Chapter 9
Reaching Out with Mail, People, Calendar, and Skype
In This Chapter
Adding social networking accounts
Setting up e-mail
Sending and receiving mail, files, and photos
Managing your contacts
Managing your appointments
Talking with friends through Skype
Nobody enjoys typing their friends’ names and e-mail addresses into Yet Another New Computer. And the thought of typing them all in on a glass keyboard probably makes you give serious thought to buying a click-on keyboard.
Chances are good, though, that you won’t have to type them all. Windows automatically adds your friends’ contact information into your Surface, and it stashes your upcoming appointments into your calendar.
Your Surface works its magic by grabbing your friends’ information from your social networks. Tell Windows about your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, and other accounts, and your Surface automatically ...
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