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Pamela Lessing
The First Week With My New PC
A Very Basic Guide for Older Adults and Everyone Who Wants to “Get Connected”

This book was written for the author’s 84-year-old mother and for everyone else who wants to “get connected” to a PC but has been too afraid or too embarrassed to try.

The First Week with My New Computer is a humorous, but practical and simple step-by-step guide that gives new computer owners (no matter how old or young) all the information they need to do the basic tasks for which they bought a computer in the first place—sending and receiving e-mails, using the Internet, playing games and CDs, writing correspondence and keeping records.

 From the very first chapter, “Out of the Box,” to the final section, “Troubleshooting and Questions,” it gives clear, easy-to-follow instructions while patiently understanding and explaining (without any condescension or assumption of prior knowledge) the concerns and difficulties many people have with this technology. The First Week with My New Computer has been field-tested with people ranging from 27 to 84 years of age—all of whom found it to be “The Answer!” to their fears of even touching a computer or admitting that they don’t know how to use one and their honest desire to “get connected.”

Pamela Lessing has had a very diverse career as a librarian, art consultant, and member of advisory boards of numerous non-profits. She is the author of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection and The First Week with My New iMac. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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