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Beginning Programming for Dummies shows you how computer programming works without all the technical details or hard programming language. It explores the common parts of every computer programming language and how to write for multiple platforms like Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. This easily accessible guide provides you with the tools you need to:
- Create programs and divide them into subprograms
- Develop variables and use constants
- Manipulate strings and convert them into numbers
- Use an array as storage space
- Reuse and rewrite code
- Isolate data
- Create a user interface
- Write programs for the Internet
- Utilize JavaScript and Java Applets
In addition to these essential building blocks, this guide features a companion CD-ROM containing Liberty BASIC compiler and code in several languages. It also provides valuable programming resources and lets you in on cool careers for programmers. With Beginning Programming of Dummies, you can take charge of your computer and begin programming today!
Office 2013 For Dummies is the key to your brand new Office!
Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this update to one of the bestselling Office books of all time gets you thoroughly up to speed and helps you learn how to take full advantage of the new features in Office 2013. After coverage of the fundamentals, you'll discover how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add pizazz to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more.
Helps you harness the power of all five Office 2013 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and AccessDiscusses typing and formatting text in Word and easy ways to dress up your documents with color, graphics, and moreDemonstrates navigating and editing an Excel spreadsheet, creating formulas, and charting and analyzing Excel dataWalks you through creating a PowerPoint presentation and adding some punch with color, sound, pictures, and videosExplores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointmentsDelves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and moreThe fun and friendly approach of Office 2013 For Dummies makes doing Office work easy and efficient!
Spend less time figuring out Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access and more time working on actual projects with this new edition of Office 2010 For Dummies. Filled with straightforward, friendly instruction, this book gets you thoroughly up to speed, and it actually makes doing Office work fun!
First learn all the basics, then how to add more bells and whistles, including how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add sound to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more.
Helps you harness the power of Microsoft Office 2010 and all of its new functionality; the book covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and AccessExplains and instructs in the straightforward, friendly, For Dummies style that makes instruction more accessible and skill-building easierCovers typing and formatting text in Word and spicing up your documentsShows you how to navigate and edit an Excel spreadsheet, create formulas, and chart and analyze Excel dataDemonstrates how to create a PowerPoint presentation and add color, sound, and picturesExplores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointmentsDelves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and moreBe ready to take full advantage of Microsoft Office 2010 with this fun and easy guide.