A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Publication
Adrian Arnold
December 10, 2008
ISBN 978-0-470-77099-3
361 Pages {PDF}
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Computing for the Older and Wiser
Get Up and Running on Your Home PC!
This book is designed for people who want straightforward instructions in the use of their home computer.
There are no unexplained acronyms, such as SCSI, RAM or URL, no unintelligible ‘computerspeak’ of megahertz, advanced
resource management systems or graphics card drivers, and certainly no meaningless jargon.
The content of the book is directed solely at PC users working with either Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows XP operating systems.
Mac users are not catered for – sorry.
You are taken gently from the act of switching the computer on and off, right through to quite sophisticated use of the
Internet, email and digital photography.
Each chapter is designed to expand and reinforce previous chapters and comes with a question and answer summary.
Meanwhile, here are some initial considerations that may have crossed your mind.
Banishing Old Beliefs
Let us get a few preconceived thoughts out of the way before we go any further.
Perhaps you are thinking that you are too old to start tinkering around with technology and that it should be left to students and computer geeks.
Well, push that thought to one side for a moment and see if you feel the same way having read this chapter.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction
PART I: Basic Computing
Chapter 2: Learning the basics
Chapter 3: Understanding Windows
Chapter 4: Working with disks, drives, folders and files
Chapter 5: Opening your first program
Chapter 6: Grasping basic word processing
Chapter 7: Customising your desktop
Chapter 8: Knowing how to get help
PART II: Email and the Internet
Chapter 9: Getting connected to email and the Internet
Chapter 10: Using email
Chapter 11: Discovering the Internet & the World Wide Web
Chapter 12: Making the most of search engines and directories
Chapter 13: Shopping ‘online’
Chapter 14: Travelling via the Web
Chapter 15: Buying and selling on internet auctions
Chapter 16: Loading software programs
Chapter 17: Downloading programs from the Web
PART III: Advanced Tutorials
Chapter 18: Mastering basic photo manipulation
Chapter 19: Tackling advanced word processing
Chapter 20: Progressing to advanced email
Chapter 21: Getting more out of the Internet
PART IV: Appendices
Appendix A: Useful websites
Appendix B: Glossary
Index
About the Author
Adrian Arnold is a retired veterinary surgeon who lives with his wife, Jen, in the Stour valley of East Anglia.
He has co-written a detailed history of his home village of Boxted, many newspaper articles on veterinary medicine and computing, and three unpublished novels.
He now spends most of his time teaching members of the Third Age how to use their computers and writing stories for his four grandchildren.
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