Brilliant Windows 8.1 - Softcover

A fully updated version covering Windows 8.1, the latest release of the widely-used Microsoft Operating System. Summary: Windows 8.1 "Blue" will have the biggest changes to Windows since Windows 3.1. This book also includes a NEW features icon that highlights what's new in Windows 8.1 and a great troubleshooting guide to help solve common problems. Users will need help learning the new interface, and the full-colour visual instructional style of the Brilliant series is perfectly suited to teaching it. When you are working on your PC and come up against a problem that you are unsure how to solve or want to accomplish something in application that you aren't sure how to do, Brilliant Windows 8.1 gives you the answers. Brilliant Windows 8.1 allows you to find the information you need easily and without fuss. It guides you through all tasks and applications using a highly visual, step-by-step approach. It tells you exactly what you need to know, when you need to know it. Spend less time reading and more time doing with a simple step-by-step approach to beginner and intermediate level office tasks. Brilliant guides provide the quick, easy-to-access information that you need - Numbered steps guide you through each task or problem Numerous screenshots illustrate each step Cross reference boxes point you to related tasks and information in the book "Did you know ?..." sections alert you to relevant expert tips, tricks and advice

Steve Johnson has written more than 20 books on a variety of computer software, including Microsoft Office XP, Windows XP, and Macromedia Director MX and Fireworks. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc. Perspection, Inc. is a software training company committed to providing performance-based training to help people effectively and efficiently use computer technology. Perspection writes and produces software training books, and develops Web-based training for Windows and Macintosh personal computers. Since 1991 they have written more than 60 computer books and sold over 4.5 million copies.