Windows 7 - The Missing Manual (Oreilly) _F1_

Despite the many improvements in Windows over the years, one feature hasn’t improved
a bit: Microsoft’s documentation. In fact, Windows 7 comes with no printed
user guide at all. To learn about the thousands of pieces of software that make up this
operating system, you’re expected to read the online help screens.
Unfortunately, as you’ll quickly discover, these help screens are tersely written, offer
very little technical depth, and lack examples. You can’t even mark your place,
underline, or read them in the bathroom. Some of the help screens are actually on
Microsoft’s Web site; you can’t see them without an Internet connection. Too bad if
you’re on a plane somewhere with your laptop.
The purpose of this book, then, is to serve as the manual that should have accompanied
Windows. In these pages, you’ll find step-by-step instructions for using almost
every Windows feature, including those you may not even have understood, let alone
mastered.