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Create your own custom Visual Basic programs fast for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT! If you want to develop business applications for Windows, then Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 programming environment is for you. With its powerful and friendly object-oriented interface, Visual Basic 6 is the ideal tool for creating easy-to-use and attractive interfaces of your own. Whether you want to build original programs from the ground up or take advantage of existing wizards, Visual Basic 6 For Dummies will help you design and debug your work - and accomplish all your goals! From the fundamentals of writing BASIC code to the thrill of distributing your very own custom applications, Visual Basic 6 For Dummies brings a fresh perspective to programming in Visual Basic 6 that everyone can understand.
by Wallace Wang
Rating: 3.7 ⭐
If you thought hacking was just about mischief-makers hunched over computers in the basement, think again. As seasoned author Wallace Wang explains, hacking can also mean questioning the status quo, looking for your own truths and never accepting at face value anything authorities say or do.The completely revised fourth edition of this offbeat, non-technical book examines what hackers do, how they do it, and how you can protect yourself. Written in the same informative, irreverent, and entertaining style that made the first three editions hugely successful, Steal This Computer Book 4.0 will expand your mind and raise your eyebrows. New chapters discuss the hacker mentality , social engineering and lock picking , exploiting P2P file-sharing networks, and how people manipulate search engines and pop-up ads to obtain and use personal information . Wang also takes issue with the media for "hacking" the news and presenting the public with self-serving stories of questionable accuracy.Inside, you’ll –How to manage and fight spam and spyware–How Trojan horse programs and rootkits work and how to defend against them–How hackers steal software and defeat copy-protection mechanisms–How to tell if your machine is being attacked and what you can do to protect it–Where the hackers are, how they probe a target and sneak into a computer , and what they do once they get inside–How corporations use hacker techniques to infect your computer and invade your privacy–How you can lock down your computer to protect your data and your personal information using free programs included on the book’s CDIf you’ve ever logged onto a website, conducted an online transaction, sent or received email, used a networked computer or even watched the evening news, you may have already been tricked, tracked, hacked, and manipulated. As the saying goes, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you. And, as Wallace Wang reveals, they probably are.The companion CD contains hundreds of megabytes of 100% FREE hacking and security related programs, like keyloggers, spyware stoppers, port blockers, IP scanners, Trojan horse detectors, and much, much more. CD compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Do you think the programmers who work at your office are magical wizards who hold special powers that manipulate your computer? Believe it or not, anyone can learn how to write programs, and it doesn’t take a higher math and science education to start. 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 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!
So you want to be a programmer? Or maybe you just want to be able to make your computer do what YOU want for a change? Maybe you enjoy the challenge of identifying a problem and solving it. If programming intrigues you for whatever reason, Beginning Programming All In One Desk Reference For Dummies is like having a starter programming library all in one handy, if beefy, book. In this practical guide, you’ll find out about compiling, algorithms, best practices, debugging your programs, and much more. The concepts are illustrated in several different programming languages, so you’ll get a feel for the variety of languages and the needs they fill. Seven minibooks cover: Beginning Programming All In One Desk Reference For Dummies shows you how to decide what you want your program to do, turn your instructions into “machine language” that the computer understands, use programming best practices, explore the “how” and “why” of data structuring, and more. You’ll even get a look into various applications like database management, bioinformatics, computer security, and artificial intelligence. Soon you’ll realize that — wow! You’re a programmer! Note: CD ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
No matter how secure you think your computer is, it is still vulnerable to a variety of attacks that could steal your data, wreck your files, or even hoodwink you out of thousands of dollars. To help you protect yourself and your computer, Steal This Computer Book guides you through the attacks you face on the Internet and reveals how hackers accomplish their malicious deeds.
This offbeat, non-technical book looks at what hackers do, how they do it, and how you can protect yourself. The third edition of this bestseller (over 150,000 copies sold) adopts the same informative, irreverent, and entertaining style that made the first two editions a huge success. Thoroughly updated, this edition also covers rootkits, spyware, web bugs, identity theft, hacktivism, wireless hacking (wardriving), biometrics, and firewalls.
The latest edition of one of the bestselling Microsoft Office books of all time 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 funFirst 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.
Find and use the features you need right awayCreate great documents, Excel charts, and slide shows, and organize your e-mailWhat's new at the Office? A lot, and this book takes you through all the cool changes and enhancements so you can rev up and go. Find your way around the new interface, dress up your documents, create spreadsheets that actually make sense, give presentations that wow your audience, and organize your life.Discover how toLocate commands on the RibbonUse Live PreviewStop spam with Outlook(r)Format and enhance Word documentsWork with Excel(r) formulasStore and find data in Access
by Wallace Wang
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
No matter how secure you think your computer is, it is still vulnerable to a variety of attacks that could steal your data or wreck your files. To help you protect yourself and your computer, this updated edition of Steal This Computer Book guides you through the attacks you face on the Internet and reveals the tricks hackers could be using on you right now.
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. The fun and friendly approach of Office 2013 For Dummies makes doing Office work easy and efficient!
by Wallace Wang
Rating: 3.0 ⭐
Steal This File Sharing Book tackles the thorny issue of file sharing networks such as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Usenet. It explains how these networks work and how to use them. It exposes the dangers of using file sharing networks--including viruses, spyware, and lawsuits--and tells how to avoid them. In addition to covering how people use file sharing networks to share everything from music and video files to books and pornography, it also reveals how people use them to share secrets and censored information banned by their governments. Includes coverage of the ongoing battle between the software, video, and music pirates and the industries that are trying to stop them.
More than 70 million people have made Microsoft Office the most popular business software package on the planet. Whether you're a newcomer to the power and productivity of the entire Office suite -- with its word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, Web design, desktop publishing, and e-mail software -- or discovering Microsoft Office for the first time, you'll find yourself right at home with the friendly advice and plain-English answers inside Microsoft Office 2000 For Windows For Dummies.Get all Office 2000 programs working together -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Outlook, Publisher, PhotoDraw, and Internet Explorer -- and take your computing skills to the next level. Publish professional-looking Web pages from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and FrontPage. Organize your schedule and e-mail with Outlook; create dazzling slide presentations with PowerPoint; create documents quickly with Word; and budget your finances with Excel's cool charts and graphs.Microsoft Office 2000 For Windows For Dummies covers the Standard, Professional, and Premium editions of Office 2000, so whatever your needs, we've got the answers!
You finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether yours is a MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, or iMac &mdash it's still a Mac, and it runs the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X.But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? Do you even know how to turn it on and off properly or put it to sleep? You need a book like My New Mac to make everything easy.Wallace Wang, author of the best-selling Steal This Computer Book , will show you, step-by-step, how to use tools like iPhoto to organize your photos, track birthdays with iCal, and clip and save information from the Internet so you can find it again. You'll find simple projects that will show you how Don't put off learning how to use your new computer. Let Wallace Wang show you the ropes with My New Mac .
Office 2016 For Dummies (9781119293477) was previously published as Office 2016 For Dummies (9781119077374). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. The bestselling Microsoft Office book of all time Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this updated edition of the bestselling Microsoft Office book gets you thoroughly up to speed on the latest version of the industry standard for office productivity suites. In no time, Office 2016 For Dummies will help you become a whiz at Word, take your Excel skills to new heights, add pizzazz to your PowerPoint presentations, and make every part of your work day more organized and productive. Following alongside approachable, plain-English explanations, you'll quickly discover how to type, format text, and design documents in Word; navigate and edit spreadsheets, create formulas, and analyze data in Excel; configure email, store contacts, organize tasks, and schedule your time with Outlook; create and edit well-designed and crowd-pleasing PowerPoint presentations; and design, edit, and modify an Access database. Even if the mere thought of working with Microsoft Office makes you nervous, this fun and friendly guide makes it easy. Helps you make sense of word processing, email, presentations, data management and analysis, and much more Covers the five main Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access Walks you through the new features of Microsoft Office 2016 Written by a veteran author who has written more than 20 For Dummies books, which account for more than three million books in print If you're an uninitiated user looking to make the most of this powerful suite of applications, this hands-on, friendly guide is the key to your brand new Office!
The new iPad is cute. It's loveable. It's fun to play with. But it can also be a bit mysterious.My New iPad is your guide to getting the most from Apple's latest magical creation. Best-selling author Wallace Wang's patient, step-by-step instructions will have you using your new iPad to:And so much more. You'll even learn top-secret touch gestures to help make the most of your iPad. Discover the hundreds of amazing things your iPad can do with My New iPad .
Visual Basic.NET For Dummies offers a fun and creative environment for developing programs with Visual Basic.NET. From the fundamentals of writing code to the excitement of building next-generation applications for Microsoft's new .NET Platform, Visual Basic.NET For Dummies explains this popular language in terms that non-programmers and first-time Visual Basic programmers can understand.Experienced Visual Basic programmers will benefit from this book as it highlights the features and functions of this new and much-changed version of Visual Basic.All readers will delight in expert For Dummies author Wallace Wang's coverage of topics that include: Variables, constants, loops and other programming fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET syntax, Working with the new Visual Basic.NET IDE, Forms and controls, and Understanding Objects.
Microsoft Office XP consists of several a word processor (Word 2002), a spreadsheet program (Excel 2002), a presentation graphics program (PowerPoint 2002), a personal information organizer and e-mail client (Outlook 2002), and a database program (Access 2002). And depending on the version of Office XP that you get, you may have bonus programs that include a Web-page design and management application (FrontPage 2002). Having so many programs at your disposal can be very intimidating, especially for the beginning user. Which program do you use for which task? How can you get information from one program into another? Which programs do you really need, and which ones can you safely ignore? Your questions will abound and confound! Office XP For Dummies answers all these questions and more – in easy-to-understand terms and without all that computer-geek gibberish. It gently explains the basics for each program so that you can start using them right way. Here are a few of the topics covered in Office XP For Dummies : For beginners, Office XP For Dummies is the perfect overview of the entire Office XP suite; for more advanced users, it contains many tips and tricks to make using all these different programs a breeze.
The bestselling Microsoft Office book of all timePacked with straightforward friendly instruction this updated edition of the bestselling Microsoft Office book gets you thoroughly up to speed on the latest version of the industry standard for office productivity suites. In no time Office 2016 For Dummies will help you become a whiz at Word take your Excel skills to new heights add pizzazz to your PowerPoint presentations and make every part of your work day more organized and productive.Following alongside approachable plain-English explanations you ll quickly discover how to type format text and design documents in Word navigate and edit spreadsheets create formulas and analyze data in Excel configure email store contacts organize tasks and schedule your time with Outlook create and edit well-designed and crowd-pleasing PowerPoint presentations and design edit and modify an Access database. Even if the mere thought of working with Microsoft Office makes you nervous this fun and friendly guide makes it easy.Helps you make sense of word processing email presentations data management and analysis and much moreCovers the five main Office applications Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook and AccessWalks you through the new features of Microsoft Office 2016Written by a veteran author who has written more than 20 For Dummies books which account for more than three million books in printIf you re an uninitiated user looking to make the most of this powerful suite of applications this hands-on friendly guide is the key to your brand new Office About the AuthorWallace Wang is a best-selling author with more than 3 million For Dummies books in print. He has written more than 50 computer books and his recent titles include Office 2013 For Dummies and Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies. Wally has been involved in computers stand-up comedy teaching writing and game designing
An ideal starting point for Windows 8 and Office 2013! In this value-priced portable book-and-two DVD video training package, veteran and bestselling authors Andy Rathbone and Wallace Wang provide you with everything you need to know to tackle the basics in Windows 8 and Office 2013. Featuring a 400-page book in the compact Portable Edition size and boasting more than six hours of video training on two DVDs, this bundle is an ideal companion when navigating the key features of Windows 8 and Office 2013. The friendly-but-straightforward For Dummies tone sets the stage for helping you access the power of the Windows 8 operating system and achieving maximum efficiency with the Office 2013 suite of productivity tools. Get started with Windows 8 and Office 2013 with this value-priced guide-and-DVD combo!
"How to Write a Great Script with Final Draft 9" is not a typical computer book tutorial. Flip open any computer book and you’ll typically see a thick tome crammed with information about every possible feature of a program in exhaustive detail. Such comprehensive detail makes most computer books about as exciting to read as a dictionary. Nobody really wants to learn how to use any particular program. What people really want to learn is how to get specific results from using a particular program.Chances are good that your goal in life isn’t to learn how to use Final Draft 9. Instead, you probably really want to learn how to write the best screenplay possible with the least amount of hassle. To achieve that goal, you want to use Final Draft 9 as a tool to achieve your dream of writing a screenplay that you can sell. That’s why this book won’t teach you how to become a Final Draft 9 expert. What this book will teach you is how to plan, organize, and write a screenplay using Final Draft 9 as a tool to make your task easier. Notice the huge difference?You want to be a screenwriter, not a Final Draft 9 computer expert. This book won't overwhelm you by teaching every possible feature in Final Draft 9. Instead, this book will teach you the more useful features of Final Draft 9 to make you a more effective screenwriter. Once you learn the most common commands of Final Draft 9, you'll have the confidence to learn the more advanced features that the program offers.Not only will you learn how to use Final Draft’s most common features, but you’ll also learn why to use them and how they can help you organize and write a more effective screenplay. To use Final Draft most effectively, you need to know how to develop a story. Having a great screenwriting program like Final Draft 9 is fine, but if you don’t know what to write, then you won’t be able to take advantage of Final Draft 9’s writing, formatting, and editing features.Although Final Draft works as an excellent screenplay formatting word processor, that’s actually the last feature you want to use. Where most people go wrong is that they focus first on writing their screenplay without knowing what to write or taking time to organize their ideas before they write. Think of screenwriting like planning a vacation. You could just show up at the airport and hop on any plane, but chances are good it won’t take you where you want to go. Likewise if you start writing a script without any planning, you’ll likely waste time writing an rambling and incoherent screenplay. At this point, formatting your screenplay perfectly means nothing if it’s not structured to tell a compelling story in the first place.So this book will teach you how to write screenplays using Final Draft 9 as a tool. If you want to learn how to become a better screenwriter and use Final Draft 9 to help you achieve your ultimate goal of selling a screenplay, then this is the book for you.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Getting IdeasChapter 2: Picking a ThemeChapter 3: The Story TitleChapter 4: The Major CharactersChapter 5: The Hero and VillainChapter 6: The Mentor, the Allies, and the HenchmenChapter 7: The Four Acts of a ScreenplayChapter 8: Creating and Manipulating ScenesChapter 9: Understanding the Elements of a ScreenplayChapter 10: Working with ScenesChapter 11: Making Dialogue Come to LifeChapter 12: Editing a ScreenplayChapter 13: Printing and Sharing a ScreenplayFinal Words
Durf jij de uitdaging aan? Met deze volledig bijgewerkte editie van 'Programmeren voor Dummies' leer je op een vlotte manier programma's schrijven die probleemloos werken onder Windows, Mac OS en Linux. Maak kennis met de verschillende programmeertalen, bedenk een goed ontwerp en verdiep je in de belangrijkste bouwstenen van programma's. Het boek besteedt ook aandacht aan programmeren voor tablets en smartphones.Wallace Wang heeft meer dan 2,3 miljoen verkochte Voor Dummies-boeken op zijn naam staan. Daarnaast heeft hij veel lol als stand-upcomedian en met zijn eigen radioprogramma.
Let there be code!Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies offers one guide packed with 7 books to teach you programming across multiple languages. Coding can seem complex and convoluted, but Dummies makes it simple and easy to understand. You'll learn all about the principles of programming, algorithms, data structures, debugging programs, unique applications of programming and more while learning about some of the most popular programming languages used today. Move confidently forward in your computer science coursework or straight into the workforce. You'll come away with a rock-solid foundation in the programming basics, using data, coding for the web, and building killer apps.Learn the basics of coding, including writing and compiling code, using algorithms, and data structures Get comfortable with the syntax of several different programming languages Wrap your mind around interesting programming opportunities such as conducting biological experiments within a computer or programming a video game engine Develop cross-platform applications for desktop and mobile devicesThis essential guide takes the complexity and convolution out of programming for beginners and arms you with the knowledge you need to follow where the code takes you.
If you have Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies and just use it to create documents and for e-mail, that’s like having the ultimate gourmet kitchen and only cooking frozen dinners or having a 42” plasma high-definition, sound surround TV and only watching old reruns. This book will help you take control of Office 2003 and use it to take control of your life―at work or at home. It covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. (Note that not all versions of Office 2003 have Access.) You’ll learn how to create all kinds of documents, set up and use databases, create spreadsheets and do all kinds of numerical calculations and computations, and present your creations in style. With detailed explanations and screen shots, this guide covers: Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies was written by Wallace Wang, the popular, bestselling author of more than 20 For Dummies computer books. It gives you a great overview and step-by-step how-to for the most common and most helpful functions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. It’s a great guide to exploring the incredible powers at your fingertips with Microsoft Office 2003 and enhancing your productivity. It’s also a great reference to keep handy so you can get a quick review of tasks you don’t often do or figure out more ways to use Office 2003 to make quick work of your work.
Using step-by-step tutorials, this book shows the amatuer photographer and hobbyist how to express his or her deepest secrets by using Photoshop Elements to digitally enhance and manipulate photographs.
by Wallace Wang
Now updated and revised to cover the latest features of Microsoft Office 2019The world's leading suite of business productivity software, Microsoft Office helps users complete common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, data management and analysis, and much more. Whether you need accessible instruction on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Access--or all of the above--this handy reference makes it easier.In Office X For Dummies, you'll get help with typing and formatting text in Word, creating and navigating an Excel spreadsheet, creating a powerful PowerPoint presentation, adding color, pictures, and sound to a presentation, configuring email with Outlook, designing an Access database, and more. Information is presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for more than twenty years.Get insight into common tasks and advanced tools Find full coverage of each application in the suite Benefit from updated information based on the newest software release Make your work life easier and more efficiently If you need to make sense of Office X and don't have time to waste, this is the trusted reference you'll want to keep close at hand!
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Mac! Whether you’ve just decided to switch from Windows or you’ve been using a Mac for awhile and want to take advantage of all its bells and whistles, Macs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is the perfect guidebook to Mac land. You probably already know that Macs were made for media. There’s iPhoto for organizing, editing, and sharing your digital photos; iMovie to let you become a moviemaker; iDVD for preserving that movie and playing your favorites; and of course, iTunes for managing your music. But your Mac is just as happy creating documents, browsing the Internet, putting together cool presentations, or even crunching numbers. This guide shows you how to use all those applications and more. Seven minibooks cover Mac basics; working with photos, movies, and music; using the Internet; working with iLife and iWork applications; various other Mac programs; time-saving tips; and networking. You’ll discover how to Even if you’re a seasoned Mac veteran, we bet you’ll find some things here you didn’t know! And you’ll refer to this book again and again.
by Wallace Wang
Rating: 3.2 ⭐
Explore how to use ARKit to create iOS apps and learn the basics of augmented reality while diving into ARKit specific topics. This book reveals how augmented reality allows you to view the screen on an iOS device, aim the camera at a nearby scene, and view both the real items in that scene as well as a graphic image overlaid on to that scene.You’ll start by accessing the camera and teaching your app to track the world around its device. You'll then see how to position nodes and create augmented reality shapes and textures. Next you’ll have your creations interact with their environment by programming workable physics, detecting planes, measuring distance, and applying virtual force. Finally you’ll learn how to hit test and troubleshoot your applications to ensure they interact with the real world around them seamlessly.ARKit is Apple’s software framework for creating augmented reality apps on iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Unlike virtual reality that creates an entirely artificial world for the user to view and explore, Beginning ARKit for iPhone and iPad will show you how augmented reality places artificial items in an actual scene displayed by an iOS device’s camera. What You’ll LearnWho This Book Is For Programmers familiar with the basics of Swift programming who want to dive into developing iOS applications with Swift.
The iPad is cute, lovable, fun to play with, and a bit mysterious. My New iPad 2 is your guide to getting the most from Apple's latest magical creation. Best-selling author Wallace Wang's patient, step-by-step instructions will have you using your new iPad And so much more. You'll even learn top-secret touch gestures to help make the most of your iPad. Discover the hundreds of amazing things your iPad can do with My New iPad 2 . 5 Top Secret Tips from the Author
What makes a great movie? It isn't computer-generated special effects, A-list actors, or high-powered directors. What makes a great movie is a great story. Yet great stories don't just happen by chance. Instead, they're crafted through a definite structure and proven story-telling techniques. By studying what makes a movie great, you can apply those same principles to making your own screenplay great. This series, "The Elements of a Great Script," analyzes classic movies that have stood the test of time and proven to appeal to different generations over the years. When you study the classics, you can better understand the story structure that created the best movies so you can see not only how they work but also why they work. Story structure acts like the hidden skeleton propping up your story. Just as every person has the same skeleton, so does every great story rely on the same story structure fundamentals whether it's a drama, comedy, horror, musical, or action thriller. The best movies differ only in the details. The underlying principles always remain the same. So if you're frustrated and confused writing a screenplay, chances are good that you haven't discovered these time-tested and proven principles of story telling yet. By learning about these principles in the context of studying your favorite movies, you can see exactly how your favorite movies used these principles so you can better see why audiences all over the world have fallen in love with these classic stories. Success is no accident. By mastering the principles of story structure, you too can learn to craft better and more compelling stories whether you want to write a short story, a novel, or a screenplay. Story telling is a skill that anyone can learn, study, and develop. It all depends on knowing what to do along with knowing how stories actually work. By reading this series, "The Elements of a Great Script," you can let your favorite movies teach you how to write better stories of your own.There's a reason why "Die Hard" is considered one of the best action films ever made. Not only does it tell a compelling action story, but it also tells a full story involving every major character from the hero and the villain, to the secondary characters such as the limousine driver, the TV newscaster, the incompetent FBI agents, and the hero's wife. By studying how individual scenes in "Die Hard" work to grab your attention, hold you in suspense, and set up information that gradually reveals the complete story, you can better understand how to use those same techniques when writing your own screenplay.
"Microsoft Office 97 For Windows For Dummies" explains how to use five of the most powerful software programs for your computer: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook -- and how to use them together for the best solutions to your computing tasks. With easy-to-follow instructions and plain-English explanations, this book shows you how to write letters, balance your budget, create slide show presentations, and even design your own Web pages with Microsoft Office 97. Back cover comments.