Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows XP in 24 Hours


Book Description

A tutorial demonstration of the updated operating system covers installation, configuration, desktop activation, Internet connectivity, system maintenance, peripherals, e-mail, software, and remote computing.







Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Access 2003 in 24 Hours


Book Description

Understand how to take database needs and turn them into effective Access databases while gaining a thorough understanding of Access tables, forms, reports, and queries with this definitive handbook.




Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours


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Learn all the Outlook 11 essentials needed to become a productive user in this handbook with step-by-step tutorial lessons.




Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 in 24 Hours


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A guide to the business presentation software explains how to combine text, animation, video, photographs, sound effects, and narration into a professional-looking presentation.




Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 in 24 Hours


Book Description

Photoshop Elements is a more accessible version of Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop. Elements is geared to business users, students, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects. Topics covered in the book include capturing and editing photos from traditional or digital cameras, correcting color, working with layers, erasing backgrounds and creating photo-illustrations.




Sams Teach Yourself Computer Basics in 24 Hours


Book Description

Designed to be an all in one solution, this book helps users to get up and running on their computers and learn the pre-loaded software applications. This third edition has been revised and updated to include coverage of new PC hardware and software.




Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 7 in 24 Hours


Book Description

"In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Adobe Photoshop 7. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of creating and editing images with Photoshop from the ground up." -- Back cover.




Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours


Book Description

"Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours" offers practical advice from an author with a strong writing background, solid teaching experience, and extensive television production credentials. Rather than simply presenting a collection of disconnected lessons, "Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours" always reminds its readers of the big picture and what they're trying to accomplish. The book includes not only instruction on the basics of using Premiere 6.5, but also tips on shooting high quality video, creating professional voice-overs, and effective methods. Adobe Premiere 6.5 brings high-end video editing to the PC (90% of Premiere users use Windows). Anyone with a Windows PC who wants to venture into anything more than very simple video editing will eventually turn to Premiere 6.5. The planned new version of Premiere, version 6.5 (slated for release in late summer 2002), will garner significant attention in part because it will add DVD authoring to its extensive feature set. The opportunity to create DVDs-from home movies to Hollywood productions-on PCs is a dramatic development, and Premiere 6.5 will be at the forefront of the emerging technology. The author has been working closely with Adobe, advising them on DVD software issues.




Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator 10 in 24 Hours


Book Description

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will get up to speed on the basics of creating and editing computer graphics with Adobe Illustrator. Using a straightforword, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the fundamentals of Illustrator from the ground up.