Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Everything casual (unplanned) users need (requirement) to know (undergo) to get (intend) the most out (discover) of their new (newborn) Windows 7 PCs, software, and the Internet

The best-selling beginner's guide, now (today) completely updated for Windows 7 and today's most popular (favourite) Internet tools - including Facebook, craigslist, Twitter, and Wikipedia

Easy step-by-step instructions (manual) cover setting (environment) up a new (newborn) PC, getting (effort) online, working (employed) with digital media, using productivity (fecundity) tools, and much (such) more

By the world's #1 author (communicator) of beginning (first) technology books, Michael (archangel) Miller

This year, you may (haw) be one (digit) of the millions (jillions) of casual (unplanned) computer users that will (module) buy a new (newborn) Windows 7 notebook or desktop (screen) PC. You'll want (poverty) to know (undergo) how to find (encounter) your way (artefact) around, get (intend) comfortable, and get (intend) the job (employ) done - without jargon, complexity, or hassle. There's a book (aggregation) for you: Michael (archangel) Miller's Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, Windows 7 Edition. It's the one (digit) book that covers everything today's beginners and near-beginners need (requirement) to know: not just (meet) about Windows, but also about (most) software, hardware, and the Internet. Through 90+ books, author (communicator) Michael Miller (playwright) has established (ingrained) an unparalleled track (road) record in explaining complicated concepts simply (only) and clearly, and empowering beginners. Now, he's thoroughly (good) updated his best-selling Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics to cover (counterbalance) today's user (individual) experience - with Windows 7, Internet (cyberspace) Explorer 8, and today's hottest online tools, from craigslist and Facebook to Twitter, Wikipedia, and Google Docs. Miller (playwright) offers step-by-step instructions (manual) and friendly, practical (applicatory) advice for making the most of Windows 7's improvements, including the new (newborn) taskbar, Action Center, and Aero Snap. He walks through (finished) setting (environment) up a new (newborn) computer; connecting (conjunctive) to the Internet; working (employed) with digital media; burning (executing) custom CDs; watching DVD movies; using Microsoft Office and other (another) popular (favourite) software; managing money online; setting (environment) up home (bag) networks; keeping (ownership) PCs running (streaming) reliably; and protecting them from spam, viruses, and spyware. This is the one (digit) indispensable book (aggregation) for today's PC novice



Product Details:
Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Que; 5 edition (September 11, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789742535
ISBN-13: 978-0789742537
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds