Computing with Windows 7 for the Older and Wiser: Get Up and Running on Your Home PC (The Third Age Trust (U3A)/Older & Wiser) - Softcover

Arnold, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470687037 ISBN 13: 9780470687031

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Synopsis

Computing with Windows(r) 7 for the Older & Wiser is a user friendly guide that takes you step-by-step through the basics of using a computer. Written in an easy-to-understand, jargon free language, it is aimed at complete beginners using PCs running on Microsoft Windows (r) 7. Inside, you will find step-by-step guidance on: Using the keyboard & the mouse Navigating files and folders Customising your desktop Using Email and the Internet Word processing Organising your digital photos Safely downloading files from the Internet Finding useful websites and much more

About this title

About the Author

Adrian Arnold (Colchester, UK) is a computer trainer with Age Concern in Colchester, UK and author of Computing for the Older & Wiser and Internet for the Older and Wiser. With more than a decade of experience in computing training for the over-50s, Adrian knows how to get the best from his students.

From the Back Cover

Computing with Windows^® 7 for the Older & Wiser is a user friendly guide that takes you step-by-step through the basics of using a computer. Written in a jargon-free language, it is aimed at complete beginners using a PC that runs on Microsoft Windows^® 7.

Using his experience as a teacher with Age Concern, Adrian Arnold explains the fundamentals of computing. From setting up the computer and understanding the equipment, to using the INTERNET to shop, explore hobbies and book holidays, you will be up and running on you home PC in no time.

Inside, you will find easy-to-follow guidance on:

• Using the keyboard & the mouse
• Navigating files and folders
• Customizing your desktop
• Using Email and the Internet
• Word processing
• Organizing your digital photos
• Safely downloading files from the Internet
• Finding useful websites and much more&;

U3A is a self-help learning cooperative for those no longer in full-time gainful employment. Members come together to share their love of learning through educational, creative and leisure activities. U3A offer their members a wide choice of 300+ subjects in areas such as art, foreign languages, music, history, life sciences, lieterature, poetry, gardening, philosophy, crafts, field studies, archaeology, astronomy and computing. Currently there are over 230,000 members and more the 740 local U3A groups in the UK. Visit U3A online at www.u3a.org.uk

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470687037
• ISBN 13: 9780470687031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340