9780764504952

The Imac for Dummies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780764504952

  • ISBN10:

    0764504959

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-01-01
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Summary

Award-winning Mac columnist David Pogue, author of the bestselling "Macs For Dummies", helps new users get the most out of the Internet and the wide variety of software made available with the iMac. This book examines the basics of the latest Mac OS software for the iMac and offers tips and tricks about the iMac hardware, including how to get the most out of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port and how to make do without a floppy disk drive.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(4)
Part I: For the Absolute iMac Virgin 5(96)
Chapter 1: How to Turn On Your iMac (and What to Do Next)
7(16)
Chapter 1 1/2: High-Tech Made Easy
23(8)
Chapter 2: Windows, Icons, and Trashes
31(12)
Chapter 3: Actually Accomplishing Something
43(12)
Chapter 4: Typing, Saving, and Finding Again
55(32)
Chapter 5: A Quiet Talk about Printers, Printing, and Fonts
87(14)
Part II: Software Competence 101(80)
Chapter 6: Faking Your Way Through the Free Software
103(38)
Chapter 7: Cozying Up to Microsoft Word and Excel 98
141(16)
Chapter 8: System Folder: Trash Barge of the iMac
157(24)
Part III: Toward a New, Nerdier You 181(28)
Chapter 9: Putting the Mouse to the Metal
183(18)
Chapter 10: USB, Ethernet, Infrared, and Other Impressive Connections
201(8)
Part IV: The Internet Defanged 209(40)
Chapter 11: Faking Your Way onto America Online and the Internet
211(20)
Chapter 12: The Weird Wild Web
231(10)
Chapter 14: E-Mail for He-males and Females
241(8)
Part V: Troubleshooting Made Tolerable 249(38)
Chapter 15: When Bad Things Happen to Good iMacs
251(22)
Chapter 16: The Problem-Solving Cookbook
273(10)
Chapter 17: Beyond Point-and-Click: Where to Go from Here
283(4)
Part VI: The Part of Tens 287(20)
Chapter 18: Ten More Gadgets to Buy and Plug In
289(6)
Chapter 19: Ten Cool Things You Didn't Know Your iMac Could Do
295(10)
Chapter 20: Ten Things that Look Like the iMac
305(2)
Part VII: Appendixes 307(30)
Appendix A: How to Set Up an iMac 309(4)
Appendix B: The Resource Resource 313(2)
Appendix C: The Techno-Babble Translation Guide 315(10)
Appendix D: The Ultimate iMac Buyer's Guide 325(12)
Index 337
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