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18.3. Windows® 8 - What's New
18.3.1. Microsoft account
A Microsoft account is an e-mail address and password for logging in to Windows.
You may use any e-mail address. We recommend using the address you use to com-
municate with friends and log into your favourite web sites, however.
The Microsoft account also allows you to purchase or download apps from the Store
and install them on up to five devices.
Once you have logged on to your PC using a Microsoft account, you also have ac-
cess to the various services and programs provided by Microsoft.
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The contact information and status updates for your friends from services such
as Hotmail, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn will be updated automatically as
soon as you run these services using your Microsoft account.
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You can also access and share your photos, documents and other files via
SkyDrive, Facebook and Flickr.
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Your personal settings, including designs, language settings, Internet favourites
and apps will be synchronised with each PC running Windows® 8 that you log on
to.
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You can obtain Apps from the Windows Store. You can use these on any PC run-
ning Windows 8 that you log on to.
If you wish to create a Microsoft account in Windows® 8, proceed as following:
Move the mouse pointer into the top right or bottom corner of the display and
click
Settings.
Click Change PC settings > Users > Switch to a Microsoft account.
18.3.2. Taskbar (Desktop mode)
You can start programs from the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and switch be-
tween programs already running. In Windows® 8 you can place any program onto
the taskbar, so that you can always open it with a single click. You can also rearrange
the icons on the taskbar by simply clicking on them and dragging them to the de-
sired position. Move the mouse pointer over the icons and thumbnails of each file
or each window open in that program will be displayed. If you move the mouse
pointer over the thumbnail, a full screen preview of the window in question ap-
pears. When you move the mouse pointer away from the thumbnail again, the full
screen preview closes.
18.3.3. Jump lists
Jump lists offer a practical way of calling up recently opened files. To display the re-
cently used files, simply right-click on the application icon in the taskbar. Thus if you
right-click on the Word icon, the recently used Word documents are displayed. You
can also easily place other files you wish to have easily to hand in the jump list so
that they are always displayed. This allows you to access documents that you use
frequently in just a few mouse clicks.
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