Errata

In the product description pages found on O'Reilly shop, Amazon, etc, there is a line that is untrue. When you describe the book you mention the following:

"Manage your files with Microsoft? SkyDrive? and Windows Live? Sync"

Windows Live Sync is not covered in this book. Only SkyDrive. The line should state "Manage your files with Microsoft? SkyDrive?"

The text says "The 32-bit version cannot manage more than 34 GB of RAM memory".

It should be "The 32-bit version cannot manage more than 4 GB of RAM memory".

The Index starting on page vi is off by 2 pages - that is, the Index states that Chapter 6 starts on page 179 while it actually starts on page 177. So the Index and the actual pages for the rest of the book are all off by 2 pages.

The SEE ALSO says: Refer to "Browsing for Files and Folders" in Chapter 5, "Using Internet Explorer 10".

It should reference Chapter 4, instead of 5. The SEE ALSO needs to be changed to:

Refer to Chapter 4, "Saving, Browsing, and Organizing Files and Folders".

The TIP says "a tile appears on the Start menu".

This is incorrect. This text should be replaced with "a tile appears on the Start Screen".

The rest of the TIP should be left unchanged.

Book content flow should be referring to "Unpin From Start" instead of "Unpin From taskbar"

Note from the Author or Editor:
This is a valid typo.

On page 48, in the exercise - if you try step 1, which is, 'On the Start screen, type Start screen' you'll see the following error message displayed: 'No apps match your search'.

Also, 'Customize your start screen' does not exist in Settings but has been replaced by 'Change PC settings'

This procedure probably should be:
1. Move cursor to bottom right portion of screen to display the Settings [it sort of looks like a 'gear'] and click it.
2. Click 'Change PC settings'
3. Click Start screen
4. Run next steps in book.

Note from the Author or Editor:
To fix this issue you just need to change Step 2 in that exercise. It should be changed to: "Click or tap Settings to filter the search results by settings. Then, choose Customize your start screen".

It is just a matter of adjusting the language to make the instructions clearer.

Earlier versions of Windows 8 did offer gadgets and the Gadget Gallery. The final version released to the public did not. We originally wrote about gadgets and later removed all references to it. However, this one Tip remained and should have been removed.

When I wrote this box during the writing phase of this book, Windows RT had not yet been released and information was scarce. I guessed that the difference between RT and other versions was that it would be an app-only OS. This was meant to be a placeholder for the final information once the surface was released. The box was not updated prior to publication.

Note from the Author or Editor:
change note to read:

Important: If you own a simple tablet that runs Windows RT, you?ll have access to the Desktop, but it has its limitations. The applications that have traditionally run on Intel-based versions of Windows can?t run on the Surface?s version of the classic desktop.

Missing comma between the words Share and View in the last sentence in the listing of the tabs on a ribbon. As written, the listing implies a single tab labeled "Share View" but should be two tabs labeled "Share" and "View" respectively.

Note from the Author or Editor:
Please insert a comma between Share and View in the last sentence just above the tip..

Text reads: copy the Helicopter.3GP file
File name should be: Take off
with no extension

Note from the Author or Editor:
This is indeed a typo. Helicopter is what you rename the file, but it is not the name of the actual file.

Text reads: You can create your own libraries to hold email that should be grouped together
change email to data

At the end of the "Using the Camera App" section, just before the Key Points, we are missing a row with instructions on how to record video. Please add the following text:

"To record video with the Camera app, click or tap the picture being displayed. To end the recording process, click or tap again. The recording will be stored in the Camera Roll folder, found in the Pictures library."

The link "Ssystem disk" should be "System disk" [note the double "Ss"]

Minor typo but you might want to correct it for the next edition...
In the Index, the entry contains an extra comma for:
"practice files, , 2"

It should be: "practice files, 2"

Replace [Microsoft Title Goes Here] with Windows 8 Step by Step

Note from the Author or Editor:
I do no have access to the Printed version of the book. In the PDF I cannot find this error.

Can someone from O'Reilly double check the print version of the book and confirm this issues?

In the Fourier series equation, "....a0 =..." should be "....a0 +..."

Note from the Author or Editor:
From Joli: Indeed, the Fourier series does start with:

f(x)=a followed by an 0 that is shown at the bottom right of the a, followed by a + sign....and the rest is correct.

From Ciprian: In our ePub file of the book, on page 796 we have the glossary of terms starting with letter T. There are no Fourier equations listed there.

Further details were e-mailed by the person reporting this issue. I have sent them to Joli by e-mail, so that she can fix things and submit the appropriate solution.