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Table Of Contents

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!

How to use less data

• Connect to a Wi-Fi network whenever available. Wi-Fi is typically faster and less expensive than using a

mobile broadband connection. If you’re connected to both Wi-Fi and mobile broadband, Surface will use

the Wi-Fi connection.

• Change your mail download settings to manual. To do this, open the Mail app, then open the Settings

charm > Accounts > choose an account, and then set Download new email to Manual. Now when you

want to download new email, open the Mail app, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap or click

More > Sync.

• Make sure your mobile broadband connection is metered – see the Data usage section above for info

about this.

• Consider changing your sync settings (by default, files and settings are synced over metered

connections). To change your sync settings, open the Settings charm then tap or click Change PC

settings > SkyDrive > Metered connections.

For more info, see Manage your mobile broadband data use on Surface.com.

Replace the micro-SIM card

Surface (AT&T 4G LTE) comes with a micro-SIM card preinstalled. If you need to replace the SIM card:

1. Turn off your Surface (open the Settings charm, tap or click Power > Shut down).

2. Along the left side of Surface, press and release the SIM card tray with your fingernail to eject it.

3. Remove the existing SIM card and put the new SIM card in the tray. Align the notch on your SIM card

with the notch in the SIM tray.

4. Push the tray back into place using your fingernail. Don’t force the SIM tray into place, it should slide in

easily.

5. Turn on your Surface (press and release the Power button).