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 Windows XP Personal Trainer February 9, 2008
Stephanie Waterman (Seattle, Washington USA)
I bought this whole set for my daughter and she loves it. It is a great useful guide for any library.
A training manual for all levels of user, covering everything from customizing the taskbar to playing and customizing DVD option November 5, 2005
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
XP users will discover Windows XP Personal Trainer provides a training manual for all levels of user, covering everything from customizing the taskbar to playing and customizing DVD options. What makes this excel over others is the attention to sample screens on every page, alternate methods of doing shortcuts, and much, much more. Whether you're browsing or looking for answers, Windows XP Personal Trainer Works On All Levels.
 Usefull and Valuable October 19, 2005
Mohammad M. Abdala (United Arab Emirates)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
You can start learning Windows XP right from here.. This book really lead you step-by-step to the top of exploring Windows XP. The Interactive CD is a very helpfull attachement, made by very down-to-earth language, NO TECHNICAL statements, all what you hear is written on the left pane. I do have the desire to purchase the whole groub of Customguide Traning Courses starting Windows XP Personal Trainer, and now I booked Word and Access, after I will take PowerPoint, Outlook, Project and Computer Basics. One by one, this will help to read every course slowly and be a power user of Microsoft Office Family.
Thanks to CustomGuide and Amazon.com
Mohammad Ghanim
best of its kind for beginners to intermediate April 7, 2005
D Stark
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are looking at becoming a certified network engineer, then this book is not for you.
If you are someone who is quite familiar with Windows but want to learn how to do a lot of the cool things you hear about, then this is the book for you. I've searched around a lot, and this is the only easy to understand Windows book that talks about Wi-Fi.
There is also a really cool chapter about multimedia.
The feature that makes this book the most unique is the interactive CD ROM that comes with it.
My mom is the most computer illiterate person in the world so I gave her the CD that came with the book.
A good book for the right audience... January 16, 2005
Thomas Duff (Portland, OR United States)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
O'Reilly has a series of books by CustomGuide called the Personal Trainer series. I had the chance to review the Windows XP Personal Trainer volume, and given the right audience, it's pretty good...
Chapter List: The Fundamentals; Working with a Window; Working with a Windows Program; Working with Files and Folders; Customizing the Taskbar and Desktop; Customizing Windows; The Free Programs; Working with Pictures and Multimedia; Optimizing and Maintaining Your Computer; Exploring the Internet; Passwords, Logons, and User Accounts; Networking with Windows XP; Setting Up a Network; Index
The Personal Trainer series uses a comic book superhero motif in the design. In some of the other titles, the theme plays out a little more strongly. Once you get past the cover on this book, you probably won't even notice it. Each chapter has a series of lessons that cover material related to the topic. Each lesson is well illustrated and broken down into a step-by-step process. To wrap up the lesson, there's a "quick reference" sidebar that recaps the particular command that was just covered. The entire chapter wraps up with a summary, a quiz (yes, there are answers provided!), and some "homework" to stretch your understanding a bit. Very readable and non-intimidating...
Now, I mentioned the "right audience" to open the review. This isn't the type of book that you'd give to an IT professional or long-time computer user. The material starts with some fundamental Windows basics, and builds from there. If you've been using computers for years, you'll know this stuff anyway. But think about your parents who just got a computer for the first time. Think about your kid who just got his first computer. This is the type of book that a computer neophyte could open up and not be scared off within five minutes. And even if they've conquered the basics already, the material on multimedia and setting up a home network may be information they've never ventured into.
If you're looking for an entry level book on Windows XP for someone who needs to learn the fundamentals, I'd suggest taking a look at this one. It could work out well for them...
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