Teach Yourself VISUALLY PCs - Softcover

Marmel, Elaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470888466 ISBN 13: 9780470888469

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 common PC tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on your computer in no time.

You'll learn to:

• Work with Windows® 7

• Manage files and folders

• Install and use common software

• Access music, photos, and video

• Use the Internet and e-mail

• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task

• Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks

• Step-by-step instructions

• Hundreds of color photos

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470888466
• ISBN 13: 9780470888469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352