Windows XP Visual Quick Tips [Paperback]

Paul McFedries (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470009241 | ISBN-13: 978-0470009246 | Edition: 1

* Straight-forward task descriptions
* Succinct explanations
* Full-color screen shots
* Numbered steps

Learn How To:
* Maximize Your E-mail Security
* Make Your File Searches Run Faster
* Encrypt Confidential Files and Folders

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From the Back Cover

• Straight-forward task descriptions
• Succinct explanations
• Full-color screen shots
• Numbered steps

Learn How To:

• Maximize Your E-mail Security
• Make Your File Searches Run Faster
• Encrypt Confidential Files and Folders

About the Author

Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. Paul has worked with computers large and small since 1975. He has written over 40 books that have sold nearly three million copies worldwide, including the Wiley book Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows XP, 2nd Edition. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy, a Web site devoted to recently coined words and phrases. Word Spy generates over a million page views each month, has won numerous awards, and has been mentioned or featured in publications such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine. Paul invites you to join in the fun at www.wordspy.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Visual; 1 edition (January 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470009241
• ISBN-13: 978-0470009246
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,124,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul McFedries runs Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company, and has been writing computer books for more than 17 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 books that have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. Paul is also the proprietor of Wordspy.com, a website that tracks new words and phrases as they enter the language.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Small but mighty, February 8, 2007

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John D. Mandes (Hershey, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows XP Visual Quick Tips (Paperback)

"Windows XP Visual Quick Tips" is an excellent reference guide for someone who needs to have facts and their finger tips as they use Windows XP, especially if it it is not their primary operating system. I suspect with the introduction of Apple's new line of computers which run both Mac OS as well as Windows XP, side by side, their will be many personal computer users who fall into this category: Users who are practically experts in Mac OS but neophytes when it comes to Windows XP (or any other version of Windows for that matter). In "Windows XP Visual Quick Tips, " author Paul McFedries has done an excellent job of selecting the most important aspects of Windows XP to share with the new Windows user thereby ending up with a handy, small book to keep at the user's side rather than a behemoth that resembles a bible. Designer Kathie S. Rickard and Illustrator Ronda David-Burroughs deserve special mention for their keen ability in complementing McFedries' text thereby greatly enhancing the book's design -- in full color with excellent screen shots that effectively complement the narrative text. Although I already knew a fair amount of the information contained in this guide, I read every page because of its layout and design. I highly recommend "Windows XP Visual Quick Tips." it will get used extensively as you familiarize yourself with, what for many Mac users, is a strange new world.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It is Visual and Quick But..., April 10, 2008

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Spudman (Pasadena, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Quick Tips (Paperback)

I also found this book of limited usefulness. This is not an introduction to Vista but a tip sheet for those familiar with the program. The format and the graphics are too small for these old eyes.
Some of the tips, especially the ones for the internet are also applicable to Windows XP.
The view is not expansive here. It's a limited vista.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Micro Soft Visual for Vista, November 28, 2007

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Heller (jacksonville fl) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Quick Tips (Paperback)

The book is too small, and the visuals have to be looked at thru a magnifying glass. I did not find this book helpful at all.