About this book

This book is for newcomers to computers: it assumes no prior knowledge of computers.

By the end of this course, you'll have used a word processing program to produce a well-formatted business letter, you'll have worked with a graphics program and even played some games (just to improve your learning, of course!).

Along the way, you'll have learned to manage files, backups, viruses and other aspects of working with Windows Vista. And you'll even be speaking a bit of geek - the jargon of computers!

We'll walk through real tasks that cover the essential knowledge, so that you will gain an integrated understanding of what you're doing rather than just following recipes. Then, by the end of this course, you'll not only be driving your computer with confidence, you'll be able to independently approach other programs with confidence.

So it's time to …

Get Started with Vista