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Microsoft® Windows® XP Plain & Simple
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- + Cover
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- + Chapter 1: About This Book
- + Chapter 2: Jump Right In
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Chapter 3: Running Programs and Playing Games
- + Composing a Document
- + Saving, Closing, and Opening a Document
- + Copying Material Between Documents
- Dialog Box Decisions
- + Inserting Special Characters
- + Crunching Numbers
- + Having the Computer Wake You Up
- + Running Commands
- + The Microsoft Plus! Packs
- + Playing FreeCell
- + Playing Hearts
- + Playing HyperBowl
- + Playing Labyrinth
- + Playing Minesweeper
- + Playing Pinball
- + Playing Russian Squares
- + Playing Solitaire
- + Playing Spider Solitaire
- + Playing Games over the Internet
- + Running Older Programs
- + Starting a Program When Windows Starts
- + Changing the Way a Program Starts
- + Quitting When You’re Stuck
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Chapter 4: Exploring the Internet
- + Finding a Web Page
- + Setting Your Home Page
- + Returning to Your Favorite Sites
- + Going to a Specific Web Page
- + Saving a Web Page
- + Viewing Web Pages Off Line
- + Controlling Pop-Up Windows
- + Copying Material from a Web Page
- + Transferring Files with FTP
- + Finding Something on the Internet
- + Transferring Your Settings
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Chapter 5: Communicating
- + Sending E-Mail
- + Saving and Sending a Draft Message
- + Receiving and Reading E-Mail
- + Using E-Mail on a Public Computer
- + Designing Your Default Message
- + Sending or Receiving a File
- + Replying to or Forwarding a Message
- + Subscribing to Newsgroups
- + Reading and Writing the News
- + Reading E-Mail and News Off Line
- + Limiting E-Mail Snooping
- + Managing Your Messages
- + Managing Your E-Mail Contacts
- Transferring Files
- + Adding Online Contacts
- + Sending Instant Messages
- + Having a Voice and Video Chat
- + Sharing Items with Your Contacts
- + Receiving Alerts
- + Sending a File by Windows Messenger
- + Formatting and Sending Your Message
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Chapter 6: Working with Pictures and Movies
- + Drawing a Picture
- + Editing a Picture
- + Scanning a Picture
- + Downloading Digital Camera Pictures
- + Viewing Pictures
- + Creating a Video Slide Show
- + Editing Your Video Slide Show
- + Sharing Your Video Slide Show
- + Publishing Pictures on the Web
- + Creating a Quick Movie
- + Creating a Custom Movie
- + Splitting, Combining, and Trimming Clips
- + Adding Transitions to Your Movie
- + Using Video Effects
- + Adding Titles and Credits
- + Adding Audio to Your Movie
- + Adding Slides to Your Movie
- + Recording Video Clips
- + Downloading a Video from a Digital Camera
- + Making Movies That People Actually Enjoy
- + Playing a DVD
- + Controlling Video Playback
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Chapter 7: Working with Music, Voice, and Sounds
- What Is Media Player?
- + Playing a Music CD
- + Downloading Music Information
- + Changing Media Player’s Skin
- + Playing Any Media File
- + Arranging Your Media with Playlists
- + Copying CD Music
- + Labeling Your CDs
- + Transferring Music to a Portable Device
- + Playing Music for a Party
- + Converting Music Formats
- + Recording Analog Music
- + Talking to Media Player
- + Adding Dancers to Your Desktop
- + Letting Your Computer Do the Talking
- + Creating a Sound File
- + Controlling the Volume
- + Associating a Sound with an Event
- + Chapter 8: Printing and Faxing
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Chapter 9: Managing Files and Folders
- + Organizing Your Files
- + Recovering a Deleted Item
- + Changing the Window View
- Windows Views
- + Compressing Files
- + Adding Files and Folders to the Desktop
- + Sharing Files with Other Users
- + Creating Quick Access to a File or Folder
- + Copying Files from and to a Removable Disk
- + Managing a Removable Disk
- + Copying Files to a CD
- + Finding a File
- + Navigating with Toolbars
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Chapter 10: Networking
- + Exploring Your Network
- + Sharing Items over the Network
- About Networks
- + Creating a Connection to a Network Folder
- + Controlling a Shared Dial-Up Internet Connection
- + Communicating over the Network
- + Controlling a Computer on Your Network
- + Controlling a Computer at Your Workplace
- + Connecting to a Network Using a Modem
- + Connecting to a Network over the Internet
- + Connecting to a Wireless Network
- + Connecting to Your Computer from Another Location
- + Chapter 11: Setting Up
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Chapter 12: Customizing
- + Changing the Overall Look
- + Customizing the Desktop
- + Customizing Your Mouse
- + Creating a Custom Desktop Background
- + Displaying and Arranging the Toolbars
- + Customizing the Start Menu
- + Customizing the Taskbar
- + Changing the Logon
- + Customizing Your Folders
- + Changing the Way a CD Starts
- + Changing Your Account Picture
- + Using Alternative Ways of Working
- + Working in a Different Part of the World
- + Using a Screen Saver
- + Creating a Multimedia Screen Saver
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Chapter 13: Maintaining Security
- + Keeping Your Files Private
- Know Your Rights, Know Your Format
- + Setting Your Password
- + Changing Your Password
- + Resetting Your Password
- + Protecting Your Files with a Password
- + Restricting User Rights
- + Locking Your Computer
- + Protecting Personal Information on the Internet
- + Setting Internet Explorer Security
- + Restricting Internet Access
- + Maintaining High Security with Service Pack 2
- + Monitoring Your Security Settings
- + Configuring the Windows Firewall
- + Creating Custom Access Across the Firewall
- + Using Windows Services Across the Firewall
- + Installing Critical Fixes
- + Using a Digital ID for Secure E-Mail Messages
- + Securing Your Wireless Network
- + Foiling E-Mail Viruses
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Chapter 14: Managing Windows XP
- + Adding and Deleting User Accounts
- + Tidying Up the Desktop
- + Changing the Date or Time
- + Changing the Display
- + Changing the Disk Format
- + Compressing a Drive or a Folder
- + Maintaining Your Hard Disk
- + Preventing Hardware Problems
- + Controlling the Power Options
- + Updating Your System
- + Checking the Status of Windows
- + Getting Free Software
- + Removing a Software Program
- + Managing Internet Explorer Add-Ons
- + Starting Up When There’s a Problem
- + Fixing System Problems
- + Documenting Your System
- + Managing Everything
- + Tweaking Your System
- + Helping Each Other
- + Backing Up Your Files
- + Restoring Backed-Up Files
- + Editing Windows XP Settings
- + Index
- About the Authors
Easy numbered steps in FULL COLOR
Here’s WHAT you’ll learn:
Record music, make movies, play games
Send e-mail, browse the Web, have a voice-and-video chat
Set up your printer and a simple network
Organize, print, and share digital photos
Perform easy tune-ups and fixes
Use the new security features in Windows XP Service Pack 2, ready to download at http://www.microsoft.com/windows
Here’s HOW you’ll learn it:
Jump in wherever you need answers—for the simplest ways to get the job done
Easy NUMBERED STEPS show exactly what to do
Handy TIPS teach new techniques and shortcuts
Quick TRY THIS! exercises help you apply what you learn right away
Fully updated—new topics, new content! Covers Windows XP Service Pack 2
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Book Details
Authors
Jerry Joyce Jerry Joyce and Marianne Moon Marianne Moon
Categories
Computers > Operating Systems > Windows Workstation
Publishers
Publication year : 2009
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 0
