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Tables of Contents for Sams Teach Yourself PCs in 10 Minutes
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1 WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
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6
Defining a PC
1
1
What Can I Do with My PC?
2
1
Types of PCs
3
4
2 BASIC HARDWARE DEFINED
7
7
A Typical PC
7
1
What's Inside the System Box?
7
2
Looking at the Monitor
9
1
Typing on the Keyboard
10
1
Using a Mouse
11
1
Printing with the Printer
12
2
3 BASIC SOFTWARE DEFINED
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7
What Is an Operating System?
14
1
Types of Applications
14
7
4 MEMORY AND THE PROCESSOR
21
4
What Is the Microprocessor?
21
2
What Is Memory?
23
2
5 DISK DRIVES
25
7
What Drives Do You Have?
25
1
What Is a Floppy Drive?
26
2
What Is a Hard Drive?
28
2
What Is a CD-ROM Drive?
30
2
6 ADD ONS: EXTRA HARDWARE
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4
Modems
32
2
Sound Cards and Speakers
34
1
Other Drives
34
1
Scanners
35
1
Joysticks
35
1
7 SETTING UP YOUR PC
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6
Picking a Good Workspace
36
2
Unpacking the PC
38
1
Making All the Connections
39
2
Plugging It In
41
1
Storing Your Manuals
41
1
8 STARTING UP YOUR PC
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7
Turning On the PC
42
1
Understanding the Windows Desktop
43
3
What to Do If You Don't See the Windows Desktop
46
1
Restarting Your PC
46
2
Shutting Down the PC
48
1
9 USING WINDOWS 95
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10
Understanding the Start Button
49
1
Selecting Commands from Windows 95
50
1
Working with Windows
51
4
Getting Help
55
4
10 WORKING WITH PROGRAMS
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6
Figuring Out What Programs You Have
59
2
Starting a Program
61
1
Shortcuts for Starting a Program
62
3
11 LEARNING BASIC PROGRAM SKILLS
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8
Selecting Text
65
2
Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Text
67
1
Saving a Document
68
2
Opening a Document
70
1
Printing Your Work
71
2
12 INSTALLING A PROGRAM
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7
Purchasing a New Program
73
1
Installing a New Program
74
3
Installing Windows Additional Components
77
1
Uninstalling a Program
78
2
13 ORGANIZING YOUR FILES
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6
Understanding Files and Folders
80
1
Viewing Your System Contents
81
2
Creating New Folders
83
1
Working with Folders
84
2
14 MANAGING YOUR FILES
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Displaying Files
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1
Selecting Files
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1
Moving Files
88
1
Copying Files
89
1
Deleting Files
90
3
Renaming Files
93
1
15 MULTIMEDIA ON THE PC
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8
What Is Multimedia?
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1
Playing Music
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2
Playing Sounds
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2
Playing Media Clips and Movies
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3
16 CUSTOMIZING YOUR PC
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8
Changing the Desktop
102
4
Changing the Taskbar
106
1
Creating Shortcuts
107
1
Adding Sounds to Events
108
2
17 TAKING CARE OF YOUR PC
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6
Taking Care of Data Files
110
1
Taking Care of Programs
111
1
Taking Care of Your Hard Disk
112
3
Taking Care of Your Hardware
115
1
18 USING THE INTERNET
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6
What Is the Internet?
116
1
What Can You Do on the Internet?
117
1
What Do You Need to Access the Internet?
118
4
19 BASIC INTERNET BROWSING
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7
Logging On to the Internet
122
1
Understanding a Web Page
123
1
Surfing the Web
124
2
Searching for a Topic on the Web
126
2
Logging Off the Internet
128
1
20 BASIC E-MAIL
129
7
Defining E-Mail
129
1
Starting Your E-Mail Program
130
1
Understanding the E-Mail Program Window
131
1
Reading Mail
132
1
Handling Mail
133
1
Sending Mail
134
2
21 BASIC NEWSGROUPS
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8
Defining Newsgroups
136
2
Subscribing to Newsgroups
138
1
Reading Newsgroup Messages
139
2
Posting Newsgroup Messages
141
3
22 USING A PC ON A NETWORK
144
What Is a Network?
144
1
What Can You Do on a Network?
144
1
Using a Network
145
1
What Is an Intranet?
146