illustrated series guide to windows 8.1 update 1 changes

ILLUSTRATED SERIES Guide to Windows 8.1 Update 1 Changes

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Illustrated Series Guide to Windows 8.1 Update 1 Changes June 2014

Table of Contents (CTRL+Click a link to navigate directly to Part 1, 2, 3, or 4.) Part 1: What Version of Windows Am I Using?

Part 2: What's Changed from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Update 1?

Part 3: Unit A: Getting Started with Windows 8 - Windows 8.1 Update 1 Supplement

Part 4: Unit B: Understanding File Management - Windows 8.1 Update 1 Supplement

Windows 8.1 Update 1 Supplement Many of the changes in Windows 8.1 Update 1 are focused on making the interface more accessible for

users making the transition from earlier versions of Windows. Most tasks can be performed identically in

both versions. This document highlights changes present in Windows 8.1 Update 1 that vary from the

steps and figures in Windows 8 Unit A: Getting Started with Windows 8 and Unit B: Understanding File

Management in the following Illustrated Series textbooks:

Microsoft Office 2013 Illustrated First Course

Microsoft Office 2013 Illustrated Fundamentals

Computer Concepts and Microsoft Office 2013 Illustrated

Microsoft Windows 8 Essentials

Microsoft Access 2013 Illustrated Complete

Microsoft Excel 2013 Illustrated Complete

Microsoft Office 2013 for Medical Professionals


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What Version of Windows Am I Using?

You can determine which version of Windows is running on your computer using the Control Panel.

First, display the Control Panel; then you can use the System window to display your Windows version.

To display the Control Panel: No matter what version of Windows is running, you should see the Windows Desktop or the Windows

Start screen.

If you see the Windows Desktop, press the Windows key on your computer keyboard (this key appears

at the left side of the bottom row of the keyboard and displays the Windows logo, similar to ).

If a Start menu opens in the bottom left corner of the screen, click Control Panel on the right

side of this Start menu. The Control Panel opens.

If the Start screen appears, type control, and then click Control Panel in the search results. The

Control Panel opens.

If you see the Windows Start screen, type control, and then click Control Panel in the search results. The

Control Panel opens.

To use the Control Panel to determine which version of Windows is

running: 1. Click System and Security.

2. Click System. The System window of the Control Panel appears. The System window includes a

section labeled “Windows edition.” This section indicates whether you are using Windows 7,

Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. See circled areas in the images below.


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If you are running Windows 8.1, the System window will not tell you if you are running Windows 8.1

Update 1. There is a simple method to determine if you are running Windows 8.1 Update 1:

View the Start screen (press the Windows button on your keyboard to show the Start screen, if

necessary).

In Windows 8.1, a user icon appears in the top right corner. See the image below.

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, a Power Options icon and Search icon appear along with the user icon. See

the image below.


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What’s Changed from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Update 1?

In May 2014, Microsoft released Windows 8.1 Update 1, a relatively minor update for the Windows 8

operating system. Many of the changes are focused on making the interface more accessible for users

making the transition from earlier versions of Windows. Most tasks can be performed identically in both

versions. This document highlights the most significant changes present in Windows 8.1 Update 1:

1) New in File Explorer: This PC directory

2) Changed interface for Search

3) Apps bar replaced with context menus and Apps view

4) Added Desktop functionality with taskbar available any time by pointing to the bottom of the

screen

5) Added app features with ability to display Close and Minimize buttons by pointing to the top of

a Windows 8 app

New in File Explorer: This PC directory One of the biggest changes from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Update 1 is in the File Explorer window.

The top directories Computer and Libraries have been combined and replaced with a new directory

called This PC.

Figure 1 below shows the File Explorer window in Windows 8, while Figure 2 shows the File Explorer

window in Windows 8.1 Update 1. Any activities that required navigating to a location within the

Computer or Libraries directories can now be completed by navigating to the same locations under the

This PC directory.


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Figure 1: File Explorer in Windows 8

Figure 2: File Explorer in Windows 8.1 Update 1


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Changed interface for Search The default options and layout of the Search tool have changed in Windows 8.1 Update 1. Figure 3

below shows the Search tool in Windows 8. Figure 4 shows the Search tool in Windows 8.1 Update 1.

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, the default Apps, Settings, and Files search categories have been replaced

with Everywhere, Settings, Files, Web images, and Web videos.

Also, the display of search results has changed. In Windows 8, live search results appear in the main

window as a search term is typed. In Windows 8.1 Update 1, live search results appear in a list below the

search text box in the Search pane, but the main window remains unchanged.

Figure 3: Search pane in Windows 8

Figure 4: Search pane in Windows 8.1 Update 1


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Apps bar replaced with context menus and Apps view The Apps bar from Windows 8 has been eliminated in Windows 8.1 Update 1, and replaced with context

menus and Apps view. Figure 5 below shows the appearance of the Apps bar after right-clicking a

desktop app on the Start screen in Windows 8. Figure 6 below shows the same commands on a context

menu after right-clicking a desktop app on the Start screen in Windows 8.1 Update 1.

Figure 5: Apps bar in Windows 8

Figure 6: Apps context menu in Windows 8.1 Update 1


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In Windows 8, the All apps command on the Apps bar was used to display and work with all apps

installed on a computer. In Windows 8.1 Update 1, the All apps command has been replaced by a down

arrow toggle button on the Start screen that can be clicked to display Apps view. This button is shown at

the bottom of Figure 7 below.

Apps view in Windows 8.1 Update 1 has the same layout as the All apps screen in Windows 8, with

Windows 8 app tiles presented alphabetically, followed by desktop app tiles presented alphabetically,

followed by Windows utilities.

Figure 7: Apps view toggle button in Windows 8.1 Update 1

Apps view

toggle button


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Added Desktop functionality with taskbar available any time by pointing

to the bottom of the screen In Windows 8.1 Update 1, a new feature allows you to access the Desktop taskbar at any time by

pointing to the bottom of the screen. This allows you to switch to and interact with all open apps and

apps pinned to the taskbar, even when working in a full-screen Windows 8 app or the Start screen. Also

new in Windows 8.1 Update 1, both desktop and Windows 8 apps are represented with icons on the

taskbar, making it easier to switch between and interact with them. In Figure 8 below, the taskbar has

been accessed by pointing to the bottom of the screen while working in the Weather app.

Figure 8: Taskbar displayed while working in a Windows 8 app in Windows 8.1 Update 1


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Added app features with ability to display Close and Minimize buttons by

pointing to the top of a Windows 8 app In Windows 8.1 Update 1, a new feature allows you to interact with Windows 8 apps using a title bar

and window controls similar to those in traditional desktop apps. Point to the top of the screen in any

Windows 8 app to display a title bar containing Close and Minimize buttons. Figure 9 below shows the

title bar displayed while working in the Help+Tips app.

Figure 9: Title bar displayed while working in a Windows 8 app in Windows 8.1 Update 1

Other changes in Windows 8.1 Update 1 that have less impact on

common actions include: Easy to access Power and Search buttons added next to the User icon on the Start screen.

A Windows Store icon pinned to the taskbar by default to allow quick access to new apps.

Added taskbar functionality with the ability to pin Windows Store apps and Internet

bookmarks to the taskbar.

Windows boots to the Desktop by default on computers without a touch screen.

A customizable option to boot directly to the Desktop instead of the Start screen. This option,

accessed by right-clicking the taskbar, clicking Properties, clicking the Navigation tab, and

checking “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start” and

“Show my desktop background on Start”, is intended to make the Windows 8.1 Update 1

experience more familiar to users of earlier versions of Windows.


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Start button added to the left edge of the taskbar on the Desktop. A Start button has been

added to the left edge of the Desktop taskbar in Windows 8.1 Update 1. This button can be used

to toggle between the Desktop and the Start screen. Of note, this button does not open a Start

menu as in earlier versions of Windows.

Snap left/Snap right commands replaced with Insert Left/Insert Right. Windows 8 introduced

the Snap feature to adjust the layout of windows on the Desktop. In Windows 8.1 Update 1, this

feature has been replaced with Insert commands which operate very similarly.

The default Desktop background image has been changed from flowers on a blue background

to an orange geometric pattern.


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Windows 8 Unit A: Getting Started with Windows 8

Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 Update 1, a significant update for the Windows 8.1 operating

system. Many of the changes are focused on making the interface more accessible for users making the

transition from earlier versions of Windows. Most tasks can be performed identically in both versions.

Lesson: Start Windows 8

Step 4 Trouble: If your computer does not have a touch screen, and you are using Windows 8.1 Update 1, your computer will boot directly to the Windows desktop by default, rather than the Start screen. Press the Windows key to switch to the Start screen if necessary. Figure A-1: Lock screen with time and date


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Figure A-3: Windows 8 Start screen (in Windows 8.1 Update 1)

Lesson: Navigate the Start Screen and Desktop

Every time you start Windows 8, the Start screen appears, containing controls that let you interact with

the Windows 8 operating system. Note that if you are using Windows 8.1 Update 1, and your computer

does not have a touch screen, Windows will boot directly to the Windows desktop by default, rather

than the Start screen.

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, the Start screen contains two additional icons next to your user icon in the

top right corner. The Power Options icon looks like a computer power button, and provides quick access

to your computer's power options. The Search icon looks like a magnifying glass, and opens the Search

pane. See the revised Figure A-5 below to see these icons.


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Figure A-5: Scrolling to display apps on the Start screen

Step 3 Trouble: In Windows 8.1 Update 1, when you move the mouse pointer to the lower-right corner

of the screen, silhouettes of two bars may appear: the vertical bar is the Charms bar described in Step 3.

The horizontal bar is the Windows taskbar, which lets you work with open apps and switch between the

Start screen and the desktop.


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Figure A-6: Displaying the Charms bar

Step 5: in Windows 8.1 Update 1, the taskbar color is translucent gray, not blue. Also, in addition to the

Internet Explorer and File Explorer icons, the Windows 8.1 taskbar contains a Start button and a Store

button. Clicking the Start button will open the Start screen. Clicking the Store button will open the

Microsoft Store. See revised Figure A-7 below.

Step 5 Quick Tip: In Windows 8.1, Update 1, you can also display the taskbar while on the Start screen or

while running a Windows 8 app by pointing to the bottom of the screen.


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Figure A-7: Windows 8 desktop (in Windows 8.1 Update 1)


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Lesson: Point, Click, and Drag

Figure A-9: Recycle Bin window

Lesson: Start an App

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, note that the SkyDrive feature introduced in this lesson has been renamed

OneDrive.

Step 1: In Windows 8.1 Update 1, you can also click the Start button on the taskbar to open the Start

screen from the desktop.


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Figure A-11: Weather app

Step 3 Quick Tip: In Windows 8.1 Update 1, a title bar appears when you point to the top of the screen

in a Windows 8 app. You can also click the Close button on this title bar to close the Weather app. Note

that if this title bar appears, you will not see the hand pointer described in Step 3. However, you can still

click at the top of the title bar and drag to the bottom of the screen to close the app.

Step 4 Trouble: In Windows 8.1 Update 1, the desktop may appear after the Weather app closes if you

are using a computer without a touch screen. Press the Windows key or click the Start button on the

taskbar to switch to the Start screen in this case.

Steps 4 and 5: Step 4: In Windows 8.1 Update 1, right-clicking a blank area on the Start screen opens a

shortcut menu, and the App bar is not present. In Windows 8.1 Update 1, click the down arrow shown in

the revised Figure A-5 to display a list of the apps on your computer.

In the revised Figure A-12, note that the Apps list in Windows 8.1 Update 1 adds a sort function which

can be used to sort the list of apps by name, date installed, most used, or category.


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Figure A-12: Apps list

Clues to Use: Searching for apps and files

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, when you type the first few letters of an app name, Windows searches

Everywhere (on your computer and on the Web using Bing Search). Results appear in the lower part of

the Search pane, not on the left side of the screen. To see results for a different category, click the

Search down-arrow, then click Settings, Files, Web images, or Web videos, to see matches in that

category. See figure below.


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Lesson: Work with a Window

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, you can also display a title bar in full-screen Windows 8 apps such as Weather

and Photos. Point to the top of the screen with your pointing device to display a title bar containing a

Minimize button and Close button. The title bar in a Windows 8 app does not contain a Maximize or


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Restore Down button (as these apps run in full-screen mode only). See the image below showing a title

bar in the PC Settings app.

Lesson: Manage Multiple Windows

Step 1: In Step 1, click the Start button on the taskbar to open the Start screen from the desktop. Also, in

Windows 8.1 Update 1, search results appear in the Search pane, not in the Apps screen.

Lesson: Use Command Buttons, Menus, and Dialog Boxes

No changes for this lesson when using Windows 8.1 Update 1.

Lesson: Get Help

Step 1: In Step 1, click the Start button on the taskbar to open the Start screen from the desktop. Also, in

Windows 8.1 Update 1, search results appear in the Search pane, not in the Apps screen.


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Lesson: Exit Windows 8


Practice

Figure A-25

Skills Review

Step 2a: If your computer is running Windows 8.1 Update, and boots directly to the Windows desktop,

click the Start button at the left edge of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen to switch to the Start

screen.

Step 4a: Click the down arrow in the lower left area of the Start screen to display all apps.


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Independent Challenge 1



Independent Challenge 4: Explore

Visual Workshop

No changes for these exercises when using Windows 8.1 Update 1.


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Windows 8 Unit B: Understanding File Management

This section highlights changes present in Windows 8.1 Update 1 that vary from the steps and figures in

Windows 8 Unit B: Understanding File Management.

Lesson: Understand Files and Folders

The biggest change from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Update 1 is in the File Explorer window. The top

directory Computer has been replaced with This PC. In Windows 8.1 Update 1, the Libraries directory is

hidden by default, but the libraries named Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos appear listed under

This PC.

The revised Figure B-2 shows the File Explorer window in Windows 8.1 Update 1. Any activities that

required navigating to a location within the Computer directory in Windows 8 can now be completed by

navigating to the same location under the This PC directory in Windows 8.1 Update 1.

Figure B-2: File Explorer window

Use folders and subfolders to organize files (last sentence)

In Windows 8.1, the folders named "My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos" are called

"Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos". These changes apply to all references to these folder names

throughout Unit B.


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View and manage files in File Explorer (last sentence)

To open File Explorer from the Start screen in Windows 8.1 Update 1, begin typing File Explorer, and

when you see the program name highlighted in the Search pane results, press [Enter].

Lesson: Create and Save a File

Figure B-3: Results list

Step 4 (fifth sentence):

In the Address bar, you can see the Documents folder is the default, or automatically selected, storage

location.

Step 6:

In the Navigation pane scroll bar, click the down scroll arrow as needed to see This PC and any storage

devices listed under it.

Under This PC, you see the storage locations available on your computer.

Step 6 (Trouble):

If you don't have a USB flash drive, you can save the document in the Documents folder or ask your

instructor which storage location is best.


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Figure B-5: Save As dialog box

Lesson: Explore the Files and Folders on Your Computer

Step 2: Click This PC instead of Computer.


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Figure B-6: This PC window showing storage devices

Step 4: In the Address bar, click This PC, or if This PC does not appear, click the far-left list arrow in the

Address bar, then click This PC. You return to the This PC window showing your storage devices.

Step 7: You see a list of folders, such as Documents, Music, and others.


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Figure B-7: Your user name folder

Step 8: Double-click Documents in the File list. In the Address bar, the path to the Documents folder is

This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > Your User Name > Documents.

Step 9: In the Navigation pane, click This PC.

Lesson: Change File and Folder Views


Clues to Use: Snapping Windows 8 apps

In Windows 8.1 Update 1 the commands Snap left and Snap right have been replaced with Insert Left

and Insert Right.


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Lesson: Open, Edit, and Save Files

Step 1: In Step 1, you could also click the Start button on the taskbar to open the Start screen from the

desktop.

Step 4: Scroll down in the Navigation pane if necessary until you see This PC.

Figure B-12: Navigating in the Open dialog box

Clues to Use: Using cloud storage

Note that in Windows 8.1 Update 1, the cloud storage tool Microsoft SkyDrive has been renamed

Microsoft OneDrive.


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Lesson: Copy Files

Figure B-15: Copying a file

Table B-2: In "Documents" row, replace "Documents library" with "Documents folder" in Windows 8.1

Update 1

Clues to Use: Copying files using Send to

In last sentence, replace "Documents library" with "Documents folder" in Windows 8.1 Update 1


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Figure B-16: Duplicate file pasted into Newsletter Items folder


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Lesson: Move and Rename Files

CASE statement: Change "Documents library" to "Documents folder" in Windows 8.1 Update 1

Figure B-17: Cutting a file

Step 4: In the Navigation Pane, under This PC, click Documents. You navigated to your Documents

folder.


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Figure B-18: Pasted file in Documents folder

Step 5: The New Tours.rtf document appears in your Documents folder and remains selected. In

Windows 8.1 Update 1, note that the My Documents folder has been replaced with the Documents

folder, and Libraries are hidden in File Explorer by default.


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Figure B-19: Renaming a file

Clues to Use: Using Windows 8 libraries

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, libraries are hidden by default in File Explorer. To show libraries in the

Navigation pane of File Explorer in Windows 8.1 Update 1, click the View tab in File Explorer, click the

Options button on the VIEW tab on the ribbon to open the Folder Options dialog box, click the Show

libraries check box in the Navigation pane section, then click OK.

Lesson: Search for Files, Folders, and Programs

Step 1: In Step 1, could also click the Start button on the taskbar to open the Start screen from the

desktop.

Step 2: In Windows 8.1 Update 1, after clicking the Search charm, no listing of apps appears, and you

can search Everywhere, Settings, Files, Web images, or Web videos (rather than Apps, Settings, or Files).

Everywhere is selected by default.

Quick Tip Step 2: Note that in Windows 8.1 Update 1, you can also click the Search icon to the right of

the user icon in the top right corner of the Start screen to open the Search pane.


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Figure B-21: Search pane

Step 3: Click the down arrow next to Everywhere in the Search pane, click Files, type new tour, then

press [Enter]. After pressing [Enter] in Windows 8.1 Update 1, your New Tours List.rtf document appears

in a File results window.

Step 4: In Windows 8.1, replace both references to "My Documents" to "Documents".

Figure B-22: Viewing the location of a found file

Step 5: Point to the top of the Search window to display the title bar, then click the Close button at the

right end of the title bar to close the Search window and display the desktop.

Step 5 Trouble: If you are using a computer with a touch screen, you may have to click the Desktop tile

on the Start screen to display the desktop after closing the Search window.


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Step 6: Click the File Explorer button on the taskbar, then click This PC in the Navigation pane.

Step 7 (fifth sentence): Windows found both the renamed file, New Tours List.rtf, in your Documents

folder, and the original New Tours.rtf document on your removable drive, in the Newsletter Items

folder. The search results also include three entries for the New Tours.rtf file related to tracking of

recently opened files.

Figure B-23: Search results in File Explorer


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Lesson: Delete and Restore Files

Step 1: Click the Documents folder in the File Explorer Navigation pane. Your Documents folder opens.

Step 2: Click New Tours List.rtf to select it, then click the Delete list arrow in the Organize group on the

Home tab; if the command does not have a check mark next to it, click Show recycle confirmation (or if

it does have a check mark, click the Delete list arrow again to close the menu).

Step 2 Quick Tip: The Library Tools Manage tab will not appear in Windows 8.1 Update 1 when working

with default settings that hide the Libraries.

Step 7: In the Navigation pane, click the Documents folder. The Documents folder window contains the

restored file.

Step 8: Click the file New Tours List.rtf, click the Delete list arrow in the Organize group on the Home

tab, click Permanently delete, then click Yes in the Delete File dialog box.

Concepts Review Figure B-28


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Skills Review and Independent Challenge exercises

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, in references to File Explorer locations, note that instances of "Computer"

should be replaced with "This PC". "My Documents" or "Documents library" should be replaced with

"Documents folder".