Find out the easy way to use CompuServe to conduct business, join forums, or do research. This book explains just what a user needs to know to navigate through the many features of CompuServe. Includes tips on how to use CompuServe's financial services to make money or manage a budget. The book will also help the user to communicate through messages, conferencing, and classified ads.
Chances are, you’re already a Web user and use the Internet on a regular basis. You’ve probably seen a few impressive Web sites and now you’re inspired to create a Web page of your own, but you’re not sure where to start. The answer is: right here! Creating Web Pages For Dummies guides you through the process of making your own Web pages without hassle or confusion. This straightforward book shows you just how easy it is to launch a site, specialize a page, making your site interactive, and much more! In no time you will become a pro in: Web publishing basics Geocities, Google page creator, and AOL Web publishing Using Flickr, creating blogs, and selling products on eBay HTML and other handy tools to “beef up” your site Writing and formatting Web text Creating and adding graphics for your site Adding links, animation, and multimedia Designing a great-looking, complete Web site Besides getting to know the ins and outs of building a Web page, this guide offers suggestions on Web publishing, ranging from testing out your Web site and advertising your site to legal permission and displaying borrowed content. This resourceful guide also includes Web lingo worth knowing and a quick guide to HTML tags, which points out some lesser known but nevertheless useful tags. Now in its 8th edition, Creating Web Pages For Dummies will help make your Web page stand out in the crowd!
An essential one-stop resource-nine convenient minibooks in a single 840page volume-for network administrators everywhere This value-priced package includes sections on networking basics, building a network, network administration, TCP/IP and the Internet, wireless and home networking, Windows 2000 and 2003 servers, NetWare 6, Linux networking, and Mac OS X networking Written by the author of the perennial bestseller Networking For Dummies (0-7645-1677-9), this massive reference covers all the topics that administrators routinely handle Provides key information, explanations, and procedures for configuration, Internet connectivity, security, and wireless options on today's most popular networking platforms
Whether you understand politics or not, it still affects your life in very real ways. But American politics can be confusing. What’s a caucus? How do primaries work? How can you sift through all the babble to get to the truth? Politics For Dummies offers all these answers and more. And it’s not just for political novices; even those with a firm understanding of politics can use this book to fill out their knowledge of the little complexities – from how the Electoral College works to campaign contribution limits. If you have little or no knowledge of politics, don’t worry. Most people need answers just like you do, that’s why this book helps you: Pick the candidate who best represents your views Donate time or money to a campaign Let your representatives know how you feel Run for office yourself This simple, friendly guide offers the kind of straight talk on politics you won’t get from a politician. It covers the nuts and bolts of the political process so you’ll have a working knowledge of the system. It shows you how to get involved at the grass-roots level and explains the rationale behind the two-party system. It helps you parse the propaganda to get at the truth and offers a complete explanation of presidential politics. Politics For Dummies covers these topics and many more: How public opinion polls work How money influences policy Why your opinion really does count How to donate to political campaigns and causes Contacting your representatives Politics on the Internet Choosing parties and candidates Lobbyists and special interest groups How candidates sell themselves How negative campaigning works What happened in the 2000 presidential election You’ll also find fun and helpful extras like famous political quotes, the ten things you should teach your children about politics, and voting requirements for every state. Democracy won’t work for if you don’t participate in it. So pick up Politics For Dummies, get informed, and get involved. Your country will thank you!
With AutoCAD 2000 For Dummies, you'll quickly discover just how easy it is to create professional-quality designs and drawings. Authors Mark Middlebrook and Bud Smith show you how to set up a design, draw and edit lines, add text and dimensions, even incorporate AutoCAD documents into your Web pages-all while avoiding those common gotchas." Whether you're a new AutoCAD user or you've just upgraded to AutoCAD 2000, this easy-to-use reference delivers all the answers you need to get up to speed. Inside, find helpful advice on how to: * Discover the new AutoCAD 2000 features-and put them to work * Take full advantage of color and lineweight with the new AutoCAD 2000 approach * Use both menu and toolbar access to commands * Set up a drawing so that it prints without problems * Speed up your work by using the command line as an accelerator * Enhance your Web pages with the new AutoCAD 2000 Web access features * Increase accessibility of your AutoCAD drawings by using AutoCAD DesignCenter
Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies covers the essentials new PC or IE users need to know about hooking up to the Internet for Web browsing, e-mail, and other tasks. This guide includes coverage of getting on the Internet, Web browsing with IE, e-mail with Outlook Express, customizing IE, and creating Web pages. Most important, it covers the enhanced features of the new version including the updated Interface.
For novice users unsure of how to take advantage of the Internet, this completely updated book leads you through the trials of getting on the Net, and provides a reference that helps you to go on the World Wide Web, swap e-mail, software, etc
If you’re starting a new business or planning your business’s future, there are plenty of things you should take into account. Strategic Planning For Dummies covers everything you need to know to develop a plan for building and maintaining a competitive advantage — no matter what business you’re in. Written by Erica Olsen, founder and President of a business development firm that helps entrepreneurial-minded businesses plan for a successful future, this handy guide covers all the basics, including: How a strategic plan is different than a business plan Establishing a step-based planning process Planning for and encouraging growth Taking a long-view of your organization Evaluating past performance Defining and refining your mission, values, and vision Sizing up your current situation Examining your industry landscape Setting your strategic priorities Planning for unknown contingencies If you’re in business, you have to plan for everything — especially if you intend your business to grow. Whether you’re planning for a small business, large conglomerate, nonprofit, or even a government agency, this book has the planning specifics you need for your organization. Step-by-step, you’ll learn how to lay the foundations for a plan, understand how your plan will affect your business, form planning teams, discover what your strengths are, see where you are, and, finally, plan where you’re going. And there’s much more: Learn to analyze business trends that will determine your business’s future Set measurable, realistic goals that you can plan for and achieve Make strategic planning a habitual part of the organization Prioritize multiple strategies that you can implement simultaneously Set a defining vision for the organization that guides all your planning and strategy This friendly, simple guide puts the power of strategic planning in the palm of your hand. For small businesses that can’t afford to hire strategic planning consultants, it’s even more imperative. Careful, constant planning is the only way to handle an uncertain business future. With this book, you’ll have all the step-by-step guidance you need to ensure you’re ready for anything that comes.
Includes Step-by-Step Instructions on Using Internet Explorer and Outlook Express — the Web and E-Mail Software from Microsoft Designed for Windows 98! If you've been itching to explore the Internet, now is the time to start! Dummies 101®: The Internet For Windows® 98 brings you easy, step-by-step instructions to quickly connect you to the Net right from your desktop. Research any topic, get tons of free programs, shop online, and more! Inside, Get the Information You Need Now: Click any of 200 hand-picked Web sites on this book's CD-ROM to cruise to the very best sites on the Internet Find virtually any person or fact you need on the Web Choose from thousands of fabulous free programs, picture files, and audio and video clips Send and receive e-mail — and use our software robot to test your e-mail address Join online discussion groups, participate in live chat groups, and subscribe to electronic channels Create and publish your own Web pages Dummies 101®: Companion CD Use the Valuable CD-ROM with This Book to Learn the Fun and Easy Way! The CD includes MindSpring software for connecting to the Internet; Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer: two popular Web browsers; shareware versions of mIRC, GetRight, and WinZip. Use mIRC for chatting live with others on the Net; GetRight and WinZip for grabbing software from the Net. Also includes an evaluation version of ThunderBYTE Anti-Virus for protecting your data from destructive software viruses. Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like — free — but they have no technical support. System Requirements: 486 or faster PC with Windows 98; 16MB RAM; 14,400 bps or faster modem (needed for Internet connection — regular access charges may apply); and a CD-ROM drive
What’s a Gigabook? A collection of just about everything you need to know on a topic, all in one convenient place! Windows XP Gigabook For Dummies takes the best from five other For Dummies books and squeezes out everything but the most important stuff. This single super-sized reference — more than 800 pages’ worth — gives you a go-to guide on everything connected with Windows XP, PCs and peripherals, the Internet, Office 2003, and Money 2004. You might think of it as a “greatest hits” collection. Want to know how to set up, navigate, use, and maintain Windows XP? It’s all in Book I. Book II covers the care and feeding of PCs in general and takes you on a complete tour of peripherals—those add-ons that make computing cool. Want to explore the world via the World Wide Web? Check Book III. And if you finally have to do some work, check into Book IV, where you’ll get the complete story on Office 2003 and Money 2004. You’ll discover how to: Customize Windows XP, set up user accounts, and share files Work with digital photos, Windows Media Player, and Windows Movie Maker Choose a printer, scanner, game hardware, and additional storage Set up a wireless home network Get online safely, protect your kids, create your own Web pages, and cruise for bargains on eBay Use Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint Manage your finances with Microsoft Money Windows XP Gigabook For Dummies is packed with information that’s easy to find and even easier to understand. Keep it handy for reference—you’ll be gigapleased with how useful it is!
