Windows 98 Simplified

Retail Price: $24.99 Our Price: $19.99 You Save: $5.00 (20%)   In-Stock: Ships within 24 hours  Format: Paperback, 225pp. ISBN: 0764560301 Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide Pub. Date: February  1998 Purchase this book from Barnes & Noble

Synopsis
With more than five million satisfied users, the acclaimed IDG BooksÆ 3-D Visual® Series has become synonymous with introductory computer book publishing excellence. Windows® 98 Simplified®, with full color graphics on every page, is simply the easiest way to learn Windows 98.

Windows 98 Simplified shuttles you through the taskbar, the Active Desktop, e-mail, Web integration, channels, shortcuts, custom features, and more with step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations. The maranGraphics team, using the latest technological advances, delivers remarkably sharp screen renderings that take you into the Windows desktop and demonstrate specific tasks. With Windows 98 Simplified, youÆll become a PC whiz faster than you ever thought possible!

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From The Publisher: 
The ultimate Windows bestseller just get better! This package contains the totally updated and improved edition of one of the country's most successful computer books. "Windows 98 Simplified" graphically demonstrates what can be done with this versatile software. Full color throughout. 240 pp.
 
From Library Journal: 
MaranGraphics takes the picture-book approach to introducing Windows 98. Simplified is for the total novice. It is very simple, completely illustrated, and very clear and belongs in all public library collections. Teach Yourself and the Visual Pocket Guide focus on Window basics, file management, customizing Windows, optimizing your computer, browsing the web, exchanging E-mail, and working with channels. Neither book is deep, but both are very effective for those new to Windows 98; Teach Yourself may be best for libraries because of its standard rather than "pocket" size. Master Windows 98 Visually combines the visual approach with a comprehensive reference approach, covering just about anything you can imagine short of programming. This complete visual reference, with lots of discussion, belongs in computer labs and behind reference desks as well as in the stacks. Over all, a very well done series.
 

Windows 98 Secrets

Retail Price: $49.99 Our Price: $39.99 You Save: $10.00 (20%)   In-Stock: Ships within 24 hours  Format: Paperback, 1160pp. ISBN: 0764531867 Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide Pub. Date: February  1998 Purchase this book from Barnes & Noble

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Windows 98, the ballyhooed new Microsoft operating system, is finally here and the best-selling Windows author duo – Brian Livingston and Davis Straub – mark this momentous software release with their seminal guide, Windows® 98 Secrets®. Livingston and Straub divulge undocumented features and time-saving shortcuts designed to maximize your Windows 98 experience.

Windows 98 Secrets explains how to connect directly to the Web using the Active Desktop, take advantage of dynamic communication advances, optimize new security options, tweak the registry, customize your desktop, and much more.

You can also sample 200 Windows 98 software programs hand-picked by Livingston and Straub on the Windows 98 Secrets bonus cd-rom. There is also a bevy of handy resources packed onto the cd including FTP clients, HTML editors, database managers, automation tools, and Internet suites. Thanks to Livingston and Straub, the Windows 98 wizard has been exposed and with Windows 98 Secrets, you can reap the rewards.

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"Worth its weight in gold!" —PC World

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From The Publisher: 
Do what was never thought possible before with Windows 98! This guide shows users how to harness the power of the latest version of Windows with hundreds of undocumented features and shortcuts to optimize performance and productivity. "Worth its weight in gold!"--"PC World".
 
From Booknews: 
Reveals dozens of expert techniques and time-saving shortcuts to unlock the capabilities of Windows 98. Thirty-six chapters cover installation and startup, interface to the desktop and the Internet, Internet applications, connectivity, plug and play, DOS secrets, and Windows 98 shareware. The CD-ROM contains about 200 programs, including Paint Shop Pro, WinEdit, Word Express, and WinZip. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
 

Windows 98 Secrets Gold: Boxed

Retail Price: $69.99 Our Price: $55.99 You Save: $14.00 (20%)   In-Stock: Ships within 24 hours  Format: Paperback, 1200pp. ISBN: 0764532073 Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide Pub. Date: May  1998 Purchase this book from Barnes & Noble

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Don't just upgrade, optimize! Now you can get the most out of Microsoft's new operating system thanks to Windows® 98 Secrets® Gold. With four CDs and over 1200 pages of critical Windows 98 inside information, Windows 98 Secrets Gold is the ultimate Windows companion. Windows 98 Secrets Gold offers four bonus CD-ROMs offering updated Windows applications, tools, utilities, and a fully searchable electronic edition of Windows 98 Secrets for instant access.

Authors Brian Livingston and Davis Straub have culled a wide array of powerful software tools spanning web publishing, multimedia, games, utilities and much more. You’ll find HTML editors, networking tools, movie players, personal finance managers, schedulers, memory tools, and desktop enhancements.

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From The Publisher: 
Now available in a fully revised edition, this invaluable book/CD-ROM package contains all the expert techniques you've come to expect from the authors of Windows 98 Secrets, plus four CD-ROMs packed with all the applications, tools, and utilities you need to optimize your system--completely updated for Windows 98.