Easy-to-follow coverage of portable Macs, including the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air
How to Do Everything: MacBook strongly emphasizes the portability and other unique features of the laptop versions of the Mac, examining ports and jacks, discussing user accounts and privacy, managing multiple network connections, using MobileMe to stay synched, etc. It also explores the activities laptop users most often perform, such as productivity, entertainment, and communication.
Tasks and activities are broken down into simple-to-follow directions and highlighted with clear graphics to make everything easy to understand. Tips and tricks for getting the most out of the latest versions of the built-in software, including the new versions of iLife and iWork are also included. As a travel writer, the author understands the needs of mobile computer users. She covers battery management and power, connectivity, working online, using VoIP, and maintaining and troubleshooting the MacBook.
How to Do Everything: MacBook
Draws on author’s personal experience as a writer who travels, providing tips and tricks for getting the best out of the MacBook on the road
Contains accurate and up-to-date product information on latest versions of Mac OS X and iWork/iLife applications
Explains the differences between the MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air
About the Author
Robin Noelle is a professional writer who has more than 12 years’ experience in marketing and public relations, with an emphasis on technology. Her ability to translate highly technical information into layman’s terms led to Noelle facilitating interviews between product managers and editors from PC Magazine, CNET, and PC World. She has written travel guides for Avalon Travel.
Get the most out of the revolutionary iPad with help from this easy-to-follow guide. Covering both the Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + 3G models, How to Do Everything: iPad shows you how to quickly master the basics, such as customizing your iPad, using the Multi-Touch screen, accessing the Internet through wireless and cellular connections, syncing, and backing up your data. Learn to use Mail, Safari, iBooks, iTunes, Maps, the App Store, and much more. View photos and video, create a slideshow, watch movies, use GPS, and play games. If you’re looking for a book as cutting-edge and streamlined as the iPad itself, you found it!
Configure, register, customize, sync, and back up your iPad
Select a data plan for your iPad 3G
Connect to Wi-Fi networks, access the web, and surf with Safari
Set up Mail and integrate with various email accounts
Install iBooks and download and read books
Download and run cool apps from the App Store
View, manage, and share photos and videos
Set up iTunes, sync music and media from your computer, download songs, and create playlists
Rent, purchase, download, and watch movies and TV shows
Manage your contacts and schedule and keep notes
Navigate with GPS and Maps
Discover, download, and play awesome games
Take advantage of the iPad’s built-in accessibility features, including VoiceOver and Zoom
Features
Personalize your iPad with applications, ringtones, themes, skins, and wallpapers and explore iPad accessories
Use iPad Desktop Software to synchronize the iPad with your computer
Download and access e-books, online newspapers, magazines, videos, movies, blogs, journals, and educational materials like college textbooks and lab books
Use the operating system to navigate file folders, applications, and perform computer-related tasks
Place and answer phone calls, use voice activation, add phone contacts, and incorporate a Bluetooth headset
Send and receive text, picture, and video SMS, MMS, and e-mail messages, and explore additional messaging options (Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, AOL, and others)
Find Wi-Fi hotspots, surf the Internet, research, and locate and read online publications, and explore GPS and Maps
Learn about networking options including Ethernet, ad-hoc, Bluetooth, wireless, and connect the iPad to your home entertainment center or game console
Readers quickly learn how to use basic features like making phone calls, sending text messages, and managing contacts, as well as listening to music, taking and viewing photos, working with e-mail, creating contacts and synching data with their computer
Readers learn about things they did not expect to see in the iPad, including using GPS and maps, working with an actual “Tablet computer”, and easily obtaining downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, newsletters, journals, and blogs in the fields of entertainment, sports, science, history, culture, celebrities, news, current events, politics, technology, and education
Readers learn how to locate and connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, choose an Internet subscription plan, surf the Internet, and perform Internet-related tasks, like shopping, updating their device, signing into Web sites, and managing bookmarks and cookies.
Contents are arranged so readers can either work through the book chapter by chapter or use the book as reference, using the Table of Contents and Index as a guide
See what fun and games are available at the App Store, what can be acquired from iTunes, and download and install 3rd party applications created for the iPad
Learn how to take handwritten notes on the iPad and translate them into typed pages, how to navigate the mobility options, how to video conference with others, and how to use the computer functions
Author Profile
Joli Ballew (Garland, TX) Microsoft MVP, MCSE, MCDST, A+, and MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2007 is the extremely popular, bestselling author of Degunking Windows (Paraglyph Press), voted IPPY’s Best Computer Book of the Year in 2005. Joli has written over 30 books overall, including but not limited to How to Do Everything with Windows Vista Media Center (McGraw-Hill), How to Do Everything with BlackBerry Storm 2 (McGraw-Hill), PC Magazine’s Office 2007 Solutions (Wiley), Breakthrough Windows Vista (Microsoft Press), and 5 books in Pearson’s Brilliant and In Simple Steps series including Brilliant Windows 7 for the Over 50′s and Computer Essentials with Windows 7. Beyond her book writing career, Joli has written articles and given live webcasts for Microsoft’s Windows XP Expert Zone, and is currently writing web pages for Microsoft’s new Malaysia web site for small- to medium-sized businesses. She was the managing editor for BrightHub.com’s Home Office channel and still currently writes for the site, teaches classes weekly at Eastfield and Collin community colleges in Dallas and Collin County, Texas, and has created training videos for Keystone Learning. She has also served as technical editor and/or contributor on myriad book titles.
This hands-on guide shows SharePoint 2010 administrators how to use PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks and conduct remote troubleshooting.
PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators explains how to take advantage of PowerShell─the built-in scripting language─to increase productivity by automating tasks on both local and remote systems. PowerShell is fully integrated into SharePoint 2010, providing administrators with a revolutionary set of tools, including more than 500 new PowerShell commands. This book covers all PowerShell capabilities.
This comprehensive guide provides an introduction to PowerShell for administrators who have never used it before. Specifics on how and why to use PowerShell with SharePoint are included. Real-word scenarios demonstrate the advantages of PowerShell as a tool to solve common problems.
PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators
Covers the latest versions: SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell 2.0
Is written by global SharePoint and PowerShell experts and bloggers
Includes comparisons between PowerShell scripting and built-in SharePoint tools that demonstrate the differences and provide a good understanding of when to use PowerShell
Requires no prior knowledge of PowerShell—provides a good introduction to both PowerShell and SharePoint
Offers extensive PowerShell script examples for download
Practical PowerPivot & DAX Formulas for Excel 2010
Extract actionable BI using Excel 2010 PowerPivot and DAX language
Featuring 200 ready-to-use DAX queries, Practical PowerPivot & DAX Queries for Excel 2010 shows Office and Excel power users how to take advantage of DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)—the new standard language for extracting BI within Excel. An entire section shows how to create tables, pivot tables, and PowerPivot tables in Excel. You can then progress to writing DAX queries and formulas to harness the power of BI.
This solutions-based guide contains more than 200 DAX queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of BI-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows:
Query: Introduction and description of query and its use
Syntax: Complete DAX syntax
Result: Screen shot showing the data returned in an Excel 2010 pivot table
Analysis: Analysis of the results and tips for customization
Practical PowerPivot & DAX Queries for Excel 2010
Includes 200+ ready-to-use, easily customizable DAX queries, all available for download
Features a practical and hands-on approach with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory
Explains how to visualize actionable BI
Helps to dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skills
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications The Complete Reference
Leverage SharePoint’s revolutionary software development platform to build business applications
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications: The Complete Reference is the perfect guide for developers who want to use SharePoint to build any type of web application using SharePoint as a platform. In SharePoint 2010, practically all of the additional functionality is aimed at extending this development capability. This book fully covers all of these features. Learn how to build a self-service web portal for customers; create a unified access point for all internal line-of-business applications; deliver e-commerce solutions; and much more.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications: The Complete Reference:
Defines best practices covering the entire project lifecycle
Explains which development tool best suits each task
Provides step-by-step, real-world examples with downloadable sample code
Features comprehensive coverage of all the new SharePoint 2010 features
Helps to builds the skills required to use SharePoint as a development platform, both from a software development perspective and from a project management perspective
Written by a former member of the SharePoint development team, this is a step-by-step guide to mastering the latest release of this integrated suite of server capabilities.
In How to Do Everything: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Stephen Cawood—one of the people who helped build SharePoint—offers advice from his many years of working with SharePoint customers, cutting to the core and focusing on key features to get you up to speed quickly. You’ll get easy-to-follow tutorials on blogs, wikis, MySites, Web parts, taxonomy, document management, workflow, publishing sites, team sites, and much more. Take full advantage of the content management, enterprise search, collaboration, and information-sharing capabilities of SharePoint 2010 with help from this practical guide.
How to Do Everything: Microsoft SharePoint 2010:
Covers the key new features, including new out-of-the-box web parts and SharePoint taxonomy
Contains step-by-step examples that walk you through the most common SharePoint tasks
Explains how to use SharePoint Workspace to work with SharePoint offline
Includes valuable advice from SharePoint experts
Functions as a handy reference to learn new features and as a refresher
A full-color, step-by-step guide to all the key features of SharePoint 2010
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps starts you up on SharePoint 2010 right away, including SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, and SharePoint Workspace 2010. Color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to ramp up on the latest release of Microsoft’s integrated collaboration suite. Follow along and quickly learn how to plan, build, administer, and secure a SharePoint site and integrate it with Microsoft Office 2010. Get up to speed on SharePoint 2010 in no time with help from this practical, fast-paced guide.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps
Offers full-color coverage of the key capabilities of the entire SharePoint suite
Features high production quality, breadth of coverage, and a low price
Includes color screenshots on every page with step-by-step explanations
Business Intelligence with Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007
Deliver BI Solutions with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Maximize the powerful BI tools available in PerformancePoint 2007 with help from this practical guide. You will learn how to collect and store data, monitor progress, analyze performance, distribute dynamic reports, and create maintainable projects and forecasts. Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides full details on creating scorecards and dashboards, performing advanced analysis on data, and setting up business plans. You will also learn how to integrate PerformancePoint with ProClarity, Excel 2007, and SQL Server Reporting Services.
Configure, deploy, and secure all the PerformancePoint components
Create KPIs, scorecards, reports, and dashboards with the Dashboard Designer
Create business models with the Planning Business Modeler and create budgets and forecasts with Excel 2007
Enable advanced data analysis with PerformancePoint Server and ProClarity tools
Take advantage of the enhanced analytic capabilities of Excel 2007
The ultimate guide to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
This comprehensive guide takes you through the planning and implementation lifecycle of a Project Server installation. You will learn how to utilize this powerful software to set up and manage projects, allocate human as well as financial resources, track progress, and adjust activities quickly to accommodate project changes and updates.
Endorsement
“Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 is an extremely advanced and dynamic toolset requiring fundamental organizational inspection. Rob and Dave provide an equally deep and unique perspective of this powerful solution.” –Daniel T. Renier, Principal Consultant, Milestone Consulting Group, Inc.
Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007
This authoritative volume is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today’s networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you’re already using to help you in your everyday work.
Create Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts and apply Conditional Formatting
Convert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and Charting
Connect external data to Excel using Office Data Connections and SharePoint
Create SharePoint dashboards that display data from multiple sources
Add Key Performance Indicators and Excel Services reports to your dashboards
Harness advanced SQL Server 2005 data analysis tools with the Excel Data Mining Add-In and Visio Cluster Diagrams
Generate integrated PerformancePoint Scorecards
Create Visio PivotDiagrams and Windows Mobile spreadsheets
All of the examples in the book can be downloaded for free by doing the following: go to www.mhprofessional.com. Click on the Computing tab. Click on the Downloads page. Click on the book’s title to download the examples.
Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: A Beginner’s Guide
Set up and administer a SharePoint Server 2007 environment
Get started on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 quickly and easily with help from this step-by-step guide. Using clear instructions, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: A Beginner’s Guide shows you how to set up and configure SharePoint Server, collect and store data, build lists and libraries, and enable enterprise search capabilities. You’ll learn how to create portals and Web pages, secure your SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and optimize performance. Microsoft Office 2007 integration techniques are also covered.
Install and configure SharePoint Server 2007
Secure your SharePoint Server network and data
Easily locate files and folders using the Search feature
Simplify data collection using forms and workflows
Logically organize content into lists and libraries
Monitor, maintain, and back up your SharePoint Server environment
Build Web applications and portals from reusable, modular Web Parts
Improve efficiency using customized views and metadata schemes
Seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: The Complete Reference
The definitive guide to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Deploy and manage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the enterprise with help from this one-stop resource. Through detailed instructions, screenshots, and code samples, this comprehensive guide shows you, step-by-step, how to use SharePoint Server and make the most of all its powerful tools and utilities.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: The Complete Reference explains how to develop a customized installation plan, configure the server for optimal performance, and administer users, documents, and content. You’ll get full details on designing feature-rich portals and collaboration sites, creating user-friendly forms and workflows, using modular Web Parts, and incorporating business data.
Install and configure SharePoint Server for the entire enterprise
Manage the server from the Central Administration site
Design SharePoint Server portals, websites, lists, and document libraries
Work with SharePoint Web Parts or build your own
Ensure cross-site consistency using site columns and content types
Create site definitions and templates using SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio
Build custom workflows using SharePoint Designer
Extend SharePoint Server using the Object Model and Event Receivers
Import and map enterprise information using the Business Data Catalog
Use the advanced services of Office Search and Excel Web Services
Endorsement
“This well-planned and well-written book offers a comprehensive reference for IT professionals, application developers and business analysts working with SharePoint applications.” – James A. Robertson, MCSD.NET, Senior Software Engineer, Applied Information Sciences
Visualizing Information with Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007
Create and distribute data-connected Microsoft Office Visio diagrams and reports
Get full details on the powerful features of Microsoft Office Visio 2007 inside this comprehensive volume. Written by Visio expert David Parker, Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 demonstrates how to effectively visualize, explore, and communicate complex business information. Learn to use PivotDiagrams, Data Graphics, and Smart Tags, as well as link data to shapes and create meaningful Visio documents and reports. Plus, you’ll get vital security information, time-saving tips, troubleshooting techniques, and downloadable macros and code samples.
Essential Skills for Database Users and Professionals
Create shapes and link them to data
Summarize and analyze information using PivotDiagrams
Use Data Graphics, Smart Tags, and SmartShapes to reinforce information
Generate robust Excel, HTML, and XML reports
Create custom, reusable templates, stencils, and masters
Update and enhance diagrams with Reviewer’s comments and markups
Integrate Visio diagrams with other Windows applications
Publish and securely distribute Visio documents and summaries
Extend functionality using VBA macros, add-ins, and wrapper applications
Written by CompTIA certification and training expert Mike Meyers, this instructive, full-color guide will help you pass the CompTIA A+ Practical Application exam and become an expert hardware technician. Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+ Guide: Practical Application, Third Edition is completely up to date with the latest CompTIA A+ standards. Inside, you’ll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
Each chapter includes:
Learning objectives
Full-color photographs and illustrations
Real-world examples
Try This! and Cross Check exercises
Tech tips, notes, and warnings
End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects
The CD-ROM features
Two complete practice exams
New video introduction to CompTIA A+
Video training segment
Mike’s favorite PC tools and utilities
E-book
Complete coverage of all the topics on CompTIA A+ exam 220-702, including:
The Path of the PC Tech
Windows; Applying CPUs
Applying RAM
Applying BIOS and CMOS
Applying Motherboards; Applying PC Power
Applying Hard Drives
Applying Removable Media
Applying the Windows Command Line
Securing Windows – Advanced
Maintaining Windows – Advanced
Applying Input/Output
Applying Video and Multimedia
Applying Portable Computing
Applying Printing
Applying Local Area Networking
Applying Wireless
Applying the Internet
Applying Computer Security
Troubleshooting Scenarios
Reviews
Absolutely the best A+ resource available. – Dr. Walt Merchant, CIS Department Chair, ECPI College of Technology
My students love this book… comprehensive yet approachable, a proven A+ prep tool. – Farbod Karimi, Instructor, Heald College
The most comprehensive publication on the market. — Certification Magazine
About the Author
Mike Meyers (Houston, TX) A+, Network+, MCP, has worked with McGraw-Hill for nearly a decade creating highly successful learning materials for education. He has also worked extensively with many higher education institutions to develop and support his products, and has helped thousands of students and self-study learners gain the skills and confidence needed to pass certification exams and start successful technology careers. The A+ Guide textbooks, along with the lab manuals, practice exam software, and instructor guides are used by thousands of schools nationwide to train students for A+ and Network+ certification and general computer hardware, operating system, and networking skills. Meyers is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world such as IBM, Lucent Technologies, Canon, Dupont, GE, the FBI, FAA, and the United Nations. Meyer’s A+ All-in-One Exam Guide has been the best selling A+ Certification book on the market since its initial printing in July 1998.
How to Do Everything: Nexus One reveals how to master all the versatile features of Google’s new “super phone.” Nexus One includes several features that surpass the iPhone: a thinner, lighter handset; a larger screen with twice the resolution; voice-enabled text entry; better battery life; and a 5 megapixel camera with built-in flash. Readers will learn how to map routes, use Google Voice, Gmail, and other mail services, use Google Apps, play games, take and upload photos and video, download and play music, synch the phone with a Mac or PC, and much more.
The book is organized to match the user’s process in buying, setting up, and using the Nexus One. Chapters 2-7 match the order of icons users will encounter on the Nexus One home screen. Later chapters add detail on downloading software and content for the phone and extending it with add-on hardware. Pre-loaded Google services such as Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Navigation, and Google Voice are also covered.
Take advantage of all Nexus One and Android apps
Connect to data and voice networks, including Google Voice
Make calls and send text and multimedia messages
Master the hardware and software controls, including voice recognition
Design your home screen and get apps
Load and manage contacts
Use Gmail and email, set up accounts, and chat with Google Talk
Browse the web with Google Chrome
Get spoken turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps Navigation
Snap photos and capture videos
Load and play music
About the Author
Bud Smith (Oakland, CA) is one of the top authors working in technology today. Beginning in 1984, he’s written more than fifteen books, selling more than a million copies in total. Published books include nine editions of Creating Web Pages for Dummies (Wiley) and Internet Marketing for Dummies (Wiley). Topics Bud has written about include the first book on Google Voice, using Google applications, using Word Press, AutoCAD, and more. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, including all major European languages, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. His current bestseller is Creating Web Pages For Dummies, now in its Ninth Edition; the recently released Google Voice For Dummies is the first book on the topic, and the sales outlook is promising as Google Voice and Android expand.
Bud has also worked for a wide range of technology companies, including Apple, IBM, Microsoft, AltaVista and others. He has served as a technical writer, project manager, and marketing director, taking an active role in development of QuickTime software, GPS devices, and software, Web services, and portable computer hardware for the blind, among other products.
Bud holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of San Francisco and completed an MSc at the London School of Economics in 2007, both in Information Systems. Today, he is a full-time author living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Master all the versatile capabilities of the hot handheld that’s taking the world by storm. How to Do Everything: BlackBerry Storm2 shows you how to set up and customize your device, make calls, manage contacts, send and receive messages, snap photos, and capture video footage. You’ll learn how to download and install all kinds of apps, map with GPS, play games, listen to music, create playlists, and so much more. This hands-on guide covers it all!
Make phone calls, use e-mail, and access the web
Use various messaging options, including BlackBerry Messenger, SMS, and MMS
Take photos and capture video
Customize with ring tones, wallpaper, and themes
Download applications from BlackBerry App World
Connect to Wi-Fi hotspots
Navigate with BlackBerry Maps and GPS
Tether your BlackBerry to your computer
Load and play music, create playlists, and set up synching
Use the calendar and clock and manage appointments
Secure, back up, restore, and troubleshoot your BlackBerry Storm2.
Coverage of everything, including:
Phone basics
Blackberry Messaging Camera
Personalization; Ringtones, Themes, and Wallpaper
Blackberry App World
E-mail; Internet
Games
Media Player
Mobile streaming and multimedia
Blackberry Desktop Software
Calendar, Tasks, and To-Do Lists
Alarms and reminders
Wi-Fi
Maps
Troubleshooting
About the Author
Joli Ballew, Microsoft MVP, MCSE, MCDST, A+, and MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2007 (Garland, TX) is the extremely popular, bestselling author of Degunking Windows (Paraglyph Press), voted IPPY’s Best Computer Book of the Year in 2005. She has written more than 30 books, including How to Do Everything with Windows Vista Media Center.
New in the bestselling QuickSteps series, this full-color guide is the fastest, easiest way to master the collaborative power of the latest release of Outlook
Using lots of full-color graphics while keeping text to a minimum, Microsoft Office Outlook 14 QuickSteps makes it easy for readers to learn how tomaximize Outlook’s communication and collaboration features. Readers can easily find exactly the answers they are looking for without having to read the whole book. The text can be read from beginning to end, or readers can jump in anywhere and find just what they need. In clear, straightforward language, the author shows how to use the more advanced collaborative feature built into the new version of Outlook. Readers will be able to troubleshoot common problems with Outlook’s email and synchronization features.
Features
Provides quick answers to “How do I…?” questions with step-by-step solutions to common problems
Introductions and explanatory text are kept to a minimum. Fast steps and lots of full-color illustrations help readers immediately accomplish their goals
Oblong trim and oversize format make it easy for the book to lie open at the computer while the user follows along
Graphic icons lead readers to useful tips and reminders and warn them away from common pitfalls
Sidebars provide valuable information above-and-beyond the task at hand without breaking the flow of the main text
With its colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, QuickSteps empowers any computer user to learn the key features of the new operating system
Sidebars provide valuable information above-and-beyond the task at hand without breaking the flow of the main text
High production values, loads of information, and an ultra-low price make this the best value on the market
Easy-to-follow coverage of Outlook 2010
Receiving and Handling E-Mail
Creating and Sending E-Mail
Managing Contacts
Scheduling and the Calendar
Using Task Lists
Using a Journal and Making Notes
Managing Files and Folders
Using Forms, Labels and Mail Merge
Using Outlook in Other Ways
About the Author
Marty Matthews (Langley, WA) is the author or coauthor of more than 70 books—including the bestselling Windows XP QuickSteps and its sequel Windows Vista QuickSteps (McGraw-Hill)—as well as co-creator of the QuickSteps series. He specializes in explaining complex topics to beginners.
New in the bestselling QuickSteps series, this full-color guide is the fastest, easiest way to get up and running on the latest release of Microsoft’s powerful database application for home and professional users.
Using lots of full-color graphics while keeping text to a minimum, Microsoft Office Access 14 QuickSteps makes it easy for readers to learn how to use Microsoft’s powerful database program. Readers can easily find exactly the answers they are looking for without having to read the whole book. The essential features of the program are covered, including the Ribbon interface and enhanced collaborative features, and the book shows how to make the most of Access’s improved interoperability with other applications. Readers will learn how to create great-looking reports that incorporate charts, graphics, and other material from programs in the Office suite. Timesaving, troubleshooting, and analysis techniques are also included.
Features
The book combines simplified tutorials with ready reference materials, making it like a recipe book for Access users
Expository text is kept to a minimum so readers can focus on learning just the steps they need to know to accomplish their goals
Full-color graphics and headings throughout keep the materials lively and visually interesting for the reader
Graphical icons guide readers to useful tips and reminders, bonus information related to the topic being covered, and warnings about common errors and pitfalls
The oversize, oblong trim makes it possible to show graphics and text side by side, and the book lies open so readers can follow along as they type
With its colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, QuickSteps empowers any computer user to learn the key features of the new operating system
Sidebars provide valuable information above-and-beyond the task at hand without breaking the flow of the main text
High production values, loads of information, and an ultra-low price make this the best value on the market
Easy-to-follow coverage of Access 2010:
Creating a Database
Modifying Tables and Fields
Working in the Datasheet
Retrieving Information
Creating Forms and Using Controls
Working with Reports
Preparing Your Data for Presentation
Securing and Administering Access Extending Access
About the Author
John Cronan (Everett, WA) has worked with computers for more than 25 years and has written about them for more than a dozen years. In addition to authoring the present work, he has contributed to more than 25 other titles, including Microsoft Office Excel 2007 QuickSteps, Microsoft Office Access 2007 QuickSteps, eBay QuickSteps, Second Edition, and Build an eBay Business QuickSteps, Second Edition
A Beginner’s Guide series, written for absolute beginners is designed for Easy Learning with Key Skills & Concepts with chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter , Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips, hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills, Extra information related to the topic being covered and Helpful reminders to help you prepare for the exam and alternative ways of doing things.
This series has reveived several praises from SciTech Book News, which is published by Book News, Inc. Book News prepares concise, descriptive reviews of new books in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities for librarians and other buyers of serious books; SciTech Book News is unique in its coverage of high-level books in technology, engineering, computer, medicine, agriculture, and the physical & biological sciences.
Reviewed in the March 2010 issue ofSciTech Book News
“Written for absolute beginners, this tutorial shows how to program in AppleScript, the scripting language built into Mac OS X, in order to automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mails. Sections cover getting started, essential AppleScript programming techniques, and automating major applications with AppleScript. Debugging and error handling are also covered. Learning features include Q&A sections, hands-on exercises, tips, cautions, and example code with annotations. A companion web site offers ready-to-use code. Hart-Davis has written other computer books.”
Reviewed in the September 2009 issue of SciTech Book News
“The fourth edition of this beginner’s guide to programming in the HTML language describes the basic steps of structuring pages, placing images, formatting text, creating links, adding color, using forms and working with multimedia. Willard, a freelance web designer and consultant, uses hands-on exercises, self tests and Q&A sections so that novices can learn advanced applications such as dynamic web content, CSS and JavaScript. A new chapter has been added in this version that covers the use of HTML for email so that target audiences can be reached through online communications.”
An excerpt from this book has been published in the Winter issue of iPhone Life Magazine. To view the excerpt, please use the following link (article located on pages 80-81 of the electronic issue), please click Here.
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How to Do Everything Nexus One 
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How to Do Everything iPad
June 25, 2010How to Do Everything iPad © 2011
Authors: Ballew, Joli
ISBN-13: 9780071748698
ISBN 10: 0071748695
©2011 | 1st Edition | 336 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 25.00
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Tap into every feature of your iPad!
Get the most out of the revolutionary iPad with help from this easy-to-follow guide. Covering both the Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + 3G models, How to Do Everything: iPad shows you how to quickly master the basics, such as customizing your iPad, using the Multi-Touch screen, accessing the Internet through wireless and cellular connections, syncing, and backing up your data. Learn to use Mail, Safari, iBooks, iTunes, Maps, the App Store, and much more. View photos and video, create a slideshow, watch movies, use GPS, and play games. If you’re looking for a book as cutting-edge and streamlined as the iPad itself, you found it!
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Joli Ballew (Garland, TX) Microsoft MVP, MCSE, MCDST, A+, and MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2007 is the extremely popular, bestselling author of Degunking Windows (Paraglyph Press), voted IPPY’s Best Computer Book of the Year in 2005. Joli has written over 30 books overall, including but not limited to How to Do Everything with Windows Vista Media Center (McGraw-Hill), How to Do Everything with BlackBerry Storm 2 (McGraw-Hill), PC Magazine’s Office 2007 Solutions (Wiley), Breakthrough Windows Vista (Microsoft Press), and 5 books in Pearson’s Brilliant and In Simple Steps series including Brilliant Windows 7 for the Over 50′s and Computer Essentials with Windows 7. Beyond her book writing career, Joli has written articles and given live webcasts for Microsoft’s Windows XP Expert Zone, and is currently writing web pages for Microsoft’s new Malaysia web site for small- to medium-sized businesses. She was the managing editor for BrightHub.com’s Home Office channel and still currently writes for the site, teaches classes weekly at Eastfield and Collin community colleges in Dallas and Collin County, Texas, and has created training videos for Keystone Learning. She has also served as technical editor and/or contributor on myriad book titles.
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