First Week With My New PC: A Very Basic Guide for Mature Adults and Everyone Who Wants to "Get Connected"
This book was specifically written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a master, but it was also "field-tested" by adults of all ages. Within one moth everyone was an "expert" - sending and receiving e-mail, using the Internet, writing and correspondence, and playing music and games. You'll "be connected" without the fuss and frustration - just simple step-by-step instructions, no jargon, no complications.
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A short, easy-to-use guide that will show anyone how to get started on their computer. Internet Book Watch While The First Week With My New PC was written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a PC master, it can be enjoyed by any - including business managers who have resisted the lure of the computer screen. From how to watch the stock market and produce a document to emailing and formatting work, this is packed with fine basics in simple language any can readily understand.
AcknowledgmentsviiIntroduction: Read This to Find Hidden Special Offer!1Chapter 1Out of the Box: What You Should Do Whether Help Is or Is Not on the Way5Chapter 2Everything Is Connected--So Now What Do I Do?11Chapter 3The First Time: All Alone with the Computer (Will My Family Still Respect Me in the Morning?)17Chapter 4What Is the Internet? What Is a "User Name"? Just Tell Me How to Find Out What the Weather Will Be HERE!29Chapter 5The Time Has Come: I Am Really Ready to DO SOMETHING35Chapter 6More to the Internet than Just E-Mail: The World Wide Web Is Waiting!49Chapter 7Some Simple Basic Fun??? This Is Like the Piano! Do I Really Have to Practice One Hour a Day?59Chapter 8Writing Documents and Correspondence: I Am Already in the Middle of the Book and I Still Don't Know How to Write a Letter!63Chapter 9Other Ways to Get Information and Have Fun, or, What Do I Do with All These CDs and Did I Have to Pay Extra for All This Stuff?81Chapter 10The Start Menu and All the Other Things That Have Not Yet Been Discussed85Chapter 11A Step-By-Step Guide for Each Task91Appendices133Appendix ATrouble Shooting and the Usual Questions, or, Why Won't This Stupid Thing Work?134Appendix BSome Important Key Commands145Appendix CSome "World Wide Web" Addresses of Interest146Appendix DE-Mail Etiquette: "Smileys," Abbreviations, and Other Tips152Appendix ETech Support: Phone Numbers and Web Site Addresses154Appendix FHealthy Computer Habits: Taking Care of Yourself Physically and Mentally155Glossary159Index183
\ While The First Week With My New PC was written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a PC master, it can be enjoyed by any - including business managers who have resisted the lure of the computer screen. From how to watch the stock market and produce a document to emailing and formatting work, this is packed with fine basics in simple language any can readily understand.\ \
