Brimming with step-by-step instructions and illustrative screenshots, this guide designed specifically for seniors provides detailed information on the free software and services provided online by Google. For beginners and more advanced computer users alike, this insightful resource shows how to perform tasks such as exploring the world, building a free website, browsing the internet, creating documents, and sharing web albums and calendars, by using the host of options available through Google. Since these applications are available on the internet, they will run the same on a computer with Windows Vista, XP, or 7, though a fast internet connection (DSL or cable) is required.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Google for Seniors: Get Acquainted with Free Google Applications: Google Earth, Maps, Reader, Docs, Sites, Chrome (Computer Books for Seniors series) (Paperback)
I do NOT recommend reading this book. It has numerous faults, including: font size in screen images is too small, and the screen images have poor contrast. The page design includes extraneous graphics. For example, when we are to type something in a field, the book provides a callout to the word "Type" plus an image of a keyboard. When we are to click on something, the book gives us an image of a mouse. The keyboard and mouse images are visual clutter.The book is sometimes wrong. On p. 21 it says to click the Back arrow to open the first hit in a Google search. Nope! The book ssys nothing about sponsored links. Instead, the first hit is described as "the most important" (p. 21 top). The book starts out assuming that Internet Explorer is your web browser. Later it introduces Chrome. There are signs of a lack of careful editing. For example, sentences and ideas are sometimes in an illogical order. For example, the first paragraph at the top of p. 271 is: "The first time you open Picasa, the program will search your computer for images. On your desktop you will see a new shortcut to Picasa. Click the icon to open the program." Wait. First I find Picasa's desktop icon (in the book the picture of this icon is blurry with a medium gray background and looks nothing like Picasa's bright, attractive desktop icon). Then I double-click the icon. Then Picasa offers two options for searching the computer for images. On the plus side, the "Please Note" box at the bottom of page 271 is well-written and gives good guidance. This and a few other useful bits of information earned this book 2 stars instead of 1.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent,
This review is from: Google for Seniors: Get Acquainted with Free Google Applications: Google Earth, Maps, Reader, Docs, Sites, Chrome (Computer Books for Seniors series) (Paperback)
I got this book as a Christmas gift. Did not think much of it but an influential person in my life nudged me to give it a shot and learn to use the internet (Google).This book clearly explains me in my own pace what I do & how it works. I even taught my son how to use the 'site:' tag, to specifically look through one site in particular. Excellent to learn about Google & computers.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Teach seniors Google,
This review is from: Google for Seniors: Get Acquainted with Free Google Applications: Google Earth, Maps, Reader, Docs, Sites, Chrome (Computer Books for Seniors series) (Paperback)
A great book that does exactly what it says: visually teaches seniors to use GOogle and connect them to the information network that is the internet. Looks specifically designed to welcome newcomers into this world, by easing them into this technology with a familiar medium. Recommended for seniors or as a self-teching tool.
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