Windows 8 Bible

Quick Help for Getting Started

Windows Help is a great resource to help you learn about Windows and how to work with your computer. To open Help, press the F1 key.

If you’re new to Windows, the Get Started item in Help provides a quick overview of Windows features and concepts (see Figure 4.26).

FIGURE 4.26 Windows Basics help

Each short chunk of blue text is a link that takes you to a help topic. Click any link to see that topic. In many of the pages, you need to use the scroll bar to scroll up and down through all the text. You can use the Back and Forward buttons, when enabled, to scroll through pages you’ve already visited. Using the Help feature in this manner gives you some practice with skills you’ve learned in this chapter. At the same time, it can help you reinforce what you already know and teach you some things you haven’t learned yet.

To leave the Help window, just close it (click the Close (X) button in its upper-right corner). See Chapter 7 for more information on using the Help system.

Tip

You’ll often see a little blue button with a white question mark in program windows. That’s the Help button. You can click it for information.