Microsoft Windows 8: Illustrated Essentials

Designed to meet the needs of users from a broad range of experience levels, Microsoft Windows 8 Illustrated Essentials equips your students with Windows 8 basics using its hallmark 2-page spread format. This practical, user-friendly design makes learning accessible by allowing students to see an entire task in one view. Streamlined into two units, Microsoft Windows 8 Illustrated Essentials gets students up and running with the latest features of Windows 8, including the new user interface, working with the Charms bar, starting an app, working with windows, and managing files.

Barbara Clemens has been a software product manager, editor, writer, and teacher since 1984. She has worked with educational publishers Addison-Wesley and Course Technology to create software textbooks for colleges and universities. She has edited, revised, and written many Microsoft Office texts and recently co-authored a textbook titled Upgrading to Office 2007. She holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in English as a Second Language, and a Masters in Business Administration. She has worked as a university English instructor, computer trainer, and consultant, and is known for teaching computer software using careful, clear, and understandable instructions. She wrote and currently teaches a course called What's New in Microsoft Office 2007 for Ed2Go, a division of Cengage Learning.