The Little Computer Help Book
Description
Help for the Technology Shy!
If you are looking for a gentle, easy and fun to read computer help book, you have found it!
Tech Wizard Mike has been teaching adults how to use computers, mobile devices and various and sundry online services since the mid-1990s and in this book, he's got you covered.
Topics include:
- It's not rocket science (not even close)
- How to brew the purrfect cup of tea
- Breathe!
- Pressing your emotional reset button
- Graphical user interfaces (or "Gooeys")
- Context matters
- Basic computer operations
- The power of selection
- Let's go FORMal
- Positive ID
- Start from the drawing board
- Think about what you want to do and look around for a way to do it
- "Viruses" and other forms of computer-related shenanigans and skullduggeries
- Getting good help
- The Sisyphus syndrome
- And more!
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Content
1. Let's talk rocket science! (Or not)
2. Get a technology notebook
3. Breathe
4. Press your emotional reset button
5. How to brew the purrfect cup of tea
6. Gaze at your computer's "gooey" (and why you would want to do so)
7. "GIGO"
8. Context matters
9. Introducing (or reintroducing) the computer basics
10. About the double mouse click
11. Context menus
12. Breaking down the computer
keyboard (not literally)
13. Let's go FORMal
14. The power of selection
15. Just noodle around
16. Search for it
17. Positive ID
18. There's an app for that (probably)
19. Files
20. Start from your drawing board
21. Think about what you want to do and then look around for a way to do it
22. Don't be Sisyphus
23. "Viruses"
24. Getting good help
25. "Where's my stuff?"
26. The Pomodoro technique
27. A quick visual reminder
28. Troubleshooting made really simple
29. Where to go from here
30. Index
