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1921. 

QuickBooks® 2007 on Demand

QuickBooks® 2007 on Demand

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 07-DEC-2006

Insert Date: 17-NOV-2006

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QuickBooks 2007 on Demand is the ultimate reference for people who really want to learn how to use the most popular accounting program. Using a friendly seeit/do-it technique, QuickBooks 2007 on Demand gives you illustrated, full color, step-by-step explanations that put you in charge of your finances. Whether you keep this book right next to your computer for quick reference or use it to train others, you’ll find this is an indispensable resource. SEE HOW TO Produce and customize reports that show exactly how your company is doing Schedule transactions so you’ll never forget a...

1922. 

Selling Collectibles on eBay®

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Selling Collectibles on eBay®

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 16-NOV-2006

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Of all the categories of products for sale on eBay, the collectibles category is both the largest and the most complex. If you're selling a particular type of collectible - from pinbacks to Pez dispensers - how do you effectively list your products for auction and maximize your sales and profits? Selling Collectibles on eBay is a targeted, compact guide for all serious collectibles sellers. It offers instructions and advice for selling all types of collectibles, from trading cards and figurines to vintage comic books and glassware. This Digital Short Cut skips the general information you...

1923. 

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 On Demand

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 On Demand

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 08-DEC-2006

Insert Date: 14-NOV-2006

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How to Use •        Create powerful presentations faster using ready-made templates and Smart Tags •        Organize information and add impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables, and charts •        Make your presentation come alive with custom animations •        Add narration, animation, 3-D effects, and movie •        Add comments and e-mail your presentation to others for review and collaboration •        Deliver your presentation in a meeting room on multiple screens •        Use Groove and SharePoint Team Services to collaborate and share documents...

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Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office 2007

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office 2007

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 22-DEC-2006

Insert Date: 14-NOV-2006

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Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office 2007 THE ONLY OFFICE BOOK YOU NEED We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Office proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Office 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office 2007 is the only book you need. If you own a copy of Office 2007, you deserve a copy of this book! Although this book is aimed at the Office veteran, Ed and Woody’s engaging style will appeal to beginners, too. Written in clear, plain English, readers will feel as though they are...

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THE ONLY WORD 2007 BOOK YOU NEED This book will help you build solid skills to create the documents you need right now, and expert-level guidance for leveraging Word’s most advanced features whenever you need them. If you buy only one book on Word 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 is the book you need. • Come up to speed quickly with the new Word 2007 Ribbon interface • Streamline document formatting with styles, templates, and themes • Collaborate with others using comments and tracked changes • Master mail merges, master documents, and other advanced...

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Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 26-DEC-2006

Insert Date: 11-NOV-2006

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Every business professional faces challenges in managing their time to be as efficient and productive as possible. Information management has become an important everyday task in helping manage these challenges successfully, and Microsoft Outlook is the gold standard to help users stay organized. Outlook not only helps manage contacts, appointments, and tasks, it also serves as the e-mail and fax client. Outlook 2007 has been redesigned and improved with a new user interface, electronic business cards, RSS support, smart scheduling, anti-phishing capabilities, junk e-mail filter, and more....

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Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed

Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 08-DEC-2006

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A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 067233013X ISBN-13: 9780672330131 Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed Paul McFedries Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed is a book for people, like you, who don’t consider themselves to be “average users.” It’s a book for anyone who finds that doing things the official way is slower, less efficient, and less powerful because Windows Vista was designed from the ground up to avoid confusing novice users. The result is default settings that restrict flexibility, interminable wizards that turn two-step tasks into twelve-step sagas, and...

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Microsoft provides a fantastic new business diagramming engine in PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007, and Excel 2007 in the form of SmartArt[TM] graphics. The new SmartArt[TM] graphics allow you to create process charts, radial charts, organization charts, and more. Leverage the themes and styles Microsoft provides in Office 2007 or customize the art to make your own designs. This book covers all the drawing tools in Microsoft Office 2007. Using SmartArt[TM], WordArt or Shapes, you can create eye-catching documents that will get noticed. Dress up your next presentation with colorful...

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Microsoft® Office Word® 2007 Quick Reference Guide: Beta Preview

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Microsoft® Office Word® 2007 Quick Reference Guide: Beta Preview

By: Greg Perry

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 30-OCT-2006

Insert Date: 05-NOV-2006

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Readers unfamiliar with Windows-based environments will find plenty of introductory help here that brings them quickly up to speed. This Digital Short Cut shows you how to do work in Word 2007 as well as how to manage many of the Internet-based Word 2007 elements you need in today’s online-connected world. If you are new to the Internet, you’ll learn how to combine the Internet with Word 2007 to gain synergy from both. This Short Cut also helps previous Microsoft Word users adapt and familiarize themselves  with the dramatic interface change of Word 2007. With the fundamental...

1930. 

How the Internet Works, Eighth Edition

How the Internet Works, Eighth Edition

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 21-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 05-NOV-2006

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Simple, clear explanations walk you through every technology Detailed explanations walk you through the technology. The Internet has changed the world... and, with everything from blogs to podcasts, Internet phones to video, it’s still changing the world. Now, it’s easy to understand how it all works! This book’s big, brilliant, full-color illustrations and clear explanations make it all incredibly simple! DISCOVER HOW THE INTERNET REALLY WORKS... IT’S AMAZINGLY EASY! This new edition has been completely updated for today’s hottest Internet technologies, Web connections, hardware,...

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Using Microsoft® Office Live

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Using Microsoft® Office Live

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 02-NOV-2006

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Office Live provides a centralized online portal for businesses to help bring people, key-business data, business applications, and devices together in one area. It is designed for small and growing companies to use the Internet to improve their businesses, including improving in-house communications, extending communications with customers and clients, tracking website usage, providing a centralized server for sharing documents, and tracking calendar events. If you are part of a small and growing business and need a powerful Web service, Office Live is the perfect solution for you. Most...

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Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Quick Reference Guide: Beta Preview

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Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Quick Reference Guide: Beta Preview

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 27-OCT-2006

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Readers unfamiliar with Windows-based environments will find plenty of introductory help here that brings them quickly up to speed. This Digital Short Cut shows you how to do work in Excel 2007 as well as how to manage many of the Internet-based Excel 2007 elements you in today’s online-connected world. If you are new to the Internet, you’ll learn how to combine the Internet with Excel 2007 to gain synergy from both. This Short Cut also helps previous Microsoft Excel Users adapt and familiarize themselves with the dramatic interface change of Excel 2007. With the fundamental...

1933. 

Internet Yellow Pages, 2007 Edition

Internet Yellow Pages, 2007 Edition

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 20-OCT-2006

Insert Date: 03-NOV-2006

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Plug Yourself In with the Ultimate Guide to the Internet! EXHAUSTIVE INDEX: An exhaustive index with thorough cross-references helps you find exactly what you want, quickly and easily. INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE: International coverage makes your discoveries on the Web virtually limitless. SEARCH SECRETS: Michael Miller, along with Mikal Belicove and Joe Kraynak, have written the foreward that gets you up to speed on searching the Internet, blocking pop-up ads, protecting children online, accessing the wireless Web, plugging in to podcasts and webcasts, and reading...

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Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 Quick Reference Guide: Beta Preview

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Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 Quick Reference Guide: Beta Preview

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 30-OCT-2006

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Readers unfamiliar with Windows-based environments will find plenty of introductory help here that brings them quickly up to speed. This Digital Short Cut shows you how to do work in PowerPoint 2007 as well as how to manage many of the Internet-based PowerPoint 2007 elements you need in today’s online-connected world. If you are new to the Internet, you’ll learn how to combine the Internet with Excel 2007 to gain synergy from both. This Short Cut also helps previous Microsoft PowerPoint users adapt and familiarize themselves with the dramatic interface change of PowerPoint 2007. With the...

1935. 

I Married an eBay® Maniac

I Married an eBay® Maniac

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 15-MAY-2006

Insert Date: 01-NOV-2006

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Has your spouse been spending more and more time on the computer? Do they hide the screen when you walk in the room? Have new items been appearing in your house while your older possessions seem to disappear? Perhaps the explanation is in "it" - eBay mania!  I Married an eBay Maniac offers a glimpse into the world of eBay. Get up to speed on the basics of buying and selling on eBay, and find how to bring every family member to eBay so that you no longer have to eat dinner with your spouse clicking away on the keyboard. Turn their obsession into a family affair. This book describes how to...

1936. 

Crystal Reports® XI: Official Guide

Crystal Reports® XI: Official Guide

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 01-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 30-OCT-2006

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The authorized guide to the latest edition of the #1 business intelligence software product - Crystal Reports. More than 16 million licenses of Crystal Reports have been shipped to date.  This book is a reference designed to provide hands-on guidance for the latest release of the product suite. The latest version of Crystal Reports and the Business Objects enterprise reporting suite delivers vast product enhancements and a tighter integration that will drive upgrades from licensees. Brand new features (e.g. Dynamic and Cascading Parameter Generation) will also appeal to new audiences. Over...

1937. 

101 Reasons: To Switch to the Mac

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101 Reasons: To Switch to the Mac

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 19-OCT-2006

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You've seen lots of "how to" information...but 101 Reasons to Switch to a Mac offers the "why to"! Inside, instead of tech-talk and speed tests, 101 Reasons to Switch to the Mac offers true stories and unbiased advice from a long-time Windows user who, along with a million others in 2005, made the switch to a Mac. The chapters explore the benefits of working with a Mac, the power of the Mac OS X operating system, and the advantages of owning a computer that "just works." The comprehensive software guide recommends great applications that make short work of everyday tasks like surfing the...

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Running Mac OS X on Windows

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Running Mac OS X on Windows

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 31-AUG-2006

Insert Date: 30-OCT-2006

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<div><p> For a long time, a lot of Windows users have been clamoring for the opportunity to run the Mac OS X operating system on their Windows PCs. As Mac OS X was designed to run on a different CPU architecture (PowerPC), running Mac OS X directly on Intel's CPU would not work. It wasn't until recently that PC users saw a ray of hope, when Apple announced that it was moving to Intel's CPU architecture and would hence port Mac OS X to run natively on Intel's x86 CPU architecture. However, the joy was short-lived, as Mac OS X can still run properly only on Apple's customized hardware, not...

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Your Life in Web Apps

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Your Life in Web Apps

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 21-JUN-2006

Insert Date: 30-OCT-2006

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<div><p> What is a web app? It's software that you use right in your web browser. Rather than installing an application on your computer, you visit a web site and sign up as a new user of its software. Instead of storing your files on your own hard disk, the web app stores them for you, online. </p><p>Is it possible to switch entirely to web apps? To run nothing but a browser for an entire day? In this PDF we'll take you through one day in the life of a web apps-only user and chronicle the pros and cons of living by browser. And if the idea of switching, fully or partially, to web apps...

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Windows Media Center Wizardry

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Windows Media Center Wizardry

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 28-JUL-2006

Insert Date: 30-OCT-2006

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<div><p> This short cut is a series of "How To " sections, each concentrating on an area of functionality little exploited by typical users, although extremely useful when exposed. </p><p><b>Section 1 Smarter Media Center Configuration</b> There are smart ways, and not so smart ways, to configure a PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. Smart configuration means understanding which hardware components best integrate together and how those components should be set up to best deliver their unique set of services. All in all, smarter configuration facilitates a better Media Center...