Technical information

Windows 8 For Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition

2. Enter your accounts into the Mail app.

To add accounts, summon the Charms bar, click

the Settings icon, click Accounts, and click Add

an Account. Mail lists the accounts you can add:

Hotmail, Outlook, Google, or Exchange.

To add a Google account, for example, click the

word Google. Windows 8 takes you to a secure

area on Google’s website where you can autho-

rize the transaction by entering your Gmail e-mail

address and password and then clicking Connect.

Repeat these steps for other listed accounts,

authorizing each of them to share information

with your Windows account.

I explain how to add e-mail addresses besides

Hotmail, Outlook, and Google in the section

“Adding other e-mail accounts,” later in this

chapter.

3. Return to the Start screen, click the People tile,

and enter your other accounts.

Now’s your chance to tell Windows about your

friends: Click the People tile on the Start screen.

When it appears, you may spot friends listed in

the address books associated with the e-mail

accounts you entered in Step 2.

Continue adding contacts by entering your user-

names and passwords from accounts from

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others.

For example, choose Facebook, click Connect,

and a window appears (shown in Figure 5-2) for

you to enter your Facebook name and password.

After you’ve entered your accounts, Windows 8 auto-

matically fetches your e-mail through your Mail app,

fills the People app with your friends’ contact informa-

tion, and adds any appointments in your Calendar app.

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