Chapter 6
Playing with Programs, Apps, and Documents
IN THIS CHAPTER
Opening a program, an app, or a document
Changing which program opens which document
Installing, uninstalling, and updating apps
Creating a shortcut
Cutting, copying, and pasting
In Windows, apps and programs are your tools: Load a program or an app, and you can add numbers, arrange words, and shoot spaceships.
Documents, by contrast, are the things you create with apps and programs, such as tax forms, heartfelt apologies, and lists of high scores.
This chapter explains the basics of opening apps and programs from the Start menu in Windows. It explains how to find, download, and install a new app from the Start menu’s Microsoft Store app. It also shows you where to find an app’s menus. (Microsoft mysteriously hid most of them.)
As you flip through this chapter’s pages, you figure out how to make your preferred program open your files. You also create desktop shortcuts — buttons that let you quickly load favorite ...
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