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Suitable for those who want to understand their computer and use it on a day-to-day basis, this title helps you: create documents in Word and Excel; use the internet and email; organise and edit photos, videos and music; understand PC maintenance and security; and, solve your PC problems fast.

We live our lives amid a complex web of rapidly changing ideas, desires and ethics; we pick the ones that seem like a good idea, and jettison the ones that don't. This book points, laughs and winces at all those things that were suddenly deemed not that great after all.

Covering laptops as well as desktops, this guide helps you choose a Mac, import files and emails from an old Mac or PC, and master the finer points of OSX Snow Leopard. It offers practical advice on various aspects of your Mac from keeping your documents and data secure to downloading music and making the most of you iPod.

These days, it's not just corporate marketing directors tasked with giving computer-based presentations--anyone forced to stand in front of a crowd and talk for more than three minutes had better know how to put together a slide presentation. You're not a professional designer, but you want your slides to look professional. What do you do? Enter Robin Williams, the beloved, best-selling non-design

The Essential Dictionary of iPhone Touch Applications. Cuts through the chaos of iPhone Apps with tests, reviews and recommendations of the best Apps available. A perfect stocking filler for the huge number of iPhone users.

Discover everything you want to know about Microsoft's newest version of Windows in this easy to use guide; from the most essential tasks that you'll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you'll encounter. This bookcovers every practical aspect of using Windows 7 on your PC or laptop and is filled with easy to understand practical tasks that will help you to achieve immediate ...

The best-selling 'teach yourself Computing for the over 50s', now available in this Windows Vista edition, provides instruction and advice on a wide range of computer uses and is written with practical good humour for the late beginner or the technologically terrified!

Shows how to switch to a Mac with ease. This book walks you through the entire process-hardware and software - including selecting a Mac, moving files, setting up security, and getting the most out of all the fun stuff that makes Macs famous, such as the iLife suite, and more.

Useful for the late beginner or the technologically terrified.

Showing you how to improve publishing and productivity with the CS3 interface and templates, this work teaches you to browse, organize, and process files using Adobe Bridge and Version Cue; import Photoshop and Illustrator files directly into Flash; and create more compelling designs with built-in filter effects and gradients.

The crafting community is online, connected and blissfully blogging about their work and ideas. This book offers information and visual inspiration to create an artful online journal. It helps you learn how to add banners and graphics, take shots, crop and size photos, establish links and attract an audience of eager readers.

Speed It Up! A Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers Does your PC perform like grandma on a cold winter morning? Does it limp along slowly through everyday tasks, such as starting up, shutting down or just opening an email? Are you wondering if your PC's get up and go has got up and left? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the book for you. Sure, there are uber-gee

This is a straightforward introduction to Macromedia Flash MX 2004. It will be helpful for courses with multimedia module, covering graphics, animation, sound and video. It will show students how to produce a multimedia presentation on CD.

Offers computer, gadget, and software users projects to help get more enjoyment and productivity out of high-tech products. This book features: 24 self-contained projects; easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions; and, hundreds of photos and screen shots.

See it done. do it yourself. It's that Easy! Easy iLife '09 teaches you the fundamentals of working with the iLife suite, including iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, and more. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through each task, building the skills you need to master iLife '09 with ease. No need to feel intimidated, we'll hold your hand every step of the way. Learn how to! / Get ..

Discusses how to assess your technology's green factor and make small changes with big impact. This title helps to find tips for using technology in green ways and advice on getting rid of old devices in an environmentally friendly way.

Over 50 and thinking about getting your first computer? A user-friendly Mac is a great choice. This book walks you through choosing one and learning to use it. It tells how to use the keyboard and mouse, work with files and folders, navigate around the Mac OS X desktop, set up an Internet connection, and much more.

Brilliant Home Networking for the Over 50s is a visual quick reference book that shows you how to make the most of your home computers by networking them. It will give you a solid grounding on how choose the right network for you, how it works and how to get the best out of it a complete reference for the older beginner and intermediate user who is less experienced and confident working with the .