2. AGENDA
• What's new in Windows 8?
• Using Windows 8
• Windows 8 Architecture From a Developer’s Point
of View
• Getting to Know Your Development Environment
• Demo
3. What's new in Windows 8?
• Performance Increase!
• The Lock Screen
• The Start Screen
• The Desktop
• Full Screen Apps
• The Windows Store
• Sync Data to Cloud
• Windows Explorer
• New Task Manager
• Other Features
1GB RAM machine (minimum OS RAM requirement) when they’ve been rebooted multiple times, and then idled for a while.
Win+X – Super Menu(Desktop); + underlined (V)Win+E - ExplorerWin+R – RunWin+D - Desktop (I use this constantly if I get trapped outside the Desktop world)Win+Plus or Win+Minus (no shift) - Magnifier/Zoom In and OutWin+F - Find FilesWin+Print Screen – Put a PNG in the Pictures folderAlt-Tab - Switch between AppsWin-Tab - Switch between Full Screen AppsWin + numbers: Taskbar AppsWin+W - Search Control Panel and Settings stuffWin+F - Search FilesEsc - Yes, escape. No joke. If you hit the Windows Key, you can hit Escape to go back.Win+C - Charms (right side menu) then arrows to move and enter to launch.Win+K - DevicesWin+I - Settings in any app plus brightness, network and other useful system featuresWin+Arrows - Snap desktop apps to the sidesWin+PageUp or Win+PageDn - Move full screen apps to other monitors. Super useful for News apps and Readers. The Start Screen can be moved as well.
Win+X – Super Menu(Desktop); + underlined (V)Win+E - ExplorerWin+R – RunWin+D - Desktop (I use this constantly if I get trapped outside the Desktop world)Win+Plus or Win+Minus (no shift) - Magnifier/Zoom In and OutWin+F - Find FilesWin+Print Screen – Put a PNG in the Pictures folderAlt-Tab - Switch between AppsWin-Tab - Switch between Full Screen AppsWin + numbers: Taskbar AppsWin+W - Search Control Panel and Settings stuffWin+F - Search FilesEsc - Yes, escape. No joke. If you hit the Windows Key, you can hit Escape to go back.Win+C - Charms (right side menu) then arrows to move and enter to launch.Win+K - DevicesWin+I - Settings in any app plus brightness, network and other useful system featuresWin+Arrows - Snap desktop apps to the sidesWin+PageUp or Win+PageDn - Move full screen apps to other monitors. Super useful for News apps and Readers. The Start Screen can be moved as well.
Win+X – Super Menu(Desktop); + underlined (V)Win+E - ExplorerWin+R – RunWin+D - Desktop (I use this constantly if I get trapped outside the Desktop world)Win+Plus or Win+Minus (no shift) - Magnifier/Zoom In and OutWin+F - Find FilesWin+Print Screen – Put a PNG in the Pictures folderAlt-Tab - Switch between AppsWin-Tab - Switch between Full Screen AppsWin + numbers: Taskbar AppsWin+W - Search Control Panel and Settings stuffWin+F - Search FilesEsc - Yes, escape. No joke. If you hit the Windows Key, you can hit Escape to go back.Win+C - Charms (right side menu) then arrows to move and enter to launch.Win+K - DevicesWin+I - Settings in any app plus brightness, network and other useful system featuresWin+Arrows - Snap desktop apps to the sidesWin+PageUp or Win+PageDn - Move full screen apps to other monitors. Super useful for News apps and Readers. The Start Screen can be moved as well.
Win+X – Super Menu(Desktop); + underlined (V)Win+E - ExplorerWin+R – RunWin+D - Desktop (I use this constantly if I get trapped outside the Desktop world)Win+Plus or Win+Minus (no shift) - Magnifier/Zoom In and OutWin+F - Find FilesWin+Print Screen – Put a PNG in the Pictures folderAlt-Tab - Switch between AppsWin-Tab - Switch between Full Screen AppsWin + numbers: Taskbar AppsWin+W - Search Control Panel and Settings stuffWin+F - Search FilesEsc - Yes, escape. No joke. If you hit the Windows Key, you can hit Escape to go back.Win+C - Charms (right side menu) then arrows to move and enter to launch.Win+K - DevicesWin+I - Settings in any app plus brightness, network and other useful system featuresWin+Arrows - Snap desktop apps to the sidesWin+PageUp or Win+PageDn - Move full screen apps to other monitors. Super useful for News apps and Readers. The Start Screen can be moved as well.