Windows 8 In Depth

How Our Book Is Organized

Although this book advances logically from beginning to end, it’s written so that you can jump in at any location, quickly get the information you need, and get out. You don’t have to read it from start to finish. (Remember, the index at the back of the book is your best friend.)

If you’re new to Windows 8, however, we do recommend that you read Chapter 3, “Your First Hour with Windows 8,” and Chapter 4, “Using the Windows 8 Interface,” in their entirety. Windows 8 has new ways of doing things that aren’t necessarily intuitive and obvious. Reading these two chapters may save you hours of frustration.

This book is broken down into six major parts. Here’s the scoop on each one:

Part I, “Starting Out with Windows 8,” introduces ...