Author: Diane McKeever, CPP
Publisher: Swan Media
ISBN: 978-1-940745-82-4

“This book is not intended to be read from start to finish in one sitting. Many of the techniques should be practiced before you go onto the next tip. Thumb through the book and dip into see an interesting topic or start at the beginning and make your way straight through it,” Diane McKeever writes in the introduction of her book, 100 Amazing Computer Tips: Shortcuts, Tricks and Advice to Help Everyone from Novice to Professional.

At two hundred and fifty-six pages, this paperback targets those looking for more tips and shortcuts to conquer computer programs. Applicable to personal computer and Apple environments, simple bullet-point instructions cover one hundred tips, tasks, and tracks to better computing.

Having over twenty-five years’ experience instructing over one hundred thousand students in learning computer techniques, McKeever leaves few stones unturned as she covers computer know-how for novices to professionals.

After a short author biography and introduction, one hundred tips are divided into nine sections, ending with appendices and quick reference guides. Although some of the pasted screen captures and quick reference guides have hard to read fonts and are somewhat fuzzy, the tip instructions are easy to comprehend. All tips start on the right side of the page, sometimes flowing onto the following left side or leaving the page completely blank, perhaps for note taking.

The nine tip sections include twenty-eight regarding general computing, eleven browser related, four about Facebook, fourteen involving Microsoft Office, two for emailing, five in regard to Microsoft Outlook, nineteen that cover Microsoft Excel, twelve about Word, and five fun projects and programs. The appendices have charts of keyboard shortcuts, Alt codes, and Apple characters with their shortcuts.

Here are a dozen tested and tried amazing tips that will save time and energy:
Tip #9 – Using the Right Mouse Button
Tip #18 – Improving Computer Speed
Tip #26 – Three Finger Salute
Tip #32 – Google Math
Tip #39 – Bookmarking a Browser Page
Tip #43 – Facebook Privacy Settings
Tip #47 – Drag and Drop in Word and Excel
Tip #61 – Scheduling Email Delivery
Tip #67 – Freezing Panes
Tip #79 – Filtering Records
Tip #84 – Word’s Colorful Underlines
Tip #99 – Making Word Clouds

From learning a simple task as zooming in with a mouse or locking Windows to being comfortable accessing templates, using vanishing tools, validating data, and concatenating cells, this keep-close-by-the-desk book will help anyone master a computer one step at a time and learn how quickly to make a ⳏ, ☼, or ♥ within programs.

Thanks to Bookpleasures and the author for furnishing this complimentary book in exchange for a review based on the reader’s opinions.

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