Introduction | |
Age Considerations | |
Stretching the Mind | |
Guardian Angels | |
The Uses of a Home Computer | |
Using the Internet | |
Communications | |
Information | |
Shopping | |
Hobbies | |
Sports | |
Holidays | |
Fears of Using a Computer | |
Financial Security on the Internet | |
Equipment Needed | |
How to Use This Book | |
Basic Computing | |
Getting to Know The computer screen, keyboard, and mouse | |
The Computer on | |
The Computer Screen: Desktop | |
The Keyboard | |
The Computer Mouse | |
Turning the Computer Off | |
Introducing Windows | |
The Anatomy of a Window | |
Navigating Drives, Folders, and Files | |
Disks and Drives | |
Memory and Storage | |
Libraries, Folders and Files | |
Navigation | |
The Address Bar | |
Favorites | |
Getting to Know Your Windows 7 Desktop | |
Personalising your desktop with Themes | |
Changing the Mouse Pointer | |
Gadgets and Side bar | |
Start Menu | |
Creating and Deleting Shortcuts | |
Task Bar | |
Windows Explorer | |
Opening your first program: Word Processing | |
Cursor and Pointer | |
Selecting Text | |
Formatting | |
Dropdown Menus | |
Inserting Text | |
The Backspace and Delete keys | |
Saving your Work | |
Quick Access Toolbar | |
Getting help | |
Windows Help Facility | |
Installing Software | |
Getting Started | |
Installing a Program | |
Copyright Issues | |
The Internet and Email | |
Understanding Email and Internet concepts | |
The concept | |
Choosing an ISP | |
Type of Service | |
No such thing as a free service | |
Dial-up and Broadband Connections | |
Dial-up | |
Broadband | |
Dial up versus Broadband | |
Wired or Wireless | |
Setting Up an Internet Connection | |
Registration Window | |
Usernames | |
Passwords | |
introducing The Internet and World Wide Web | |
Using Internet Explorer | |
Setting your home page | |
Using the web- a couple of practical lessons | |
Alternative web browsers | |
Finding Things Online | |
Search Engines | |
Other Search Engines | |
Metasearch Engines | |
Directories | |
Finding Answers to your questions | |
Just a Note about YouTube | |
Shopping Online | |
Economics of the Web | |
Buying on the Internet | |
Price Comparison Websites | |
Booking Travel Online | |
No Ticket Booking | |
Other Forms of Travel | |
Buying and Selling on Internet auctions | |
eBay | |
PayPal | |
Registration | |
Buying on eBay | |
Selling on eBay | |
Downloading a Program from the Web | |
Types of Software | |
Downloading and Installing Picasa | |
Using Email | |
The concept | |
Installing Windows Live Mail | |
Opening Windows Live Mail | |
Receiving emails | |
Advanced techniques | |
Getting Started with Digital Photography | |
Transferring photos from Camera to computer | |
Scanning photos | |
Using Digital Photo Services on the Web | |
Improving your photos | |
Microsoft Imaging Tools | |
Storage and Backup | |
Storage on the Web | |
Commercial Software | |
Advanced Word Processing | |
Quick Access Toolbar | |
Formatting | |
Useful Tips | |
Advanced Email | |
Junk Mail | |
Viruses and Other Nasties | |
Sorting Your Messages | |
Other Email Tools | |
Email on the Internet | |
Additional Email Addresses | |
Advanced Uses of the Internet | |
Alternative Web Browsers | |
Browser Toolbars | |
Google Tools | |
Listening to the Radio on your Computer | |
Blogging | |
Using Windows Live Essentials | |
Downloading Live Essentials | |
Appendices | |
Appendix and Glossary | |
Glossary | |
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