Windows 8.1: The Missing Manual

Reader

This app, new in Windows 8.1, is Microsoft’s version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. That is, it lets you open, read, and search PDF files, along with XPS files (Microsoft’s copycat form of PDF) and TIFF graphics files (Figure 4-37). You can even annotate and highlight text in these documents.

Figure 4-37. Reader is Microsoft’s version of Adobe Reader. It lets you open, read, and search PDF documents, and even add notes like the one shown here. Once you’ve made changes, you can save them or print them using the buttons on the App bar.

When you open Reader, you’re offered a helpful list of documents you’ve opened recently. Select the one you want to open, or select Browse to peruse your computer (and OneDrive) for an openable document.

Tip

You can actually open more than one document at once—a rarity in TileWorld. To do that, open the App bar, click at the top of the screen, and choose “Open file in new tab.”

Then, to switch among open documents, open the App bar; select the thumbnail of the document you want. Or press Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab to jump between them. (In fact, if you hold your finger down on the other document, or right-click it, you can choose “Open in new window” to split the screen between the two files. Accept the applause graciously.)

Once you’ve opened it, there’s ...