Getting Around Quickly

This Quick Start Guide means just what it says. It will help you quickly locate specific information within this book, and it will show you the basics of using Windows 7 and your PC. Very few of us have taken a formal, structured class that taught us everything we need to know about using Windows and computers. Often we learn or are taught on a need-to-know basis by friends or coworkers. It's easy to feel intimidated when we watch others effortless perform tasks like clicking, dragging, copying, pasting, connecting, and printing.

This book is designed so that you can use it your way. There's no computer gene that some have and some don't—everybody learns differently and at their own pace. As a result, you will find plenty ...

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