Summary: Microsoft’s Quick Start Guides for Windows 10
Comments:
- Microsoft provides a variety of ‘Quick Start’ guides to help learn Windows 10
- Guides are in the form of standard PDF Documents
- Guides are intended to be overviews yet provide sufficient detail to shorten the learning curve
- Links(below) to Quick Start Guides will automatically open the respective guide’s PDF file in a new window in your default PDF viewer or browser
Windows 10 Quick Start Guides:
- Desktop (8 pages)
- Start Menu options(Start Button, Accessing Documents and Pictures folder, Settings, Power Options, Grouping programs and apps on the Start Menu);
- Task Bar features(Start Button, Search, Task View, File Explorer, Microsoft Store, Edge Browser OneDrive, Audio/Volume settings, Network Connection(LAN/Wi-Fi));
- Action Center(Notification and Actions to settings and common configurable settings)
- Windows Settings(System, Devices, Personalization, Apps, Accounts, Network and Internet, Privacy, Updates and Security, Ease of Access, Cortana, Gaming, Phone)
- Cortana(Microsoft’s digital assistant)
- Task View(feature providing the ability to group app by type or desire in multiple accessible virtual desktop views)
- Windows Defender (7 pages)
- Taskbar Icon, Protection Status, Security Center, Settings
- Editor Note(Dec 10, 2018): Windows Defender User Interface has evolved considerably since the Defender Quick Start guide PDF file thus a more current reference is the:
- Taskbar Icon, Protection Status, Security Center, Settings
- Connect to a network printer (8 pages)
- Adding a network printer
- Note: Windows 10 will recognize and setup almost all printers when connected to the device or identified when present on a local network connected via LAN or Wi-fi, if not, the guide can provide useful tips.
- Adding a network printer
- Photos App (9 pages)
- Menu, Features, Organization, Editing Photos and Videos
- Movies & TV App (4 pages)
- Menu, Types of Content – Movies, TV, Videos; Default Settings configurable options
- Note: Movies and TV are Microsoft Store and Microsoft Account based; Videos are what you made yourself
- Menu, Types of Content – Movies, TV, Videos; Default Settings configurable options
- Maps App (6 pages)
- Location, Directions, Destination, Traffic, Road view, Aerial view, Street side, Zoom
- Microsoft Store (5 pages)
- Accessing the Store, Available Content(Apps, Games, Books, Movies/TV, Themes, etc.), Content from any device
Revisions:
Dec 3 2018: Initial Draft Date
Dec 8 2018: Initial Publish Date
Dec 10 2018: Added Editor Note and additional Notes for clarification
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