Chapter 5

Six Great Apps That Come with Windows

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Doing the math with the Calculator app

Bullet Writing brilliant documents with WordPad

Bullet Jotting quick notes with Notepad

Bullet Setting alarms and timers

Bullet Keeping up on the weather

Bullet Saving time with Cortana

Bullet Exploring other Windows apps

Think about all the mundane tasks you do every day. Maybe you set your alarm clock to wake at the same time every morning, for example. You jot down a shopping list on the back of an envelope. You write a letter to a friend. Maybe you turn on the Weather Channel to see what it’s going to be like outside, and then make another list of things you don’t want to forget to do while you’re out, like picking up the dry cleaning or getting your oil changed.

Your Windows computer can help you with a lot of those ...

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