Book description
Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system right away. Written by "New York Times" columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book will help you:
- Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully integrated desktop search function
- Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record all of these to a DVD
- Breeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser
- Become familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much more
Aimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which don't.
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Table of contents
- THE MISSING CREDITS
- INTRODUCTION
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I. THE VISTA DESKTOP
- 1. THE VERY BASICS
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2. WELCOME CENTER, DESKTOP, AND THE START MENU
- The Welcome Center
- The Vista Desktop—Now with Aero!
- The Start Menu
- What’s in the Start Menu
- Start→ (Sleep)
- Start→ (Lock)
- Start→Log Off, Restart, Hibernate, Shut Down
- Start→Help and Support
- Start→Default Programs, →Control Panel
- Start→Connect To
- Start→Network
- Start→Computer
- Start→Recent Items
- Start→Search
- Start→Games
- Start→Music, Pictures
- Start→Documents
- Start→[Your Name]: The Personal Folder
- 3. FILES, FOLDERS, AND WINDOWS
- 4. SEARCHING AND ORGANIZING YOUR FILES
- 5. INTERIOR DECORATING VISTA
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II. THE PIECES OF VISTA
- 6. PROGRAMS, DOCUMENTS, AND GADGETS
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7. PHOTOS, MUSIC, AND MOVIES
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Windows Photo Gallery
- Getting Pictures into Photo Gallery
- The Post-Dump Slideshow
- The Digital Shoebox
- Working with Your Photos
- Tags and Ratings
- Editing Your Shots
- Ten Levels of Undo
- Auto Adjust
- Cropping
- Red-Eye
- Rotate
- Exposure and Color Adjustments
- Reverting to the Original
- Finding Your Audience
- Make Prints
- Slideshows
- Make a Slideshow Movie
- Windows Media Player
- DVD Movies
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Windows Photo Gallery
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III. VISTA ONLINE
- 8. GETTING ONLINE—SECURELY
- 9. INTERNET EXPLORER 7
- 10. WINDOWS MAIL
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IV. BEYOND THE BASICS
- 11. PRINTING AND FAXING
- 12. EXPANDING YOUR HARDWARE
- 13. GETTING HELP
- 14. BACKUPS, MAINTENANCE, AND TROUBLESHOOTING
- V. THE VISTA NETWORK
- VI. APPENDIX
- Index
- About the Author
- COLOPHON
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2007
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596528263
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