Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Meet Surface Pro
- Set up your Surface Pro
- The basics
- Get started
- Get to know Surface Pro
- Power states: On, off, standby, and restart
- Charging
- The touchscreen
- On-screen keyboard
- The Kickstand
- Typing Covers (keyboards)
- Touchpad
- Sound features
- Pro Pen
- Use apps and programs
- Search, share, and settings
- Accounts and sign in
- Install apps and programs
- Personalize your Surface
- Connect devices
- Storage, files, and backup
- Networking
- Connect to a wireless network
- Disconnect from a wireless network
- Connect to a wired network
- Join a domain, workgroup, or homegroup
- Get to files on other computers
- Share files and folders
- Connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Airplane mode
- Tethering: Use your phone’s data connection
- Mobile broadband connections
- Remote Desktop: Connect to another PC
- Built-in apps
- Additional info you should know
- Windows Updates
- How can I help protect my Surface from viruses?
- Windows Firewall
- BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Accessibility
- Speech recognition
- Take a screen shot
- Default apps
- How to restore, refresh, or reset your Surface
- Surface Pro BIOS/UEFI and starting from a USB device
- BitLocker recovery key
- Accessories
- Care and cleaning
- Help, Service, and Support
- That’s it!

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Car Charger with USB
Use the Car Charger to charge your Surface and a USB accessory
(such as your phone) while you’re traveling in your car. For more
info, see Car Charger in this guide.
Docking Station
The Docking Station lets you quickly connect Surface Pro to all your
desktop PC peripherals, such as another monitor, an Ethernet
connection, speakers, and a full-size keyboard. To learn more, see
Docking Station in this guide.
Surface Music Kit
Ever wanted to play DJ? This Cover is a compact version of a
traditional audio mixing board, with buttons, pads, and slider
controls that you can use to create and remix music. For more info,
see Surface Music Kit features on Surface.com.
Ethernet adapter
You can use the Surface Ethernet adapter to connect Surface Pro to
a wired network. For more info about this, see Connect to a wired
network in this guide.
Arc Touch Mouse Surface Edition
This special edition Arc Touch Mouse is designed for comfort and
flattens for portability (no wires or cables, just Bluetooth).
For setup info, see Arc Touch Mouse for Surface on Surface.com.
Wedge Touch Mouse Surface Edition
This special edition Wedge Touch Mouse is small enough to fit in
your pocket, and wirelessly connects to Surface using Bluetooth.
For setup info, see Wedge Touch Mouse for Surface on
Surface.com.
Check out all of the Surface accessories at Surface.com/Accessories.










