Windows 8.1 Absolute Beginner's Guide 1st Edition

I bought this book to help a friend learn to use her first computer. She loves the book, says it's really helped. She is brand new to the computing world... never owned or operated a computer before in her 63 years. So when I'm having a hard time explaining to her how and why we do certain things in Win 8.1, this book has helped us both.Things that come natural to a long time user of computers are sometimes hard to explain to a beginner but this book seems to do the job. If you are new to computers or just new to Win 8.1 this book can be a lifesaver. Explanations are clearly written with enough diagrams and screen shots to help those of us who are visual learners.

The explanations for everything that's new in Windows 8.1 are easy to understand and cover in its 488 pages just about everything you want to know about the lastest version of Windows. The co-authors Paul Sanna and Alan Wright have written other books on Microsoft products and have impressive credentials on every area related to software. The book is published by Que/Pearson Education, Inc. - companies that are very discriminating in the quality of books they publish. My congratulations to the authors for a job well done. (I have read one third of the book so far and have acquired already a pretty good idea of how Windows 8.1 works. The book has eased some of the anxiety I had on switching from Windows XP to Windows 8.1.)

This is an excellent book to navigate the difficulty of Windows 8.1 by Paul Sanna. I am very satisfied with this book and regret that I also bought the "Windows 8.1 for Dummies"---do not waste money on the "Dummies" book. I also bought a laminated Windows 8.1 Update Quick Reference Guide to use as a quick reference. Both the Paul Sanna book and the laminated quick reference guide are very helpful and I wish I had them when I first bought my computer with Windows 8.1.

I've been happily using XP since it came out. Now I'm trying to learn 8.1, and it's a totally different language. I knew I needed help and the title of this book combined with my knowledge of the author's other writings seemed like the best solution. Wrong! I have slogged my way through half of it and am ready to give up,. If I could return the new laptop with the touch screen, I would. My solution is to take the old desk top in and have Windows 7 installed on it. What I will do once the support is discontinued on it as well, I don't know. I hope the designers of this beast have learned something about us non-techies and that Windows 9 is much, much more user friendly. In the meantime, I have wasted a lot of time and big bucks on a laptop I can't use and a book that wasn't much help.

Apparently I'm not an absolute beginner. I found this book a little bit too simple, as it did not address some of the more complex issues I had in mind. It's fine as far as it goes. At this point, it's probably moot, since everyone will be pushed into Windows 10.

It was incredibly detailed. The illustrations were a bit too small. This guy was certainly not a beginner. The book was very well organized and did not appear to leave out anything.

Took me from "I'll never understand how to use 8.1" to "This is kinda cool ! " Even a 'died in the wool' Windows XP senior understood it.

The title says it all - absolute beginner and it is a good book for me. Step by step and easy it use and helpful for my new computer and teaching me about Windows 8.1 Thank you for the great packaging, service and deliver.

very detailed book. covers everything. altho used, it's in excellent condition, good as new. very very pleased. excellent seller. Many Thanks

Excellent content for everyone, concise and well written. Would recommend it to anyone wanting to get to grips with Windows 8.1.

VERY GOOD BOOK .LOTS OF IMFOCOVERS ALL ITEMS VERY WELLUSE IT ALL THE TIME YOU COULD MY THIRD HANDDAVID

quite good. Would recommend.

Very happy with this book. Just what I wanted.