Introduction to MS Windows 98

By Neil J. Salkind

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760060088
• ISBN13: 9780760060087
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Intrepid Traveler
• Length: 216 Pages

Customer Reviews

Help For a Novice on a non-English System, Too

The two-page layout with clear and labeled color illustrations and tables; opposite simple and easy to read text, highlighted and in large print, is very easy to use. It is very BASIC: the second section of the first unit explains how to click the mouse. While my skills are a little beyond that, my computer vocabulary is almost nil: I could e-mail and shop, but goodness knows what those little pictures on the screen were for. In addition, our system is Japanese, but I am not yet literate enough in that language to even guess what things (on the computer) are or what they do, because they`re all labeled in Japanese. I have found this illustrated manual extremely useful: while the names of things might not match up, the clear and occasionally enlarged figures make it possible to easily identify the corresponding button or icon on our Japanese system.Other features include an example web page to visit on the internet, part of their "real-world case." There are skills and concepts tests at the end of each unit, as well as little projects on which to practice new skills. And of course, there is a glossary and index at the back.One annoyance, however: nowhere in the book description (on the back or elsewhere,) is there mention of the "student disk," which is frequently used for examples and practice. On the other hand, I have not found this to be a major obstacle in understanding the concepts and explanations in this book.