Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X v. 10.3 Panther [Paperback]

Ruth Maran (Author), Kelleigh Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2003 | Series: Teach Yourself Visually

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something – and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle scores of Mac OS X Panther tasks, like browsing the Web with Safari™, managing fonts with Font Book, sending and receiving faxes on your computer, using iCal™ to track appointments, switching users quickly and easily, and much more.

"I am an avid buyer and reader of the Visual series. These are the greatest computer books I’ve seen."
– Alex Diaz (Las Vegas, NV)

"I just purchased my third Visual book (my first two are dog-eared now!) Once again, your product has surpassed my expectations. Keep up the wonderful work!"
—Tracey Moore (Memphis, TN)

• "Teach Yourself VISUALLY" sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something -- and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle scores of Mac OS X Panther tasks, like browsing the Web with Safari™, managing fonts with Font Book, sending and receiving faxes on your computer, using iCal™ to track appointments, switching users quickly and easily, and much more.

"I am an avid buyer and reader of the Visual series. These are the greatest computer books I’ve seen."
-- Alex Diaz (Las Vegas, NV)

"I just purchased my third Visual book (my first two are dog-eared now!) Once again, your product has surpassed my expectations. Keep up the wonderful work!"
—Tracey Moore (Memphis, TN)

• "Teach Yourself VISUALLY" sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

Product Details

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• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Visual (November 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764543938
• ISBN-13: 978-0764543937
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,499,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best teach yourself book out there for MAC OS, May 31, 2004

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C. Robinson (BRIDGEPORT, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X v. 10.3 Panther (Paperback)

This is by far the best guide for teaching yourself and familiarizing yourself with MAC's new OS PANTHER. It is extremely well written and the graphics are just astonishing. The graphics are very original and make it such a valuable training tool that compliments this books "hints". The MAC is a wonderful computer and this book will help you bring out the best in both you and you MAC. It covers iDVD, iMovie, basic operations, emailiing, iTunes you name it - it's in here! Great book, great buy, highly recommended for any MAC user!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Visually arresting info for most users, September 12, 2004

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Amazonian (San Francisco<P>San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X v. 10.3 Panther (Paperback)

The Teach Yourself Visually guides are outstanding for those who may feel overwhelmed by the Panther OS -- and the heavily textual manuals that are available. This may not be comprehensive (that's not its aim). but it does a fine job of picking out the things a Panther user would most likely want to do, and outline explanations clearly and with abundant illustrations.

This is fun to flip through, emulating the heady experience of actually using the latest Mac OS. The information here is available in other guides, of course, but none can surpass the simplicity of Maran's presentation. It's recommended especiallu for newer users, who can likely find what they're looking for in the excellent index.

It's so good at what it does that you want it to be longer. That's its only real drawback, which speaks well for what it does cover.