Eighth Edition.
Part of the 'Complete Idiot's Guide' series.
Beginner - Intermediate Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
This book gives new users the hands-on training they need to become productive with their new PCs. This book leads you from the very first stage (purchasing, setting up, and turning on a PC), through day-to-day operations (using Windows and applications; creating, formatting, and printing documents; browsing the Web; and sending and receiving email), and finishes up with tips for optimising, configuring and troubleshooting a PC.
From the very first pages and throughout the book, you will be performing the tasks required to learn and master the PC and become more productive with software applications. This book shows you how to put the PC to work for you.
The CD-ROM includes shareware, MP3 players and encoders, 50+ songs, long non-music work such as a book on tape. The book is ideal for the novice computer user who wants to learn how to use a new or hand-me-down computer; someone who wants to learn without being intimidated with technical jargon.