From TNPC issue #4.19...

Here's the Hot Tip: Computer Tips Compendium

by T.J. Lee
September 26, 2001

A tremendous amount of the computer information you use every day falls into bite-sized chunks we call "computer tips" like... where to find out how much your neighbor sold his house for last month, what's the keyboard shortcut for bypassing Autorun when inserting a CD, what's the program that stops pop-up windows, what's the trick for managing dozens of passwords, the list goes on and on.

We know tips. We've been writing books and articles--for computer magazines, newsletters (printed and electronic), and Web sites-- for many years. We've logged thousands of hours teaching folks about computers and technology, speaking at conferences, preparing courseware on computers, and helping friends, family, and neighbors. Basically, we're awash in tips. The problem with tips is, there are too many useful tips to remember them all. So the trick is being able to find the one particular tip you need, when you need it. That's a problem we think we've solved rather neatly.

Now you can get your own copy of TheNakedPC.com Presents: Computer Tips Compendium on CD-ROM for the early-bird price of $19.95. Once we start shipping the price goes up to $24.95, so order early and save $5.00.

"Computer Tips Compendium" is a fully searchable PDF file that contains over 470 of our favorite and most useful computer tips. Tips on individual software programs like Word, Excel, Outlook, as well as programs from Symantec and PowerQuest and hundreds of others. Internet tips on surfing, browsing, downloading, privacy, shopping safety, fraud, controlling displayed text size, transferring Favorites and Bookmarks between computers, eliminating page backgrounds, again the list just goes on and on. Tips on buying the right memory for your system, locating drivers, where to find hardware advice, customizing tweaks, setup options, you name it there's probably a tip for it in "Computer Tips Compendium."

Another problem we've solved is what to do about Web page addresses that change over time (and we're talking about Internet time here when you blink, a Webmaster somewhere has changed that page's address). Our ebook gives you special access to a private section of our The Naked PC Web site. Here we list all the URLs, by tip number, and post updates to the links as we become aware of them. This means a tip doesn't go out of date when the original linked page is moved or renamed.

We'll also be posting new tips to this private member's section; both tips we come across and tips that readers have sent in to us. Check out the information on the "Computer Books Compendium" (including the Table of Contents which lists the hundreds of tips contained in the electronic book) on this page:

http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/a/tr.cgi?comptips

You can reach T.J. Lee at:
mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com

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