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Laptops All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
* Builds on the huge success of Laptops For Dummies, now in its second edition
* Eight minibooks comprising nearly 850 pages give laptop owners the detailed information and advice they need to make the most of their computers
* Offers focused content for new and intermediate laptop users, covering laptop
basics and beyond, from synchronizing information with a desktop PC and coordinating e-mail between two computers to accessing the Internet or a desktop computer remotely
* Minibooks include laptop basics, software for laptops, accessories to go, traveling with a laptop, security, networking a laptop, sources of power, and upgrading a laptop
* Sales of laptops continue to outpace sales of desktop PCs, with retail laptop sales up 24 percent in the 2006 holiday season
CONTENTS:
ntroduction 1
Bk. IChoosing the Best Laptop7
Ch. 1Knowing What You Want, Getting What You Need9
Ch. 2Touring a Modern Laptop17
Ch. 3Microprocessors, Memory, and Operating Systems41
Ch. 4Doing It Yourself versus Calling in the Cavalry49
Bk. IISetting Up Your Laptop65
Ch. 1Installing or Upgrading an Operating System67
Ch. 2Painting Flames on the Operating System: Customizing105
Ch. 3Transferring Settings, E-mail, and Documents123
Ch. 4Managing Files, Folders, Extensions135
Bk. IIIRunning Basic Windows Operations155
Ch. 1Opening Windows157
Ch. 2Using Built-in Windows Applications and Gadgets177
Ch. 3Windows Maintenance Utilities211
Ch. 4Honk, Honk! Windows Backup and Restore Utilities243
Bk. IVUsing Common Applications257
Ch. 1Writing Documents259
Ch. 2Crunching Data with Spreadsheets299
Ch. 3Presenting Yourself with PowerPoint Professionalism313
Ch. 4Checking Your Calendar345
Bk. VPlaying with Multimedia359
Ch. 1Walking Through Windows Media Player361
Ch. 2Feeling the Music, Seeing the Stream377
Ch. 3Hamming It Up for the Webcam387
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