First Week With My New Imac: A Very Basic Guide for Mature Adults and Everyone Who Wants to "Get Connected"

by Lessing, Pamela R.

• ISBN13: 9781892123336
• ISBN10: 1892123339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc

Summary

This book was written for the author's 84-year-old mother and for everyone else who wants to "get connected" to the colorful new iMac but hates reading dense manuals. The First Week with My New iMac is the second title in this humorous, but practical and simple step-by-step guide that gives new iMac owners (no matter how old or young) all the information they need to do the basic tasks for which they bought a computer in the first place - sending and receiving e-mails, using the Internet, playing games and CDs, writing correspondence and keeping records. The First Week with My New iMac has been field-tested with people ranging from 27 to 84 years of age - all of whom found it to be "The Answer!" to their fears of even touching a computer or admitting that they don't know how to use one and their honest desire to "get connected."

Author Biography

Pamela R. Lessing has had a very diverse career as a librarian, art consultant, and member of advisory boards of numerous nonprofits organizations

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction Read This to Find Hidden Special Offer!	1	(4)
WYSIWYG: Prepurchase or Preassembly Instructions	5	(4)
Out of the Box: What You Should Do Whether Help Is or Is Not on the Way	9	(16)
Everything Is Connected--So Now What Do I Do?	25	(6)
The First Time: All Alone with the Computer (Will My Family Still Respect Me in the Morning?)	31	(10)
What Is the Internet? What Is a ``User Name''? Just Tell Me How to Find Out What the Weather Will Be Here!	41	(6)
The Time Has Come: I Am Really Ready to Do Something	47	(16)
More to the Internet than Just E-mail: The World Wide Web Is Waiting!	63	(10)
Some Simple Basic Fun??? This Is Like the Piano! Do I Really Have to Practice One Hour a Day?	73	(6)
Writing Documents and Correspondence: I am Already in the Middle of the Book and I Still Don't Know How to Write a Letter!	79	(20)
Everything Else, Including Other Ways to Get Information and Have Fun, or, What Do I Do with All These CDs and Did I Have to Pay Extra for All This Stuff?	99	(8)
A Step-by-Step Guide for Each Task	107	(56)
Appendices	163	(30)
Appendix A Troubleshooting and the Usual Questions, or, Why won't This Stupid Thing Work?	164	(13)
Appendix B Some Important Key Commands	177	(2)
Appendix C Some ``World Wide Web'' Addresses of Interest	179	(7)
Appendix D E-mail Etiquette: ``Smileys,'' Abbreviations, and Other Tips	186	(2)
Appendix E Tech Support: Phone Numbers and Web Site Addresses	188	(1)
Appendix F Healthy Computer Habits: Taking Care of Yourself Physically and Mentally	189	(4)
Glossary	193	(22)
Index	215