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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics Paperback - 2009 - 5th Edition

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Everything casual users need to know to get the most out of their new Windows 7 PCs, software, and the Internet

  • The best-selling beginner's guide, now completely updated for Windows 7 and today's most popular Internet tools - including Facebook, craigslist, Twitter, and Wikipedia
  • Easy step-by-step instructions cover setting up a new PC, getting online, working with digital media, using productivity tools, and much more
  • By the world's #1 author of beginning technology books, Michael Miller

    • This year, you may be one of the millions of casual computer users that will buy a new Windows 7 notebook or desktop PC. You'll want to know how to find your way around, get comfortable, and get the job done - without jargon, complexity, or hassle. There's a book for you: Michael Miller's Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, Windows 7 Edition. It's the one book that covers everything today's beginners and near-beginners need to know: not just about Windows, but also about software, hardware, and the Internet. Through 90+ books, author Michael Miller has established an unparalleled track record in explaining complicated concepts simply and clearly, and empowering beginners. Now, he's thoroughly updated his best-selling Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics to cover today's user experience - with Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, and today's hottest online tools, from craigslist and Facebook to Twitter, Wikipedia, and Google Docs. Miller offers step-by-step instructions and friendly, practical advice for making the most of Windows 7's improvements, including the new taskbar, Action Center, and Aero Snap. He walks through setting up a new computer; connecting to the Internet; working with digital media; burning custom CDs; watching DVD movies; using Microsoft Office and other popular software; managing money online; setting up home networks; keeping PCs running reliably; and protecting them from spam, viruses, and spyware. This is the one indispensable book for today's PC novice

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    • Title Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics
    • Author Michael Miller
    • Binding Paperback
    • Edition number 5th
    • Edition 5
    • Pages 426
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher Que, Indianapolis, Ind
    • Publication date 2009
    • Illustrated Yes
    • ISBN 9780789742537 / 0789742535
    • Weight 16.4 lbs (7.44 kg)
    • Dimensions 9.1 x 7.05 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 17.91 x 3.05 cm)
    • Category Computers - General Information
    • Library of Congress subjects Computers, Microcomputers
    • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009026988
    • Dewey Decimal Code 004

    About the author

    Michael Miller is a successful and prolific author with a reputation for practical

    advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers.

    Mr. Miller has written more than 90 best-selling books over the past two decades. His

    books for Que include Absolute Beginner's Guide to eBay, How Microsoft Windows Vista

    Works, Speed It Up! A Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers, and

    Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource. He is known for his casual, easy-to-read

    writing style and his practical, real-world advice-as well as his ability to explain a

    wide variety of complex topics to an everyday audience.

    You can email Mr. Miller directly at abg@molehillgroup.com. His website is located at

    www.molehillgroup.com.

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