Designed for individuals who want to learn one of today's most popular word processing applications from pictures and a minimum of words, Word 6 for Windows Simplified includes such topics as getting started; smart editing; using multiple documents; saving, opening, and printing documents; working with tables, and much more.

Updated to cover AOL 5.0, America Online Simplified, 2nd Edition is the easiest way to get up and running with this popular online service. With full-color screenshots accompanied by goof-proof, step-by-step instructions on every page, this guide is the ideal choice for AOL newbies who prefer a visual approach to learning.

This visual guide teaches you how to use all of the exciting and powerful features of the world's number one spreadsheet program for Microsoft Windows. It addresses issues for total beginners, yet demystifies even extremely technical and complex issues.

Computer interfaces and documentation are notoriously difficult for any user, regardless of his or her level of experience. Advances in technology are not making applications more friendly. Introducing concepts from linguistics and language teaching, Language and Communication proposes a new approach to computer interface design. The book explains for the first time why the much hyped user-friendly interface is treated with such derision by the user community. The author argues that software and hardware designers should consider such fundamental language concepts as meaning, context, function, variety, and equivalence. She goes on to show how imagining an interface as a new language can be an invaluable design exercise, calling into question deeply held beliefs and assumptions about what users will or will not understand. Written for a wide range of computer scientists and professionals, and presuming no prior knowledge of language-related terminology, this volume is a key step in the on-going information revolution.

A visual approach to learning about computers. Explains how computers, networks, E-mail etc. etc. works with pictures and clear explorations.