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Laptops for seniors in easy steps : Windows 8.1 edition / Nick Vandome.

by Vandome, Nick.

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In Easy Steps, c2014.

004.16 V246L 2014

Microsoft Windows (Computer file)

Laptop computers.

Computers and older people.

9781840786323 (pbk.)

1840786329 (pbk.)

216 p. : ill., col. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

"Covering laptops using the Windows 8 operating system, with the 8.1 update, Laptops for Seniors in Easy Steps, Windows 8.1 Edition begins by looking at some of the ergonomic issues surrounding laptops and shows how to be as comfortable as possible when using them and transporting them. It then gives an overview of the workings of laptops, including the software that is provided with them and some of the exciting new features in Windows 8.1. Issues such as using your laptop on vacation and sharing it with other family members are then looked at, to show how laptops are versatile and family-friendly. Extensive coverage is also devoted to networking and using a laptop wirelessly, with particular attention given to accessing the Internet from wireless locations (Hot Spots) such as airports, coffee shops and libraries. Laptops for Seniors in Easy Steps, Windows 8.1 Edition demonstrates that seniors can have the freedom to take their computing and wireless technology with them at all times and be fully paid up members of the mobile computing revolution."--From publisher.

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