Chapter    12

Printing Documents

Printing from Windows 8 apps can be a little different from prior versions of Windows. If you are working in the desktop in Windows 8 or 8.1, and are printing documents in say Word or any other traditional application, then printing document is quite similar to older versions of Windows. You simply click on a print icon, or if there is not one, then click on File, then select Print, and you then can select your printer, or choose to save the document to your computer as a file in PDF format, or use the other options that you have listed on the screen.

However, if you are in a Windows 8 app, using a tile on your Start screen, it’s a little different. If you are in a Windows 8 app, then there is no visible option ...

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