Easy Internet (Que's Easy Series) - Softcover

Miller, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789716399 ISBN 13: 9780789716392

Publisher: Que, 1998

Synopsis

Covers Internet connections, the World Wide Web, e-mail, newsgroups, downloading files, chat rooms, Internet phone calls, and creating Web pages

About this title

Review

A lot of people buy computers these days specifically to use the Internet, and Easy Internet does a commendable job of explaining what you will first need to find out to do that successfully: how to send and receive e-mail, view Web pages, search for information and participate in chat groups. There is a little bit on basic Web publishing too.

The book focuses on the Microsoft suite of Internet tools, including Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and FrontPage Express (though it covers CuteFTP and some other non-Microsoft software as well). Technical stuff, such as how to select an Internet service provider (ISP) and how to gain access to newsgroups, is addressed. But more than that this book shows you how to achieve real goals, like sending greeting cards and improving your connectivity speed.

Easy Internet does make the mistake of trying to document Web sites (Blue Mountain Arts, Deja.com and others). Because their interfaces change more frequently than even software products, such an approach can make a book obsolete in a hurry. Fortunately, there is not much of that, and the how-to procedures are supremely easy to follow. The number of each step appears twice: once near the text that tells you what to do and once to indicate the key interface element you need to use. --David Wall

About the Author

Joe Kraynak has taught hundreds of thousands of novice computer users how to master their computers and their software. His long list of computer books includes The Complete Idiot's Guide to Computer Basics, Using and Upgrading PCs, CliffsNotes Buying Your First PC, More Easy Windows 98, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Office XP. After graduating from Purdue University, Joe spent several years as a technical writer, developing training manuals for various manufacturing plants throughout the state of Indiana. Joe's wide range of computer and training experience has helped him develop a strong commitment to making computers, software, and the Internet more easily accessible to the average user. Joe also authored Easy Internet, Fourth Edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Que
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789716399
• ISBN 13: 9780789716392
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 207