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My intent in these pages is to reveal the inner depths and hidden features of the Googling lifestyle, and to rescue you from the overwhelmed feeling of information overload. Actually, this book’s title has a double meaning: As Google rescues its users from a hopeless glut of online content, so does it save information from being lost in poor, wrongly worded searches. Google accomplishes that last part by providing many specialized features and tools, all of which are available to us, but many of which are not publicized much. Most people are unaware of Google’s most powerful and precise tools. Even in the core service — the Web search engine — Google silently and without hype includes features that, when known, make daily Googling faster, more powerful, and more targeted. Most people are astonished when they discover these brilliant Google features. Getting fast stock quotes or word definitions; finding shops in the local neighborhood; searching through pages in thousands of mail-order catalogues; finding files on government and military sites; locating certain file types; Googling over the phone; navigating search results without using the mouse; searching only the titles of Web pages; playing Google games at innumerable Google fan sites; plumbing the amazing Google Groups (one of the most remarkable reference resources in the world); using Google as a phone book; highlighting a word on any Web page and launching a Google search from that page; using the Google Toolbar to block pop-up ads . . . I could go on. And, in fact, I do for the next few hundred pages. So, what is this book about? Without conceit, I can tell you that these pages are about your virtual life, your online intelligence, and your informed citizenship in the Internet nation. Whichever translation of this book you are reading, whatever country you live in, the beneficent informational power of Google belongs as much to you as to anyone.
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Few things are more disappointing to me as a software trainer than to see people who have just enough basic knowledge to work in a sophisticated program such as Excel waste inordinate amounts of time doing their work “the hard way” because they don’t really know how to go about harnessing the program’s features. This book is a vehicle for taking that next step into efficient use of Microsoft Excel, a program about which I have written a great deal and am naturally very partial. It is my sincere hope that it helps you become not only more competent in Excel but also much more confident in your ability to use rather than be used by it.
You have in your possession a reference tool, not a guidebook that you have to read from cover to cover. Open up this book to any chapter to find the answers on how to make your European travel dreams come true. You can read Europe For Dummies from start to finish if you want, but if you’re already familiar with some aspects of international travel, for instance, skip over the first two parts and jump right into the destination descriptions. This is a selective guidebook to Europe. My goal throughout is to give you a really good selection of each country’s highlights. That means I exclude places that other, more exhaustive guidebooks routinely include. Brussels, Copenhagen, and Lisbon are important cities, but from the perspective of the first-time visitor to Europe, they can’t compete with London, Paris, and Madrid. In addition, so much is really worth seeing in Europe that you don’t need to waste your time with the second-rate, the overrated, or the boring. Please be advised that travel information is subject to change at any time — and this is especially true of prices. I, therefore, suggest that you write or call ahead for confirmation when making your travel plans. The authors, editors, and publisher cannot be held responsible for the experiences of readers while traveling. Your safety is important to us, however, so we encourage you to stay alert and be aware of your surroundings. Keep a close eye on cameras, purses, and wallets, all favorite targets of thieves and pickpockets.
Are you thinking about building your own electronic gizmos? Ever wonder how transistors, capacitors, and other building blocks of electronics work? Do you have an interest in finding out how to solder or make your own circuit boards? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Electronics For Dummies is the key that opens the fun and exciting door of modern electronics. No dry and boring tome, this; what you hold in your hands is a book that gives you just what you need to know to make and troubleshoot your own electronic gadgets.
That’s what New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia said back in 1934. Not many people understood the meaning or the impact of Mayor LaGuardia’s statement, because he said it in Latin. (“E finita la cuccagna,” said the mayor.) But today, most people agree with the spirit of LaGuardia’s proclamation. Well, they’re all wrong. I have two stunning examples to prove that there is such a thing as a free lunch.
I’ve written this book so that you, too, can learn to take advantage of the megastore that is eBay. This book shows you how to get the bargains and stay safe in every major category of merchandise eBay offers. Keep this book in your hands to help you feel at ease at eBay. I’d like to call it eBay For Dummies Light, but my publisher won’t let me mess with the trademark. And really, it’s not an accurate name. This book is just as packed with information as my larger For Dummies books, eBay For Dummies, 3rd Edition, and Starting an eBay Business For Dummies. The information in this book is simply targeted toward your interest in hunting for bargains. There are great bargains to find, and down the road there’s always the chance for you to sell some of the knick knacks that are collecting dust in your own closet. But the goal of this book is to help you reach your comfort zone to buy the things you want and need in your life, without dragging yourself all over town or spending wads of cash. In this book, you’ll find out:
