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Easy Computer Basics: Windows 7 Edition
Provides information on the basics of Windows 7 and personal computers, covering such topics as hardware, applications, files and folders, searching the Internet, playing music and movies, working with pictures, home networks, and security.
250 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2005
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August 27, 2016
A picture is worth a thousand words. When trying to explain computer basics, it's priceless. This is one of my go-to books when helping patrons at the library who are first-time or beginning computer users. Not only can I show them the pictures as I'm providing one-on-one assistance, but they can take the book home with them for further study and practice.
The author is detail-oriented and an effective teacher. Miller takes the reader from the absolute basics of labeling the hardware and physical components of a computer, to using the mouse, getting around the desktop and then into progressively more challenging subjects. Each lesson, if you will, is composed of illustrations and numbered steps making it easy to follow along. Tips and notes in the margins, although not integral to the lesson, take the reader further down the path of that topic.
Once you've mastered the basics, it's on to more challenging subjects for beginning users. Do you need help setting up an e-mail account? Do you want to learn about accessing, downloading, sorting through and organizing all of those family photos your friends, kids and grandkids want to send you online? Want to learn about social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter? Care to shop online or find news that is important to you? Miller takes the reader step-by-(easy)-step with color pictures, short bursts of introductory text and numbered steps from start to finish.
As an aside, my mom signed up for her first computer class at her local senior center. This is the book they use for their classroom text.
The author is detail-oriented and an effective teacher. Miller takes the reader from the absolute basics of labeling the hardware and physical components of a computer, to using the mouse, getting around the desktop and then into progressively more challenging subjects. Each lesson, if you will, is composed of illustrations and numbered steps making it easy to follow along. Tips and notes in the margins, although not integral to the lesson, take the reader further down the path of that topic.
Once you've mastered the basics, it's on to more challenging subjects for beginning users. Do you need help setting up an e-mail account? Do you want to learn about accessing, downloading, sorting through and organizing all of those family photos your friends, kids and grandkids want to send you online? Want to learn about social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter? Care to shop online or find news that is important to you? Miller takes the reader step-by-(easy)-step with color pictures, short bursts of introductory text and numbered steps from start to finish.
As an aside, my mom signed up for her first computer class at her local senior center. This is the book they use for their classroom text.
December 28, 2009
Easy Computer Basics: Windows 7 Edition is meant for the person who has just bought their first computer, with a Windows 7 system, and isn’t quite sure what to do next. If you have no idea how to open a file, listen to a CD, or write an email then this book is perfect for you.
Each concept in Easy Computer Basics: Windows 7 Edition is explained in plain English, complete with full step by step instructions and color illustrations that show the reader what to expect. The book takes the reader from the very basics of how to open, write, and save files through adding new programs to basic system maintenance on their laptop or desktop computer. After working through this manual, users will be surfing the net, tweeting on Twitter, and checking their Facebook accounts in no time.
Each concept in Easy Computer Basics: Windows 7 Edition is explained in plain English, complete with full step by step instructions and color illustrations that show the reader what to expect. The book takes the reader from the very basics of how to open, write, and save files through adding new programs to basic system maintenance on their laptop or desktop computer. After working through this manual, users will be surfing the net, tweeting on Twitter, and checking their Facebook accounts in no time.
February 7, 2009
Good visuals!
It helped me to be comfortable in unfamiliar areas e.g. dealing with digital cameras and creating CDs.
It helped me to be comfortable in unfamiliar areas e.g. dealing with digital cameras and creating CDs.
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