Chapter 7. Working with Traditional Desktop Apps

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As you learned in Chapter 6, “Working with Windows 8 Apps,” there are lots of newer apps designed to work specifically with the Windows 8’s new interface. But lots of older software programs that you might find useful are still available, such as Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and even Apple’s iTunes. You need to learn how these traditional software programs work.

You launch traditional software apps from the Start screen, the same as Metro-style apps. These older apps, however, run on the traditional Windows desktop, within their own windows. Therefore, you can have multiple open apps ...

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