Shortcuts for Computer Learning for Middle-Aged and Elderly People - (2nd Edition) (1 Multimedia CD)

Author: Jiang Haiying
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is tailored to the characteristics of middle-aged and elderly friends, starting from practical operations and explaining practical and basic computer skills in a step-by-step manner. It includes more than 40 application techniques: computer startup and shutdown; mouse and keyboard usage; switching input methods; managing files and folders; online entertainment, chatting, and sending/receiving emails; editing, enhancing, and creating photo albums with digital photos; arranging documents using the Word document processing software; managing finances with the Excel spreadsheet software; protecting computers from viruses, and more. As long as you follow the steps in the book and practice hands-on while reading, you can easily learn to use computers. The language of this book is simple and easy to understand, without excessive theoretical concepts or obscure technical terms. Each operation step is accompanied by illustrations as much as possible. To reduce the learning difficulty, this book also includes a specially designed multimedia learning CD-ROM, allowing you to learn computers like watching a TV show through animated demonstrations and voice explanations. This book is suitable for beginners who are just starting to use computers, especially for middle-aged and elderly friends with a certain educational background. It is also suitable as an introductory textbook for aspiring entrepreneurs and as teaching material for senior citizen universities.