Sams Teach Yourself The Internet In 10 Minutes : Quick Steps For Fast Results :

Galen Grimes With Rick Bolton

ISBN 10: 0672313200 / ISBN 13: 9780672313202

Published by Sams / Macmillan Computer Publishing, 1998

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Published In 1998 : 1st. Edition : Macmillan Computer Publishing : Tiny Amount Of Faint Face Rubbing : Someone Has Put Book Mark Retainer Clips To Some Of The Pages : ( Top ) : The Indentations Can Be Seen : Otherwise , As New Throughout : Still Reasonably Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding And Bright Clear Text & Photographs : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sams Teach Yourself The Internet In 10 Minutes : Quick Steps For Fast Results :
• Publisher: Sams / Macmillan Computer Publishing
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672313200
• ISBN 13: 9780672313202
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computers

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Synopsis

Sams Teach Yourself the Internet in 10 Minutes is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons. These well-targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what some books take several hours or days to teach. You'll learn how to utilize the most popular Internet services (including the World Wide Web and e-mail), find the hottest Web sites, understand multimedia on the Web, create your own Web page; join newsgroups, make long distance phone calls for free; and play games online.

Review

The second edition of Sams Teach Yourself the Internet in 10 Minutes is informatively written and value for money. The book is split into 18 10-minute lessons' which cover the usual ground of how to establish an Internet connection, send and receive e- mail, use a web browser, online chat, Usenet, create mailing lists and file transfer using FTP. Some of the later lessons also talk about online shopping and the benefits and drawbacks of Web-based email.

The author, Galen Grimes, has a long background in computers and the Internet. His coverage of the latest and greatest offerings from Netscape and Microsoft shows that the book is reasonably up-to-date. However, in places the book hasn't been updated thoroughly enough, producing a few gremlins. For example, there haven't been anywhere near 18,000 news groups since about 1997.

The book successfully breaks down the key features of each application and explains how they work, with help from useful screen shot sand step-by-step instructions. It also includes a comprehensive and well-structured index. This is ideal book for any Net-virgin looking for a no- nonsense initiation to the Internet and a guide to the ways of the Web.--Josh Smith