Windows 8.1 Plain & Simple

Chapter 14. Working with desktop apps

In this section:

• Opening and closing desktop apps

• Using menus

• Using ribbons

• Formatting text

• Using the Clipboard

• Inserting objects

• Printing a document

• Saving a file

• Exploring other desktop apps

Everything today is about the newer, modular apps, those computer applications that are streamlined and that can be used to perform only the tasks you want and need and not much else. With apps, there aren’t any traditional interface elements to get in your way, like menus, tabs, ribbons, and on-screen customization and personalization options. These are the apps you’ve been learning about in the first half of this book.

However, there are still the familiar desktop apps. These are apps that open on the desktop, some of which you ...