AOL Wired in a Week: Master the Internet in 10 Minutes a Day (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

~ AOL's Online Advisor, Regina Lewis (Author) "An important note: Everything that follows in this book is based on the latest version of our software, AOL 6.0..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A comprehensive guide written especially for AOL users, Wired in a Week starts off with the basics. Each chapter covers a handful of information that can be easily absorbed by novices in a single day. In fact, the first day covers skills like plugging in your modem, using a mouse, and setting up your first account. Most folks won't lose out by skipping ahead to later chapters, and depending on your current skill level, you may be able to just skim the book for its useful points. Instant messaging, chat rooms, e-mail shorthand like LOL and IMHO, e-cards, and basic keyword searches are explained over two chapters, while an entire day is devoted to online shopping procedures. Days five and six revolve around tools like Mapquest and Digital City, which together will have you not only dining out at the best restaurants, but not getting lost on your way to dinner. The last chapter covers various ways to set up parental controls for everything from time limits to age ratings for particular sites, and also suggests methods of introducing your kids to the Web, if they haven't begun to explore it themselves.

In general, Wired in a Week is designed to help brand new users (newbies, as they are called by the digerati) take advantage of all the tools AOL has built into its system. If you've been using AOL for a while, chances are you're already familiar with most of the skills presented here. With short chapters, simple directions, and plenty of diagrams and pictures to help out when words aren't enough, you'll find it easily possible to be "wired in an afternoon," rather than an entire week. --Jill Lightner

Product Description

Teaches, in ten minutes a day, how to use e-mail, instant messenger, and chat to communicate, how to navigate AOL, how to keep kids safe using AOL's parental controls, and how to shop online. Offers simple tips and tools to becoming proficient at using AOL to surf the Web. The CD-ROM includes a free trial of AOL software, and a rebate offer from AOL. Softcover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446677361
• ISBN-13: 978-0446677363
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,096,480 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT RESOURCE, November 17, 2000

By A Customer

This book is a must have next to your computer. It tells you how to get started online and how to use AOL for checking stocks, sports scores, email and getting pictures online. I refer to it all the time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My mother-in-law loved this book, November 14, 2000

By A Customer

We've been trying for years to get my mother-in-law online so that we could email her and send her pictures of the kids online. We bought her a computer for Christmas last year, but she never used it. We gave her this book last weekend, and I just got an instant message from her. It really worked!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick & Easy!, November 9, 2000

By A Customer

I actually read the book over the course of a weekend. Having been an AOL user for several months, I thought I would be familiar with most of the information provided, but was pleasantly surprised to find that the book contained an abundance of extremely useful hints -- shortcuts and access to fun stuff I didn't even know existed on AOL!

Definitely a must-read for both newbies and for veteran AOL users, this book comes VERY highly recommended by me! It will top my holiday gift-giving list this year!