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Meet Surface 2
- About this guide
- Surface 2 features
Set up your Surface
- Plug in and turn on
- Setup
  - Surface 2 (AT&T 4G LTE): Set up your mobile broadband connection
The basics
- Touch, keyboard, mouse, and pen
- Start screen
- Open apps
- Touch: Swipe, tap, and beyond
- Charms
- Learn more about Windows
- Lock screen and signing in
Switch between open apps
App commands: Where are they?
Get started
- Get online
- Set up your email
  - Outlook RT: Add your email accounts
  - Mail: Add your email accounts
- People: Add contacts
- Skype: Add contacts
- SkyDrive: Your personal cloud
- Make it yours
Get to know Surface 2
- Power states: On, off, standby, and restart
  - Turn on or wake
  - Standby
    - Choose when the screen turns off
- Charging
- The touchscreen
- On-screen keyboard
- The Kickstand
- Typing Covers (keyboards)
- Touchpad
  - Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2: Additional touchpad gestures
  - How do I change the touchpad settings?
- Sound features
- The desktop
  - When will I go to the desktop?
Use apps
- Find and open apps
- Switch between open apps
- Use apps together (side by side)
- Close an app
  - Close desktop apps
- App commands
- App settings and help
- Problems with an app?
Search, share, and settings
- How to search
- Share photos, links, and more
- Change your settings
Accounts and sign in
- What type of account do I have?
  - What is a Microsoft account?
- Create another account
  - Family Safety (child account)
- Manage accounts
- Unlock and sign in
  - Choose when a password is required
  - Other sign in options
    - Create a PIN
    - Create a picture password
- Sign out or lock
  - Sign out or lock. What’s the difference?
- Change your password
- Account security
Apps and games from the Windows Store
- Your account
- Get apps
- Delete an app
  - How much space is an app using?
- Reinstall an app
- App updates
Personalize your Surface
- Add your accounts
- Personalize the Start screen
- Change your lock screen
- Notifications
  - Hide notifications
  - Lock screen app notifications
- Add a language
- Desktop background, colors, and sounds
Connect devices
- Connect a USB mouse, printer, and more
- Use a mouse
  - Change your mouse settings
- Use a capacitive pen
- Add a Bluetooth device
- Add, remove, and manage your devices and printers
  - What devices work with Surface 2?
- How do I print?
  - Printing topics
  - Can’t print?
- How do I scan something?
- Connect to a TV, monitor, or projector
Storage, files, and backup
- How much disk space do I have?
- Additional storage options
- Files and folders
- Add files to Surface
- Back up your files using File History
Networking
- Connect to a Wi-Fi network
  - No Wi-Fi networks?
- Disconnect from a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to a wired network
- Join a homegroup
- Join a workgroup
- Get to files on other computers
- Connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
  - Set up a new VPN connection
  - Connect or disconnect from a VPN
- Workplace join
- Airplane mode
- Tethering: Use your phone’s data connection
  - Step 1: Share your phone’s Internet connection
  - Step 2: On Surface, select your phone as a network
- Remote Desktop: Connect to another PC
Built-in apps
- Office 2013 RT
- OneNote
- Internet Explorer 11
- Mail
- People
  - Connect with people
  - Post status updates and Tweets
- Calendar and reminders
  - Calendar help
- Camera
- Music
- Photos
  - Import photos or videos
  - Edit photos
- Video
  - Play videos
- Skype
  - Set up Skype
  - Call and chat
- SkyDrive
- Xbox Games
  - SmartGlass
- Maps
- More built-in apps
Additional info you should know
- Keep Surface up to date
- How can I help protect my Surface from viruses?
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Accessibility
- Speech recognition
- Take a screen shot
- BitLocker recovery key
- Refresh Surface
- Reset Surface
Accessories
Mobile networking on Surface 2 (4G LTE)
- Connect to a mobile broadband network
- Disconnect or turn off mobile broadband
- The AT&T AllAccess app
- View your AT&T data usage
  - View or change your AT&T account info
  - Read account notifications from AT&T
- Share your Internet connection
- Mobile broadband settings
- How to use less data
- Replace the micro-SIM card
Care and cleaning
- Touchscreen care
- Cover care
- Battery care
- Safety and warranty
Help, Service, and Support
- Surface help
- Windows help
- AT&T help
- App help and troubleshooting
That’s it!

MEET SURFACE 2 ..............................................................................................................................................................1

ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

SURFACE 2 FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

SET UP YOUR SURFACE ...................................................................................................................................................6

PLUG IN AND TURN ON ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

SETUP...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

THE BASICS .......................................................................................................................................................................8

TOUCH, KEYBOARD, MOUSE, AND PEN ............................................................................................................................................................... 8

START SCREEN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

OPEN APPS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

TOUCH: SWIPE, TAP, AND BEYOND ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9

CHARMS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

LEARN MORE ABOUT WINDOWS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12

LOCK SCREEN AND SIGNING IN .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

GET STARTED ................................................................................................................................................................. 13

GET ONLINE ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

SET UP YOUR EMAIL ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

PEOPLE: ADD CONTACTS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

SKYPE: ADD CONTACTS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

SKYDRIVE: YOUR PERSONAL CLOUD ................................................................................................................................................................. 15

MAKE IT YOURS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

GET TO KNOW SURFACE 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 16

POWER STATES: ON, OFF, STANDBY, AND RESTART ........................................................................................................................................ 16

CHARGING ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

THE TOUCHSCREEN ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18

ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

THE KICKSTAND ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

TYPING COVERS (KEYBOARDS) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 22

TOUCHPAD ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26

SOUND FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27

THE DESKTOP ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

USE APPS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 30

FIND AND OPEN APPS ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

SWITCH BETWEEN OPEN APPS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 31

USE APPS TOGETHER (SIDE BY SIDE) .................................................................................................................................................................. 31

CLOSE AN APP ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

APP COMMANDS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33

APP SETTINGS AND HELP .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33

PROBLEMS WITH AN APP? .................................................................................................................................................................................. 33

SEARCH, SHARE, AND SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................... 34

HOW TO SEARCH ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34

SHARE PHOTOS, LINKS, AND MORE ................................................................................................................................................................... 35

CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 36