Do you have a computer or tablet PC running Windows 8.1? Are there any difficulties with getting started? Or is it after the switch to Windows 8.1? This book helps by explaining Windows 8.1 Update (including Windows 8.1) step by step and introducing it to the features of the new operating system.
The book was written for the users of the target group 50Plus, who already worked with computers, but have no experience with Windows 8.1 Update, or finally want to know more about it.
Windows 8.1 Update - The Elderly Guide
352 pages, paperbound, O’Reilly-Verlag, Cologne
Price: EUR 19.90
ISBN-10: 3955619265
ISBN-13: 978-3955619268
The book, which was published in November 2014 and is printed in four colours, is the successor to the previous Microsoft Press success title for Windows 8.1, which now also takes into account the current version of Windows 8.1 Update.
This book gives you an easy and understandable introduction to Windows 8.1 Update. It takes into account the mouse and keyboard operation as well as the handling of tablet PCs and their touch screens. Step by step you will learn the basics: How to handle the tile interface or desktop and how to manage files and folders. Also how to surf the Internet and write e-mails, manage your photos, contacts and appointments and much more is handled.
An appendix provides assistance if your PC does not behave as expected. It also contains small test questions that you can use to check your knowledge again. And in a glossary you can look up important words and terms. The book is aimed at beginners of all ages who are new to the Windows world. But the book is also a helper and counselor for readers with previous knowledge. You can also use the book with Windows 8.1 and 8, whether on the tablet, with the instructions written with the target group 50+ in mind, even beginners without prior knowledge of Windows 8.1 Update should create access to the new operating system.
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My laptop is from 2005 and has given up its spirit.,,,,,the display remains dark and a rep.ist unprofitable ….so I bought a new one from Medion ….and also the book by Günter Born …Windows 8.1 Update …the guide for senior …both together so I thought to myself leads to success,,,,,there I have completely riffed …das, what I read when turning on the laptop and which are from the book ….between world …..why so I can't ask myself the book reproduce the way it is … step by step … on the display ……so that the way to the PC specialist … is not spared me ….I wanted to spare myself because of the high costs .
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I'm sorry to hear that.
I can assume the following reasons for the deviations:
The manufacturer has installed its own software. Medion does this while I describe the default interface of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update in the book.
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