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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You can also install apps and programs from a network, the Internet, or CD. See Install programs from the
Internet, a CD, or a network later in this section.
Notes
Need help? Open the Settings charm from the Store app, and then tap or click Help.
Can’t find or install an app? See Why can’t I find or install an app from the Windows Store? on
Windows.com.
Install the same apps as another PC. If you’ve installed apps on another Windows 8 or Windows RT PC
and want to install similar apps on Surface, see Use your Microsoft account to install apps on multiple
PCs on Windows.com.
Get games
There’s a game for everyone in the Windows Store.
Here’s how to get games:
1. On the Start screen, tap or click Store.
2. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen and then tap Games.
3. Tap an app to learn more about the game and install it.
Solitaire, Hearts, and Minesweeper are not installed by default, but you can download them for free from the
Windows Store. To install our version of Solitaire and Minesweeper, tap or click the following links:
Microsoft Solitaire Collection
Microsoft Minesweeper
To install Hearts, search the Store app for Hearts.