Teach Yourself VISUALLY PCs

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John Wiley & Sons, Dec 29, 2010 - Computers - 352 pages
PCs made easy for visual learners

Beginning computer users who want to see visually how things are done will learn quickly and easily with this full-color, step-by-step guide. Screen shots show clearly what you will see at each step, and numbered instructions guide you through dozens of common PC tasks. You’ll learn all the basics, plus some intermediate topics including how to use multimedia applications, the Internet, wireless technologies, Windows 7, Office 2010, mobile devices, and key security processes.

  • Computer literacy is essential in today’s world; this full-color guide makes it easy for visual learners to get up to speed quickly
  • Covers basic operating procedures, hardware and software, Windows 7, networks, the Internet, wireless devices, using multimedia applications, Office 2010, syncing with mobile devices, virus protection, and much more
  • Each lesson is fully illustrated with screen shots and numbered, step-by-step instructions

If you learn best when someone shows you how it’s done, Teach Yourself VISUALLY PCs is the computer book you’ve been looking for.

 

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Contents

Table ofContents
Learn About Computer Hardware andSoftware
Discovering How Your Computer Works
Purchasing a Computer
Getting Started with Your Computer
Restart the Computer
Understanding Dialog Box Options
Understanding How Windows Organizes
Secure Your Computer
Working with Software
Wireless Computing
UsingMultimedia How Digital Cameras Work
Connecting totheInternet
Socialize ontheWeb Protect Yourself on the
CommunicatingOnline
Copyright

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Elaine Marmel
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About the author (2010)

Elaine Marmel is President of Marmel Enterprises, LLC, an organization which specializes in technical writing and software training. Elaine spends most of her time writing; she has authored and co-authored over 50 books about Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word for Windows, QuickBooks, Peachtree, Quicken for Windows, Quicken for DOS, Microsoft Word for the Mac, Microsoft Windows, 1-2-3 for Windows, and Lotus Notes.
From 1994 to 2006, she also was the contributing editor to monthly publications Inside Timeslips, Inside Peachtree, and Inside QuickBooks.
Elaine left her native Chicago for the warmer climes of Arizona (by way of Cincinnati, OH; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, NY; Washington, DC, and Tampa, FL) where she basks in the sun with her PC, her cross-stitch projects, her dog, Josh, and her cats, Watson and Buddy. For many years, she sang barbershop harmony with two International Championship choruses.

Bibliographic information

TitleTeach Yourself VISUALLY PCs
Volume 95 of Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)
AuthorElaine Marmel
Editionillustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2010
ISBN111803645X, 9781118036457
Length352 pages
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