Chapter 8
Exploring Apps for Your Daily Life
IN THIS CHAPTER
Storing contact information with the People app
Scheduling with the Calendar app
Video-chatting with Skype
Talking to Cortana
This chapter describes a handful of apps that the average Joe or Jane might use every day. It shows how to store contact information — names, email addresses, phone numbers, and the like — in the People app so that you can find this information quickly. You also use the Calendar app to keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, and other events.
This chapter delves into the Maps app, showing you how to use it to get directions and to look up hotels and restaurants when you’re on the go. You see how two Windows 10 apps, Sticky Notes and Alarms & Clock, can help you complete tasks on time, and how WordPad can help you with your word processing chores.
Finally, this chapter demonstrates how to make the Lock screen indicate whether you’ve received email, how to chat face-to-face with family and friends over the Internet with Skype, and how to ask questions of Cortana.
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