Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computers and the Internet - Softcover

Miller, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789780127 ISBN 13: 9780789780126

Publisher: Que Pub, 2001

Synopsis

TheAbsolute Beginner's Guide to Computers and the Internet is perfect for first-time computer users. It identifies 75 tasks that you would want to do with your computer, and shows you how to "Do It Now." Activities are grouped into categories such as communicating online, managing your finances, buying and selling online, working with pictures, creating fun projects, playing and recording music, watching TV and movies, and dealing with problems. When you've completed the book, you'll be surprised how much you can do!

About this title

About the Author

Michael Miller is a successful and prolific author with a reputation for practical advice and technical accuracy and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers.

Mr. Miller has written more than three dozen how-to and reference books since 1989, for Que and other major publishers. His books for Que include Special Edition Using the Internet and Web, The Complete IdiotUs Guide to Online Search Secrets, and, with Jim Louderback, TechTV's Guide to Microsoft Windows XP for Home Users. He is known for his casual, easy-to-read writing style and his practical, real-world adviceQas well as his ability to explain a wide variety of complex topics to an everyday audience.

Mr. Miller is also president of The Molehill Group, a strategic consulting and authoring firm based in Carmel, Indiana. As a consultant, he specializes in providing strategic advice to and writing business plans for Internet- and technology-based businesses.

You can e-mail Mr. Miller directly at abg@molehillgroup.com. His Web site is located at molehillgroup.

From the Back Cover

TheAbsolute Beginner's Guide to Computers and the Internet is perfect for first-time computer users. It identifies 75 tasks that you would want to do with your computer, and shows you how to "Do It Now." Activities are grouped into categories such as communicating online, managing your finances, buying and selling online, working with pictures, creating fun projects, playing and recording music, watching TV and movies, and dealing with problems. When you've completed the book, you'll be surprised how much you can do!

Reviews

Both of these titles are aimed at newcomers to Windows XP PCs. Magid's The Little PC Book is a standard in the field, and the XP edition displays the same clarity as its predecessors by providing "just enough" information to get a new PC up and running. Recommended; libraries owning older editions should also purchase for coverage of XP's new features. Absolute Beginner's Guide covers similar ground but goes a step further by showing beginners how to accomplish cool and useful tasks (e.g., finding weather reports online and creating a table in Word). This variety of tasks can be bewildering, however, and many of them assume ownership of software tools that may not be installed on readers' PCs. Novices would be better served by guides to the individual programs. An optional purchase for public libraries.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Que Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789780127
• ISBN 13: 9780789780126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480