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New tablet? No problem! 

Microsoft has seen the light and declared this to be the year of the Windows creative. And as a result, many artists will find new Surface Pros, Surface Books or Surface Studios stuffed inside their (enormous) Christmas stockings in the next few days.

Others of you will also be unwrapping a variety of Windows tablets and convertible laptops from makers like Dell, HP and Lenovo.

And many among these two groups will be disaffected Mac creatives who haven’t touched Windows in a long time (if ever).

You will all have many questions.

To all of you, we offer this holiday gift: a newbie’s guide to the steps you should take to get your new device up and running with a minimum of hassles.

Read on and save yourselves hours of potential aggravation. And if there’s anything we’ve forgotten to cover, reach out to us in the comments section below or via Twitter or Facebook.

GO TO TIP #1

Since tapping through 21 pages can get tedious with even the fastest connection, here are direct links to each.

TIP #1: CREATE A MICROSOFT ID

TIP #2: RUN WINDOWS UPDATE. AGAIN. AND AGAIN.

TIP #3: PROTECT YOURSELF WITH WINDOWS DEFENDER

TIP #4: INSTALL MANUFACTURER UPDATES

TIP #5: GIVE EDGE A CHANCE

TIP #6: PAIR YOUR PEN & TWEAK YOUR SETTINGS

TIP #7: CHOOSE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD OPTIONS

TIP #8: CHECK OUT THE INK WORKSPACE

TIP #9: TURN OFF PEN FLICKS

TIP #10: CALIBRATE YOUR PEN

TIP #11: SET YOUR PEN SENSITIVITY

TIP #12: TRY A DIFFERENT PEN TIP

TIP #13: INSTALL THE WINTAB DRIVER

TIP #14: EXPLORE SOME WINDOWS STORE APPS

TIP #15: INSTALL SOME DESKTOP ALTERNATIVES

TIP #16: SCALE YOUR DISPLAY

TIP #17: BUY SOME BRUSHES

TIP #18: STEADY YOUR STROKES WITH LAZY NEZUMI PRO

TIP #19: CREATE AN ON-SCREEN TOOLBAR

TIP #20: ACCESSORIZE!

TIP #21: CHECK BACK OFTEN!

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PostedDecember 10, 2016
AuthorRick Rodriguez
CategoriesTips
TagsBeginners' guide, Surface Pro, Surface Book, Surface Studio, Surface tips