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The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential iPhone X: iOS 12 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs, this guide offers specifics in…

Setting up iOS 12 on iPhone X and upgrading from previous versions

A look at the updates introduced in iOS 12

Getting to know your iPhone X, finding your way around the dock, menus, and icons

Navigating with touch gestures using quick peek, 3D touch, tap, drag, pinch, spread, and swipe

Multi-tasking with the app switcher, and surviving without the home button

A look at the new control centre and how to make use of it

Getting to know Siri, voice dictation, and recording voice memos

Communicating with email, FaceTime, iMessage, using digital touch, Animojis, Memojis, and peer-to-peer payments

Using the Phone app to make and receive calls

Browsing the web with Safari web browser

Taking and enhancing pictures, panoramic and live photos, as well as recording video

Listening to music with Apple Music and iTunes Store, as well as watching films and TV

Using the Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, Notes, Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts

Maintaining your iPhone X with updates, backups, general housekeeping, and much more…

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iPhone X: iOS 12 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the iPhone X series, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for an iPhone manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential iPhone X: iOS 12 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPhone X to increase your productivity, understanding, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

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Essential iPhone X iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using iPhone X

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential iPhone: iOS 12 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs, this guide offers specifics in…

Setting up iOS 12 on iPhone and upgrading from previous versions

A look at the updates introduced in iOS 12

Getting to know your iPhone, finding your way around the dock, menus, and icons

Navigating with touch gestures using quick peek, 3D touch, tap, drag, pinch, spread, and swipe

Multi-tasking with the app switcher

A look at the new control centre and how to make use of it

Getting to know Siri, voice dictation, and recording voice memos

Communicating with email, FaceTime, iMessage, using digital touch, and peer-to-peer payments

Using the Phone app to make and receive calls

Browsing the web with Safari web browser

Taking and enhancing pictures, panoramic and live photos, as well as recording video

Listening to music with Apple Music and iTunes Store, as well as watching films and TV

Using the Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, Notes, Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts

Maintaining your iPhone with updates, backups, general housekeeping, and much more…

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iPhone: iOS 12 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the iPhone, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for an iPhone manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential Phone: iOS 12 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPhone to increase your productivity, understanding, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

Essential iPhone iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using iPhone

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential ChromeBook is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs, this guide offers specifics in...

Setting up and personalising your ChromeBook

Setting up Google Accounts

Transferring your files

Setting up printers & Cloud Print

Pairing BlueTooth devices

ChromeBook navigation with touchpad gestures

Keyboard shortcuts

Desktop, app launcher, and the app shelf

Using email, Google Chrome web browser, and Google Hangouts

Downloading apps and Chrome Extensions

Playing music, downloading movies and TV programmes, and reading ebooks

Setting up projectors and TVs for presentations or watching TV or movies

Using HDMI & ChromeCast

Google Photos, creating albums, and enhancing photos

Using Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and more…

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential ChromeBook tackles the fundamentals of Google’s ChromeBook, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time can understand.

So, if you’re looking for a visual guide, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential ChromeBook will help you maximize the potential of Google’s ChromeBooks to increase your productivity, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

Essential ChromeBook: The Illustrated Guide to using ChromeBook

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out every month, most users don’t have time to keep up or figure everything out on their own and it can be quite overwhelming.

With full color screen prints, photographs and illustrations, this guide explores…

Setting up your tablet, setting up and transferring your data.

Getting to know Android; the app dock, drawer, icons, and menus

Arranging icons, the on-screen keyboard and Google assistant

Navigating with touch gestures: tap, drag, and swipe

Communicating with Hangouts and GMail

Browsing the web with the Chrome web browser

Taking portrait and panoramic photos, as well as recording video

Editing and enhancing your photos

Listening to music, from the play store

Downloading TV Programmes and Movies

Downloading and installing apps from the play store

Google Maps, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, and Contacts

Setting up cloud enabled printers and printing documents

With comprehensive instruction for many commonly used tablets, this step-by-step guide allows readers to digest information quickly and easily without feeling confused, wasting time, and getting discouraged.

Essential Android Tablets: The Illustrated Guide to Using Android

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential Office 365 is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs, this guide offers specifics in…

Downloading and Installing Microsoft Office Suite

Getting started with Office Online: using Sway, OneDrive, Mail & Calendar

Using Office Apps on your iPad or Android device

Constructing professional looking documents with Microsoft Word

Adding and using graphics, photographs, and clipart

Changing fonts, creating tables, graphs, clipboard, sorting and formatting text, and mail merge

Creating presentations for your lessons, lectures, speeches or business presentations using PowerPoint.

Adding animations and effects to PowerPoint slides

Using 3D and cinematic transitions to spice up your presentations

Using Excel to create spreadsheets that analyse, present and manipulate data

Creating Excel charts, graphs, pivot tables, functions and formulas

The basics of Microsoft Access databases

Keeping in touch with friends, family and colleagues using Outlook

Maintaining calendars and keeping appointments with Outlook

Taking notes with OneNote and more…

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential Office 365 tackles the fundamentals of Microsoft Office, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for an Office manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential Office 365 will help you maximize the potential of Microsoft Office to increase your productivity, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

Essential Office 365 Third Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using Microsoft Office

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up. 

Essential Macs: Mojave Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs, this guide offers specifics in… 

Setting up your Mac and exploring Mojave’s new features

Navigating your Mac using the Dock, Finder, Dashboard, Spotlight, Spaces, Mission Control, and LaunchPad 

Using touch gestures on the trackpad, magic mouse, as well as some useful keyboard shortcuts 

Using Handoff, MailDrop, iMessage, Universal Clipboard, Auto Unlock, and Apple Pay 

The new AppStore, Pages, Keynote, Apple Books, Continuity Camera and Maps 

Using new apps such as News and Voice Memos Security considerations, malware, and backing with Time Machine 

Maintaining your Mac with updates and keeping your machine running smoothly

Setting up WiFi, using the internet, email, emojis, iMessage, and FaceTime 

Using calendar and reminders to keep track of appointments & events, taking notes, and using Siri

Downloading and upgrading to Mojave Organising and listening to your favourite music with iTunes and Apple Music 

Storing, organising, enhancing your photos, as well as sharing them on social media 

Creating photo albums, slideshows, photo books, greetings cards, calendars, and printing photos 

Watching Films and TV Programmes, and much more… 

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential Macs: Mojave Edition tackles the fundamentals of the Mac, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand. 

So, if you’re looking for a Mac manual, Essential Macs: Mojave Edition will help you maximize the potential of your Mac to increase your productivity, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

Essential Macs Mojave Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your Mac

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential iPad: iOS 12 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photographs, and video resources, this guide offers specifics in…

Setting up your iPad and upgrading from previous versions

A look at the updates introduced in iOS 12

Getting to know your iPad, finding your way around the dock, menus, and icons.

Navigating with touch gestures using quick peek, 3D touch, tap, drag, and swipe

Multi-tasking with slide over, split view, and drag & drop

A look at the new control centre and how to make use of it

Internal & External Keyboards and a look at Apple Pencil

Getting to know Siri, voice dictation and recording voice memos

Communicating with email, FaceTime, iMessage, using digital touch, and peer-to-peer payments

Browsing the web with Safari web browser

Taking and enhancing pictures, panoramic and live photos, as well as recording video

Listening to music with Apple Music and iTunes Store, as well as films and TV

The Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, Notes, Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts

Maintaining your iPad with updates, backups, general housekeeping, and much more…

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iPad: iOS 12 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the iPad, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for an iPad manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential Pad: iOS 12 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPad to increase your productivity, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your iPad

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential Windows 10: October 2018 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photographs, and video resources, this guide offers specifics in...

Setting up your computer, downloading and upgrading to Windows 10 October 2018 Update

A look at the new features introduced in the October Update

Navigating around Windows 10 using file explorer, task view and the start menu

Using the timeline and near share features

Using the desktop, running applications and basic file management

Using tablets, touch screen gestures, keyboards, pens and Windows Ink

Getting to know Cortana virtual assistant

Browsing the web with Microsoft Edge including a look at Chrome & Firefox

Using OneDrive & Files on Demand

Getting started with Continuum, linking your Phone, and using Windows Hello

Backing up your important data with File History

Downloading & watching videos, movies and watching DVDs

Downloading & listening to music

Storing, manipulating, sharing photos, recording video

Adding 3D models & Effects with Story Remix feature in Photos App

Staying in touch friends, family and colleagues using Mail, Calendar, Skype & the People App

Using Paint 3D to create 3D pictures that you can share via social media

A look at mixed reality using models from Paint 3D

Using Windows Security, as well as new exploit and folder protection features designed to combat ransomware

Maintaining Windows 10, scanning drives for errors, basic recovery procedures and more...

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential Windows 10: October 2018 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the Windows 10, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for a Windows manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential Windows 10: October 2018 Edition will help you maximize the potential of Windows 10 to increase your productivity, understanding, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

Computer Essentials - The book series

Computer Essentials - The book series

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