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Here is a compact yet deep technical
exploration of Windows 8 apps.
Related topics elsewhere on this same website (WilsonMar.com):
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Default Apps Comes with Windows 8
TIP:
To maintain consistency, use the color of apps that come with Windows 8.
| App Name & Links | Live | Icon | Red | Green | Blue | Color
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Mail
| Yes
| 
| 0 | 130 | 153 | #008299 |
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Photos
| Yes
| -
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Box
| No
| -
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| Finance
| Yes
| Green
| 0 | 138 | 0 | #008a00 |
| Games
| No
| Green
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| Store
| No
| X
|
| Default icon
| No
| Light Blue
| 0 | 178 | 240 | #00b2f0 |
| Skydrive
| No
| Darker Blue
| 10 | 87 | 192 | #0a57c0 |
| Internet Explorer
| No
| Light Blue
| 44 | 134 | 238 | #2c86ee |
| Weather
| Yes
| Light Blue
| 45 | 137 | 239 | #2d89ef |
| Desktop
| No
| Blue
| 70 | 23 | 180 | #4617b4 |
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Calendar
| No
| Blue
| 81 | 51 | 171 | #5133ab |
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Sports
| Yes
| Blue
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| Maps
| No
| 
| 140 | 0 | 149 | #8c0095 |
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Camera, Messaging, One Note
| No
| Blue
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| News
| No
| Purple
| 172 | 25 | 61 | #ac193d |
| Video (player)
| No
| X
| 174 | 25 | 62 | #ae193e |
| Bing
| Yes
| Burnt Orange
| 210 | 71 | 38 | #d24726 |
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Music (player)
| No
| -
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Reader
| No
| -
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Glphys for icons in App Bar and elsewhere.
Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro Pack
Apps in Windows 8 App Store
Get to the Store screen from All Apps.
This is a different store than the
Windows Phone App Store.
To search for an app in the store, just start typing the name. Matching Apps names appear automatically.
BLAH:
There is no way currently to search apps by attributes
such as whether it's free, disk space taken, etc.
Further reading about looking for apps:
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Getting Started with Windows 8 from HP has Windows 7 tutorials mixed in.
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Xbox Companion XBox 360 Dashboard enables Windows 8 tables to remotely control media playing on XBox 360.
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Tom's Guide publishes reviews and guides on the latest consumer electronics and gadgets.
- Think shows random quotes in Live Tiles
Windows Store
Apps running on WinRT and Windows 8 tablets can be obtained using the Store app on Windows 8.
Outside of Windows 8, a list of these apps are at Windows Store web-page at
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/apps.
Engadget
VIDEO:
Coding of the C#/XAML app
$1.49 my NEtfLIX in Windows Store by
wp7agile
BLAH:
Even though JavaScript is used,
Windows 8 apps are essentially like native
iPhone/iPad apps on Apple's iTunes store and native Android apps on the Google Play store.
BLAH:
Currently there is no cr1:17 PM 11/17/2012oss-platform coding capability for Windows 8.
Microsoft Office 2013
YOUTUBE:
Word 2013 Preview Demo
Lynda.com has a whole course on Office.
The editing has a full screen.
To expose the ribbon menu, cursor to the top right to expose the three dots to click on.
Upper case is how top menu items are. In Word:
- FILE is new, to replace the office orb.
- HOME is carried over from Office 12. But has an added Box section to Open, Share files to Sykdrive.
- HOME and INSERT are carried over from Office 12
- DESIGN is new
- PAGE LAYOUT REFERENCES MAILINGS REVIEW VIEW ADD-INS ACROBAT are carried over
- DEVELOPER is missing ???
- TEAM is added if Team Foundation Server is available to the user.
Enterprise Apps
Apps to add on top of Windows 8 Enterprise, build 9200 that comes with
Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser: Internet Explorer 10 [Version: 10.0.9200.16384]
- Hard disk encryption - BitLocker
- Corporate standard security suite: McAfee Security Suite, Agent, VirusScan & Anti-Spyware [Version: 4.6.0.2292, 8.8.0, and 8.8.0.975]
- Enable the ability to run Java applets: Java Runtime Environment 6 [Version: 1.6.0_33-b03]
- VPN tunnel software to connect remotely to the corporate network.
- Viewer for PDF files: Acrobat Reader 9 [Version 9.4.6]
- Viewer for streaming video files: Acrobat Flash 10 [Version: 11.3.372.94]
- Security & authentication software: ActivClient [Version: 6.2.0.59]
- Self-service password reset tool: Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) [Version: 4.0.3555.2]
- Self-service password reset tool: FIM 2010 Registration Check [Version: 2010]
- Microsoft AVI, MP3, MPEG player: Media Player [Version: 12.0.9200.16384]
- Instant messaging: Microsoft Lync 2010 [Version: 4.0.7577.4098]
- personal productivity tool: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 [Version: SP1]
- HP UPD (Universal Print Driver)
- HP ePrint
- Google
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