look like a watercolor painting

If you click the Rounded Rectangle (which is the 5^th shape) instead of the Rectangle, you’ll force the rectangle’s corners to be rounded (instead of sharp 90-degree angles). If you hold down the Shift key while dragging out the rounded rectangle, you’ll create a rounded square.

If you click the Oval (which is the 3^rd shape) instead of the Rectangle, you’ll force the rectangle’s corners to be very rounded, so the rectangle looks like an oval (ellipse). If you hold down the Shift key while dragging out the oval, you’ll create a perfect circle.

Put the mouse pointer in the shape’s middle, then drag where you want the shape to move.

The temporary blue box’s corners and edges have 9 handles (tiny squares you can drag). Tug at the handles (by dragging them with the mouse), until the shape is stretched and repositioned where you want it.

Click the shape you want to draw. Click “Outline”.

You see this menu:

No outline

Solid color

Crayon

Marker

Oil

Natural pencil

Watercolor

From that menu, choose the brush you want. (Choose “Crayon” or “Marker” or “Oil” or “Natural pencil” or “Watercolor”. Choosing “Solid color” gives you just a normal brush. Don’t choose “No outline”, which means “no brush”.)

Then choose a brush size, by clicking “Size” then the size you want. (If you’re a beginner, click the thickest size.)

Then put the shape onto your picture (by dragging across your picture).

Click the Color picker button (which is above “Tools”). Click in your picture, where your favorite color is. Then draw more stuff; it’ll be in the color you picked.

New

Open

Save

Save as

Print

From scanner or camera

Send in email

Set as desktop background

Properties

About Paint

Exit

Choose Open from the File menu (by clicking Open).

The computer starts showing you a list of all pictures in the Pictures library. To see the rest of the list, either “click in that list then rotate the mouse’s wheel toward you” or “repeatedly click the down-arrow that’s to the right of that list”.

If you want to use one of those pictures, double-click the picture’s name; the computer will put that picture onto the screen and let you edit it. If instead you want to delete one of those pictures, click the picture’s name then press the Delete key then the Enter key; the computer will move that picture to the Recycle Bin.

Rectangle method Click the down-arrow under “Select”, then click “Rectangular selection”. Draw a blue rectangle around that part of your picture: to do that, put the mouse pointer where you want the rectangle’s top-left corner to be, and drag to where you want the rectangle’s opposite corner.

Free method Click the down-arrow under “Select”, then click “Free-form selection.” Draw a loop around that part of your picture: to do that, put the mouse pointer where you want the loop to begin, and drag until you’ve drawn the loop. (The loop will temporarily turn into a rectangle, but don’t let that bother you.)

Ctrl-A method Select the entire picture (by doing this: while holding down the Ctrl key, tap the letter A).

To delete that part of your picture, press the Delete key.

To move that part of your picture, point at the rectangle’s middle and drag that part of your drawing to wherever you want.

To copy that part of your picture (so that part appears twice), point at the rectangle’s middle and, while holding down the Ctrl key, drag that part of your picture to wherever you want the second copy to be.

To rotate that part of your picture, click “Rotate”, then click “Flip vertical” (to flip that part upside-down) or “Flip horizontal” (to see a mirror image of that part) or “Rotate right 90º” (to rotate that part clockwise) or
“Rotate left 90º” (to rotate that part counterclockwise) or “Rotate 180º” (to stand that part on its end).

To enlarge that part of your picture, click “Resize”, then double-click in the first “Horizontal” box. Type “200” (if you want that part to be twice as wide and twice as tall) or “300” (if you want that part to be 3 times as wide and 3 times as tall) or whatever other percentage you wish. Press Enter.

To widen that part of your picture, click “Resize” then remove the check mark from “Maintain aspect ratio” (by clicking there) then double-click in the first “Horizontal” box. Type 200 (to make that part of your drawing twice as wide) or 300 (to make that part 3 times as wide) or whatever other percentage you wish. Press Enter.

To crop that part of your picture, click “Crop”. The rest of the picture will disappear, so the part you selected will be all that’s left, and the picture will probably be smaller.

Click the shape you want to draw. Click “Fill” then “Solid color”.

Then put the shape onto your picture (by dragging across your picture). The shape’s middle will be filled with color 2. So will all future shapes, until you turn that feature off (by clicking “Fill” then “No fill”).

Nifty features

Start running the News app (by tapping the Windows Start button then the News tile). Now the taskbar includes an underlined News button (which is red).

While you’re still running the News app, start running the Weather app (by tapping the Windows Start button then the Weather tile). Now the taskbar includes an underlined News button (which is red) and also an underlined Weather button (which is blue), because News and Weather are both running simultaneously: they’re both in the computer’s RAM memory chips. The Weather window is blocking your view of the News window, but News is still running also: the News window is hiding behind the Weather window.

To see the News window better, tap the News button on the toolbar. Then you’ll see the News window clearly, which will block your view of the Weather window.

Here’s the rule: tapping the News button lets you see the News better; clicking the Weather button lets you see Weather better. Both programs are in RAM simultaneously, until you close them (by clicking their X buttons).

Here’s a trick: while both programs are running, tap the Task View button (which is on the taskbar and looks like 3 white boxes with black interiors). Then you see miniature copies of the News and Weather windows, side-by-side: the News window is on the left; the Weather window is on the right. If you tap one of those windows, it enlarges to fill the whole screen.

Acer When you turn on the laptop, the backlight turns on. To turn the backlight off, tap the F9 key while holding down the Fn key (which is left of the Space bar). To turn the backlight back on again, tap F9 with Fn again.

Toshiba When you turn on the laptop, the backlight turns on for 15 seconds, then turns off. To turn the backlight on again, tap the Z key while holding down the FN key (which is left of the Space bar). To turn the backlight off again, tap Z with FN again. If you tap Z with FN a third time, the backlight gets timed: it turns on but, each time your typing pauses for at least 15 seconds, it turns off until you type again.

Get onto the screen the data you want to copy. Select that data, by dragging across it. (If that data’s in Paint, click Paint’s Select button before dragging.)

Say “copy” by pressing Ctrl with C. That secretly copies the data to the Clipboard (a file you can’t see).

Get onto the screen the document you want to copy the data to. In that document, click where you want the data to be inserted.

Say “Velcro” by pressing Ctrl with V. That sticks the Clipboard’s data into the document.

If you’re sticking the data into a WordPad document, the computer sticks it where you requested. If you’re sticking the data into a Paint document, the computer insists on sticking it at the painting’s top-left corner; afterwards, drag the data where you want it.

If you want to stick the Clipboard’s data somewhere else also, click there and press Ctrl with V again.

Acer laptop Tap the PrtSc key (which is next to the F12 key).

HP all-in-one Tap the Print Scrn key (which is next to the F12 key).

New HP laptop Tap the “prt sc” key (which is next to the F12 key).

Old HP laptop While holding down the Fn key (which is left of the Space bar), tap the “prt sc” key (which also says “home”).

Toshiba laptop While holding down the FN key (which is left of the Space bar), tap the PRTSC key (which also says “END”).

Acer laptop    While holding down the Alt key, tap the PrtSc key.

HP all-in-one While holding down the Alt key, tap the PrintScrn key.

HP laptop      While holding down the Alt key, tap the “prt sc” key.

HP laptop      While holding down the Alt key and Fn key, tap the “prt sc” key.

Toshiba laptop While holding down the Alt key and FN key, tap the PRTSC key.

Next to the Windows Start button is the Windows Search box. Make sure that box is white or light gray. (If it’s black, make it lighter by tapping the Windows Start button once or twice.)

Type “sn”. (Type on a physical keyboard, or make an on-screen keyboard appear by tapping the keyboard icon at the screen’s bottom.) Your typing appears in the Windows Search box.

You see a list of things that contain “sn”. Tap “Snipping Tool: Desktop app”. You see the Snipping Tool window.

Click the down-arrow next to “New” then “Rectangular Snip”.

Draw a red box around the part of the screen you want to copy. To do that, put your finger where you want the box’s top-left corner to be, then slide to where you want the box’s opposite corner. (If you don’t have a touch screen, do this instead: click where you want the box’s top-left corner to be, then while holding down the mouse’s left button, drag to where you want the box’s opposite corner.)

A copy of what you boxed appears in the Snipping Tool window. (If you drew the box wrong, click “New” then try again to draw the box.)

If you wish, scribble on the copy (by tapping the pen or the highlighter, then using your finger to finger paint). To erase a squiggle, tap the eraser (which is red) then the squiggle.

The copy, including any squiggles, is automatically copied to the Clipboard.

Close the Snipping Tool window (by clicking its X then “No”).

The answer is yes if your computer is an all-in-one (such as HP’s all-in-one) or a traditional laptop (such as Acer’s laptop and HP’s laptop) or a tower.

The answer is no if your computer is a tablet (such as Toshiba’s) or a 2-in-1 laptop (such as Toshiba’s) or a smartphone, because an optical drive is too big & heavy to fit in such a lightweight device.

HP all-in-one Stand to the right of the screen, so you see the computer’s right-hand edge clearly. On that edge, toward the back, you see a button marked p. That’s the optical drive’s eject button. Press it.

New HP laptop Stand to the right of the keyboard, so you see clearly the keyboard’s right-hand edge, which is black. On that edge, you see a horizontal button. (That button is across from the numeric keypad’s minus sign.) That’s the optical drive’s eject button. Press it.

Old HP laptop Stand to the right of the keyboard, so you see clearly the keyboard’s right-hand edge, which is black. On that edge, you see a horizontal button. (That button is across from the numeric keypad’s Enter key.) That’s the optical drive’s eject button. Press it.

Acer laptop Stand to the right of the keyboard, so you see clearly the keyboard’s right-hand edge, which is black. On that edge, you see a horizontal button. (That button is across from the numeric keypad’s 9 key.) That’s the optical drive’s eject button. Press it.

HP all-in-one Hold that disk upright, so its label is on the front surface. Don’t touch its shiny backside. Put that disk’s shiny backside against the drawer’s front side, so the drawer’s hub (circular bump) pushes sexily through the CD’s hole.

Laptops Hold that disk horizontally, so its label is on top. Don’t touch its shiny underside. Push that disk down onto the drawer, so the drawer’s hub (circular bump) pushes sexily up through the CD’s hole.

HP all-in-one If the screen’s bottom-right corner says “Select to choose what happens”, try to tap that (before it disappears) then tap “PowerDVD” If the computer says “End User License Agreement” (because you haven’t run the PowerDVD program before), tap “I have read” then “Accept”.

New HP laptop If the screen’s bottom-right corner says “Select to choose what happens”, try to tap that (before it disappears) then tap “Power Media Player 14”. If you don’t hear music yet and don’t see new messages on the screen yet, tap the File Explorer icon (the yellow manila folder on the taskbar at the screen’s bottom) then “This PC” then double-click “DVD RW Drive”. If the computer says “End User License Agreement” (because you haven’t run the Power Media Player 14 program before), tap “I have read” then “Accept” then “Next” then “Next” again.

Acer & old HP laptops If the screen’s bottom-right corner says “Select to choose what happens”, try to tap that (before it disappears) then tap “Windows Media Player”. If you don’t hear music yet and don’t see new messages on the screen yet, tap the File Explorer icon (the yellow manila folder on the taskbar at the screen’s bottom) then “This PC” then double-click “DVD RW Drive”. If the computer says “Welcome to Windows Media Player” (because you haven’t run Windows Media Player before), tap “Recommended settings” then “Finish”.

At the keyboard’s top-right corner, 3 keys have loudspeaker symbols on them.

The first loudspeaker key shows a loudspeaker with a crossed-out circle. Press it to mute the sound. Press it again to resume the sound.

The second loudspeaker key shows a loudspeaker with just one sound wave coming out of it. Press it to make the sound softer. Press the rightmost key (which shows a loudspeaker with 3 sound waves coming out of it) to make the sound louder. Press those keys repeatedly (or hold them down awhile) to make the sound even softer or even louder.

Keyboard method To raise the volume, hold down the f8 key awhile (or repeatedly tap it); to lower the volume, hold down the f7 key awhile (o repeatedly tap it). To mute the sound, tap the f6 key; to resume the sound, tap the f6 key again.

Screen method You see the PowerMediaPlayer window. To mute the sound, tap the loudspeaker button (which is at the window’s bottom); to unmute, tap the loudspeaker button again. To adjust the volume, move the mouse pointer to the loudspeaker button but without tapping; then you see a volume slider (a horizontal line with a circle on it); move that circle to the right (to raise the volume) or left (to lower the volume).

While holding down the fn key (which is near the keyboard’s bottom-left corner), do this: press the numeric keyboard’s plus sign to raise the volume slightly, or press the numeric keyboard’s minus sign to lower the volume slightly, or press the numeric keyboard’s * key to mute (or unmute).

While holding down the Fn key (which is near the keyboard’s bottom-left corner), do this: press the r key (which is below the right Shift key) to raise the volume slightly, or press the s key to lower the volume slightly, or press the F8 key to mute (or unmute).

Keyboard method Press the Space bar. To resume, press it again.

Screen method Tap the ║ button (which is on the screen). To resume, tap that button again (which has changed to a big „).

Keyboard method Press the Space bar or f6 key. To resume, press it again.

Screen method Tap the ║ button (which is on the screen). To resume, tap that button again (which has changed to a big „).

While holding down the fn key, press the f9 key. To resume, do it again.

While holding down the Fn key, press the Home key that’s on the keyboard’s top row. To resume, do it again.

On the screen, tap n. To begin playing there, tap the big „.

While holding down the fn key, press the F10 key. To begin playing there, click “Resume” (which is on the screen).

While holding down the Fn key, press the Pg Up key that’s on the keyboard’s top row. To begin playing there, tap “Resume” (which is on the screen).

To skip ahead to the next track (song), tap „| on the screen. To hop back to the previous track’s beginning, tap |ƒ. To skip to a far-away track, tap those buttons repeatedly or double-tap the track’s number (or name). To see more about what’s on each track, make sure the PowerMediaPlayer window is maximized.

To skip ahead to the next track (song), press the f11 key or tap „| (which is on the screen). To hop back to the previous track’s beginning, press the f9 key or tap |ƒ. To skip to a far-away track, tap those buttons repeatedly or double-tap the track’s number (or name). To see more about what’s on each track, make sure the PowerMediaPlayer window is maximized, then tap the “v” near the screen’s top-right corner then “List View”.

To skip ahead to the next track (song), do this: while holding down the fn key, press the f12 key. To hop back to the previous track’s beginning, do this: while holding down the fn key, press the f11 key. To skip to a far-away track, tap those buttons repeatedly or do this: tap the middle of the Windows Media Player window (which is near the screen’s top left corner) then tap the left-arrow that appears briefly below the window’s X; you see a list of tracks; double-click the track you want.

To skip ahead to the next track (song), do this: while holding down the Fn key, press the End key that’s at the keyboard’s top-right corner. To hop back to the previous track’s beginning, do this: while holding down the Fn key, press the Pg Dn key that’s near the keyboard’s top-right corner. To skip to a far-away track, tap those buttons repeatedly or do this: tap the middle of the Windows Media Player window (which is near the screen’s top left corner) then tap the left-arrow that appears briefly below the window’s X; you see a list of tracks; double-click the track you want.

Maximize the program’s window by clicking its maximize button (which is next to the X button). Then you can see the window’s buttons and features better. Here’s how to use them.…

In the program’s window, you see a list of tracks on the CD. For each track, you see its number or name. An arrow („) points to the track that’s playing.

Click the ║ button to pause in the middle of a song. To resume, click that button again (which has changed to a big „).

Click n to stop back at the beginning of the current track (song). To begin playing there, click the big „.

Click „| to skip ahead to the next track (song), |ƒ to hop back to the beginning of the previous track. To skip to a far-away track, click those buttons repeatedly or double-click the track’s number (or name).

As a song plays, you see a blue horizontal line start at the screen’s left edge and gradually stretch farther toward the right. To skip ahead, use your mouse to drag that blue line’s right edge farther toward the right. To jump back (and repeat what you heard before), drag that edge back toward the left.

Click „„  to make the music play slightly faster. Press it twice to go faster than that, 3 times to go even faster, 4 times to race humorously fast. If you press it a 5^th time, the speed returns to normal.

In the program’s window, you see a list of tracks on the CD. For each track, you see its number or name. (You see track names instead of numbers if the CD’s in the recording industry’s database and you played the CD previously while connected to the Internet.) A loudspeaker icon is left of the track that’s playing.

Tap the ║ button to pause in the middle of a song. To resume, tap that button again (which has changed to „).

Click n to stop back at the beginning of the current track (song). To begin playing there, click the big „.

Tap „„| to skip ahead to the next track (song), |ƒƒ to hop back to the beginning of the previous track. To skip to a far-away track, tap those buttons repeatedly or double-tap the track’s number (or name).

As a song plays, you see a white circle gradually move toward the right. To skip ahead, drag that circle farther toward the right. To jump back (and repeat what you heard before), drag that circle back toward the left.

Press the keyboard’s Start Windows button. Tell the computer what other task you want to do. While you do that task, the CD will continue to play, as background music.

If you want to adjust the music, return to the music program’s window by doing this: press the Start Windows button (so you see the Start screen) then the Desktop tile (so you see the Desktop screen, which still has the music program on it).

Explore your computer

Toshiba Satellite P55W-C

PC name                 ToshibaLaptop

Edition                    Windows 10 Home

Version                   1607

Product ID              00325-80004-79959-AAOEM

Processor                Intel Core i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz

Installed RAM         8.00 GB

System type           64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch        Touch support with 10 touch points

HP Notebook Signature Edition

PC name                 HP-Notebook-Signature

Edition                    Windows 10 Home

Version                   1607

Product ID              00325-80511-08258-AAOEM

Processor                Intel Core i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz

Installed RAM         8.00 GB (7.89 GB usable)

System type           64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch        Touch support with 10 touch points

Acer Aspire V5-571P

PC name                 AcerLaptop

Edition                    Windows 10 Home

Version                   1607

Product ID              00326-10000-00000-AA922

Processor                Intel Core i3-3227U CPU @ 1.90GHz

Installed RAM         4.00 GB (3.80 GB usable)

System type           64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch        Touch support with 10 touch points

hp 20-d013w

PC name                 HP-Envy20

Edition                    Windows 10 Home

Version                   1607

Product ID              00326-10000-00000-AA418

Processor                Intel Core i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz

Installed RAM         8.00 GB (7.70 GB usable)

System type           64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch        Touch support with 10 touch points

HP G71 Notebook PC

PC name                 HP-G71-Notebook

Edition                    Windows 10 Home

Version                   1607

Product ID              00326-10000-00000-AA990

Processor                Intel Core2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz

Installed RAM         4.00 GB

System type           64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch        No pen or touch input is available for this display

Toshiba Encore

PC name                 ToshibaTablet

Edition                    Windows 10 Home

Version                   1511

Product ID              00326-10000-00000-AA027

Processor                Intel Atom CPU Z3740 @ 1.33GHz

Installed RAM         2.00 GB (1.89 GB usable)

System type           32-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch        Touch support with 5 touch points

Top line says the manufacturer’s name and model’s name.

PC name says what I decided to call the computer. When I bought the computer, its name was temporarily more forgettable, but I changed the name by doing this: tap “Rename PC” then type the name you want (such as “ToshibaLaptop”) without any blank spaces or apostrophes, then press Enter twice.

Edition The computer is using Windows 10’s normal edition, which is called Windows 10 Home.

Version The computer is using Windows 10’s version 1607 (which was invented in 2016’s month 07 and is also called “AU”).

Product ID says the serial number of the Windows 10 copy on this computer.

Processor says what CPU chip is in the computer. It says the chip is manufactured by Intel. It says what model it is (Atom, Core2 Duo, Core i3, or Core i5), how updated it is (3220, 3227, 3740, 5200, 6100, or 6600), and how fast it is (1.33, 1.9, 2.2, 2.3, or 3.3 gigahertz).

Installed RAM says how many gigabytes of normal RAM chips are in the computer. The answer is 2, 4, or 8 gigabytes.

System type says the computer can handle 64 bits simultaneously (instead of just 32 bits). In most computers, the Windows version can also handle 64 bits simultaneously, but the tablet’s Windows version unfortunately handles just 32 bits.

Pen and touch In most of those computers, the screen is a touch screen that’s sensitive: even if 10 of your fingers touch the screen simultaneously, it can detect where each finger is. But the old HP laptop’s screen is not a touchscreen: it can’t detect whether your finger or pen touches it.

Drive A is the main floppy-disk drive (if you have one).

Drive B is the auxiliary floppy-disk drive (if you have one).

Drive C is the main hard drive’s main part.

Drives D, E, F, etc. are any extra disk drives (or parts of disk drives).

Drive A is the 1.44M 3½-inch floppy drive (if any).

Drive B is the 1.2M 5¼-inch floppy drive (if any).

Drive C is the hard drive’s main part.

Drive D is the hard drive’s recovery part (a copy of drive C’s essentials).

Drive E is the main DVD drive (or DVD RW drive or CD-ROM drive).

Drive F is an extra DVD drive (or CD-RW drive).

Drive A is called “A:” (which is pronounced “A colon”).

Drive B is called “B:” (which is pronounced “B colon”).

Drive C is called “C:” (which is pronounced “C colon”).

Drive D is called “D:” (which is pronounced “D colon”).

Tap “File Explorer” (which is on the Start menu) or tap the File Explorer icon (which is yellow, looks like a manila folder, and is at the screen’s bottom on the taskbar). You see the File Explorer window. Maximize it (by tapping its maximize button if not maximized yet).

TI10716700G (C:)

TI10677900H (C:)

Acer (C:)                                                           DVD RW Drive (D:)

Local Disk (C:)                                                  DVD RW Drive (D:)

Local Disk (C:)               RECOVERY (D:)               DVD RW Drive (E:)

OS (C:)                Recovery Image (D:)                DVD RW Drive (E:)

Desktop     Documents     Downloads     Music     Pictures     Videos

If the file’s a document, its icon typically looks like a page whose top-right corner is bent. But if the document’s a picture, its icon looks like a miniature copy of the picture; if the document’s a movie, its icon looks like a frame from the movie.

If the file’s an application program, its icon typically looks cute.

If the file’s a folder containing other files, its icon looks like a yellow manila folder that’s open.

If the file’s a folder, you see what’s in the folder.

If the file’s an application program, the computer will try to run the program. Don’t do that unless you’ve read instructions about how to run the program successfully!

If the file’s a document, the computer will try to use that document: the computer will try to run the program that created the document, but sometimes the computer can’t correctly deduce which program created the document.

Exploratory method The Users folder contains a personal folder (having your name on it), which in turn contains the Documents folder (containing the documents you wrote). So to find those documents you can click “This PC” then double-click the drive C icon then the Users icon then your name’s icon then the Documents icon.

Double-tap method The Documents folder is one of the 6 popular folders, so just double-tap (or double-click) the big “Documents” icon in the list of popular folders.

One-tap method Tap (or click) the “Documents” at the Explorer window’s left edge.

For most situations, click Details. That view is what the computer assumes you want anyway (unless you’ve said otherwise or the computer thinks you’re in a picture-oriented folder). For each file, besides the filename you see a small icon and many details about the file.

If you click List instead of Details, the computer omits the details (so more files can fit on the screen).

If you click Tiles instead of Details, the computer makes the icons easier to see (medium-size instead of small) but includes just a few details about each file. If you click Content, you see a compromise between “Details” and “Tiles”.

If you click Extra large icons, the computer makes the icons huge but omits any details about the files. If you don’t want the icons so huge, click
Large icons or Medium icons or Small icons instead. If you’re in a
picture-oriented folder, the computer assumes you want Large icons (unless you’ve said otherwise).

If the disk contains a program called autorun.inf, the computer automatically starts running that program, which typically makes the computer run another program, called setup.exe. If you don’t want to continue running such programs, exit from them by clicking their X buttons or by clicking whatever “Exit” choices they offer you. Then if you want to find out what’s on the disk, right-click disk’s icon (which is in the Computer window) and click “Open”.

If the disk lacks an autorun.inf program, the computer might do nothing, or it might show you a list of files on the disk, or it might briefly flash this message at the screen’s top-right corner: “Tap to choose what happens with removable drives”. If you see that message, tap it then tap “Open folder to view files”.

When you finish examining any files that are on the disk, close the disk’s window by clicking its X button.

Make sure you saved the file and you’re not in the middle of using it.

Run WordPad. Click “File” then “Open”. Then you see a list of WordPad’s documents and their icons.

Make sure you saved the file and you’re not in the middle of using it.

Run Paint. Click “File” then “Open”. Then you see a list of Paint’s paintings and their icons.

Manipulate a file

“Select to choose what happens with removable drives”

“Select to choose what happens with blank CDs”

“Select to choose what happens with blank DVDs”

Click “Like a USB flash drive”. Invent a name for the disk. The name must be short (no more than 16 characters). Type the name (and press Enter).

Right-click the file’s icon. Click “Send To” then “Documents”. Then the computer copies the file to the My Documents folder.

Right-click the file’s icon. Click “Send To” then “Desktop (create shortcut)”.

Right-click the file’s icon. Click “Copy”. Right-click in any blank space (in any drive or any folder) where you want the copy to appear. Click “Paste”.

Click the file’s icon then the file’s name. Type the new name (and press Enter).

Click the file’s icon. Press the Delete key.

If the file’s on a USB flash drive, the computer asks “Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?” If you click “Yes” (or press Enter), the computer really deletes the file.

If the file’s on a hard disk (such as drive C), the computer doesn’t really delete the file; instead, the computer just moves the file to the Recycle Bin (which holds hard-disk files you said to delete).

If the file’s on an optical drive, the computer asks “Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?” If you click “Yes” (or press Enter), and the disk is rewriteable (CD-RW or DVD RW), the computer deletes the file; if the disk is just CD-R (which can’t delete), the computer hides the file so it’s inaccessible (though still taking up space on the disk); if the disk is a plain CD (which can’t be altered at all), the computer complains.

Ctrl-click method Click the first file you want to manipulate. While holding down the Ctrl key, click each of the other files you want to manipulate. That highlights all those files. (If you make a mistake and accidentally highlight an extra file, click it again while holding down the Ctrl key, to remove its highlighting.)

Shift-click method Click the first file you want to manipulate. While holding down the Shift key, click the last file you want to manipulate. That highlights the first file you want, the last file you want, and also all files in between.

Ctrl-A method Click the first file you want to manipulate. While holding down the Ctrl key, tap the A key (which stands for “all”). That highlights all files in the folder.

If you want to “delete” the files, press the Delete key.

If you want to “send” the files, right-click the first file and follow the rest of my instructions about how to send where you wish.

Put the disk into the drive. You see that disk’s window. At the window’s left edge, you see “DVD RW Drive”; right-click it. Click “Erase this disc”. Press Enter. The computer will spend about a minute erasing all files from the CD-RW disk. Then the computer will say “You have erased the files on this disc.” Press Enter.

Tricks

Next to the Windows Start button is the Windows Search box. Make sure that box is white or light gray. (If it’s black or dark gray, make it lighter by tapping the Windows Start button once or twice.)

Type “netPLwiz”. (Type on a physical keyboard, or make an on-screen keyboard appear by tapping the keyboard icon at the screen’s bottom.) Your typing appears in the Windows Search box.

Tap “netPLwiz: Run command”.

You see a check mark. (It’s labeled “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.”) Remove that check mark (by tapping it). Tap “OK”.

For the Toshiba tablet, make the on-screen keyboard appear (by tapping the keyboard icon at the screen’s bottom).

Type your password. At the end of your typing, tap the Confirm Password box. Type your password again. At the end of your typing, press the Enter key.

In the Windows Search box, type “netPLwiz”. Tap “netPLwiz: Run command”.

Tap the box next to “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer”, so a check mark appears there. Tap “OK”.

Old Windows 10                           Windows 10 AU

Pin to Start                                       Pin to Start

Pin to taskbar                                  More

The computer creates a tile for the app. Then you can run the program more easily, by tapping the tile.

The tile’s size is medium, until you change the size (by right-clicking the tile then tapping “Resize” then your favorite size: Small, Medium, Wide, or Large).

The tile’s position is below or above all the previous tiles, until you drag it elsewhere. If you drag it to where another tile already is, that other tile moves out of the way.

The tile stays on the Start menu forever, or until you change your mind and destroy that tile (by right-clicking it and then clicking “Unpin from Start”).

The computer copies the app’s icon to the taskbar. Then you can run the program more easily, by tapping the icon on the taskbar.

Microsoft has pinned 3 programs to the taskbar already: Microsoft Edge, File Explorer, and Store.

Some manufacturers have pinned other programs also. For example, Toshiba’s laptop has pinned WildTangent Games and TOSHIBA Start; Acer’s laptop has pinned Control Panel; HP’s laptop has pinned Windows Media Player.

An icon stays on the taskbar forever, or until you change your mind and destroy that icon (by right-clicking it and then clicking “Unpin this program from taskbar”).

Tap the Windows Start button. (For old Windows 10, then tap “All apps”.) You see a list of apps. Right-click the app you want to destroy. Tap “Uninstall”. Tap “Uninstall” again.

Old Windows 10 Tap “Settings”.

Windows 10 AU Tap the “Settings” icon (which is a gear, which looks like a bumpy circle).

system, devices, network&Internet, personalization, accounts, time&language, ease of access, privacy, update&security

Windows 10 AU display, apps&features, default apps, notifications&actions, power&sleep, battery, storage, offline maps, tablet mode, multitasking, projecting to this PC, apps for websites, about

Old Windows 10 display, notifications&actions, apps&features, multitasking, tablet mode, battery saver, power&sleep, storage, offline maps, default apps, about

Picture

Solid color

Slideshow

Programs and Features

Power Options

Event Viewer

System

Device Manager

Network Connections

Disk Management

Computer Management

Command Prompt

Command Prompt (Admin)

Task Manager

Control Panel

File Explorer

Search

Run

Shut down or sign out

Desktop

Right-click the Windows Start button (so you see the Start-right menu), then click “Control Panel”.

System and Security                           User Accounts

Network and Internet                         Appearance and Personalization

Hardware and Sound                         Clock, Language, and Region

Programs                                             Ease of Access

Acer’s laptop     shows 48 icons.

Toshiba’s laptop shows 47 icons in old Windows 10, 49 in Windows 10 AC.

HP’s old laptop  shows 45 icons in old Windows 10, 46 in Windows 10 AC.

HP’s new laptop shows 49 icons in old Windows 10, 50 in Windows 10 AC.

administrative tools, AutoPlay, backup&restore Windows 7, color management, credential manager, date&time, default programs, device manager, devices&printers, display, Dolby advanced audio (just Acer),
DTS studio sound (just new HP), ease of access center, Energy Star (just new HP), File Explorer options, file history, Flash player 32-bit, fonts, HomeGroup, HP wireless assistant (just old HP), IDT audio control panel (just old HP), indexing options, infrared (just Windows10AC), Intel HD graphics (not old HP), Intel PROSet/Wireless tools (just Toshiba), Internet options, keyboard, language, mail 32-bit (just HP and ToshibaWindows10AC), mouse, network&sharing center, pen&touch (not old HP), personalization, phone&modem, power options, programs&features,
Realtek HD audio manager (not HP), recovery, region, RemoteApp&DesktopConnections, security&maintenance, sound,
speech recognition, storage spaces, Synaptics ClickPad (just AcerOldWindows10),  Synaptics TouchPad (just new HP), sync center, system,
tablet PC settings (not HP), taskbar&navigation, troubleshooting, user accounts, Windows Defender, Windows firewall, Windows mobility center, work folders

Near the screen’s top-right corner, you see “View by”. Click the down-arrow that’s to the right of “View by”. Then click “Category” or “Large icons”.

Next to the Windows Start button is the Windows Search box. Make sure that box is white or light gray. (If it’s black or dark gray, make it lighter by tapping it or the Windows Start button.)

Type “notep”. (Type on a physical keyboard, or make an on-screen keyboard appear by tapping the keyboard icon at the screen’s bottom.) Your typing appears in the Windows Search box.

You see a list of things that contain “notep”. Tap “Notepad: Desktop app”.

The font is 11-point Consolas, unless you switch to a different font (by clicking “Format” then “Font” then choosing a different font then clicking “OK”). The font you choose affects Notepad forever (it affects how Notepad displays all documents), unless you switch fonts again.

Click “Format”. You see “Word Wrap”. If there’s no check mark before “Word Wrap”, put a check mark there by clicking “Word Wrap”.

Instead of clicking a Save      button, click File then Save.

Instead of clicking an Undo  button, click Edit then Undo.