by VBA Consultants Ltd
5. November 2009 00:22
Title: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Windows 7
Author: Paul McFedries
Publisher: Visual
ISBN: 978-0470503867
Visual's slogan is “Read Less - Learn More” (TM). This book continues the Teach Yourself Visually tradition of explaining a topic with numerous screen shots and diagrams. Most pages of this book contain two screen shots plus other visual guides.
The author has succeeded in explaining approximately 150 tasks in bite-sized chunks of usually two pages. This approach allows readers to quickly focus on the task which they are interested in without reading through numerous pages of explanation.
The book is organized into fourteen chapters.
- Getting Started with Windows 7
- Launching and Working with Programs
- Creating and Editing Documents
- Working with Images
- Playing Music and Other Media
- Working with Files
- Sharing Your Computer with Others
- Using Windows 7's Notebook Features
- Getting Connected to the Internet
- Surfing the World Wide Web
- Working with E-mail, Contacts, and Events
- Implementing Security in Windows 7
- Customizing Windows 7
- Maintaining Windows 7
According to the book
“This book is for a reader who has never used this particular technology or software application. It is also for more computer literate individuals who want to expand their knowledge of the different features that Windows 7 has to offer.”
The phrase “this particular technology” must refer to Windows because this book would be most useful to people that have never used any version of Windows. For example, cut/copy/paste, copying/moving files, entering a web address in the browser, or renaming a file has not changed since Windows 3. Users that are easily confused when “things look different” may also benefit from this book, especially if moving from Windows XP. However, experienced Windows users will be disappointed by the lack of detailed explanation of the ‘new or unique’ Windows 7 features, although these users should not have a problem understanding Windows 7, especially if moving from Windows Vista.
You may purchase this book from Amazon
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