A simple, easy to read guide to Siri
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As a frequent iPhone and iPad user, I thought I used Siri quite a bit. However, upon reading this guide I have discovered dozens of new things I can do with it. In the past, I have had to do an Internet search to figure out what I can do with Siri. It is great to have everything succinctly organized in one publication, with easy to follow instructions. Many thanks to the author for simplifying the use of this tool. I am going to have to purchase this book for my mother as well!
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This book is a basic distillation of the IOS Human Interface Guidlines from Apple. Plus you can read it in about an hour.

Should be prices @ $4.99.
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This ebook is a very nice, concise introduction to iOS6. The material is well presented, in a succinct way. It has helped me make the transition from iOS5. I am an experienced Mac user and didn't need very much guidance. If a more detailed guide is needed, get another book.
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This little guide is a quick read and easy to understand.  I am interested in learning how to meditate  and had no idea how to begin; I was told, by someone knowledgable in meditating, to look into Binaural Beats as a way to eliminate the constant thoughts that come through when trying to relax and mediate.  As a total novice in the area of meditation and Binaural Beats, I've learned some things about the Beats and about what to do while using recordings of the Beats and also what look for when purchasing recordings.
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This little pocket-sized fold-out guide contains, on its 10 interior surfaces, information that will simplify living for anyone who has the use of both hands, and perhaps for some with only one.  Well, maybe not every person, but surely anyone who ever encounters a piece of string, a thread, a rope, a necktie (long or bow), a ribbon, or just about any object long, suitably strong and sufficiently flexible. The introductory paragraph states that the oldest known knot dates from around 7200 B.C.  However, objects such as beads and needles date back over 100,000 years, so humans have found knots essential for living for a very long time.

Beautifully made colorful illustrations showing steps to take in tying an average of four knots adorn each of the ten surfaces, so about forty in all. As you might assume, the knots chosen are perhaps the ones most useful to the widest expected audience. Granted, some knots, with specialized applications to fishing, boating, and rodeos may seem beyond your ken. Yet, when just the right situation turns up in your life where that knot is just the ticket, there it is, if you can find the guide book.

The knots are classified according to key functions to which they are especially suited, though actual usefulness of each probably is limited only be the scope of human imagination.  Where two ropes (etc.) are involved each is given a distinct color, making it easier to follow the steps to make the knot.

If you don't know how to tie a bowline, that knot is so useful you might want to buy the guide just to teach yourself and other important persons in your life how to tie it.
I already knew how to tie the bowline and several other handy knots when I spotted this at my son's home.  I thought this little guide so good that I immediately ordered one for myself.  It's fun to look at, and I'm not the least sorry I spent the money for it.
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Found this a very useful and easy read. As the Surface has no instructions that come with it I was happy to see a Kindle version of this guide available. Well written and helpful guide especially for people like me who don't have much experience with windows 8. (I'm a Mac user).
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Quite clearly, this pocket guide does what it's supposed to do. It gives you a quick & dirty intro into the podcasting world. I already know a thing or two on podcasting but for beginners, this is a nice introduction. Why the 'but...'?? Well, there is a small chapter on 'Fixining common audio problems'. This was a very small chapter but I'd like to have that one a bit bigger. Perhaps in an other pocket guide? I liked that part because it kinda gives you shortcuts to some specific solutions to improve your audio, without going in the technical stuff. Very nice.
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Good, clear info throughout this book, and I like the size which makes it easier to look things up.  I would recommend this to all the 20- and 30-year olds who don't seem to know twit about how to write a correct sentence!
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Have you ever wanted a quick little guide to grammar and style rules without having to wade through a huge handbook on grammar?  If you are like me, you have answered, yes!  This handy little reference book stays very close to my computer keyboard, for those times when I forget or confuse a pesky grammar rule from my school days.  One of the attractions to this book is the no nonsense approach to common grammar problems in everyday writing.  This book is easy to navigate with a comprehensive table of contents, index, and printed tabs throughout.  It makes a great gift, too!
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I recently received an iPad 2 and although I am a Mac user, the iPad 2 is very different from my MacBook.  I found 'My iPad 2' a very useful resource when learning how to navigate my device.  This book is very user friendly and easy to understand.  It gives you so much information. There are 18 chapters that cover everything, including how to customize your iPad, networking and syncing, playing music and videos, reading books, organizing your life, web surfing, email, taking and viewing photos, recording video, how to use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, navigating with Maps, getting, organizing and using apps, and it lists popular apps too.  All of this information is backed up with color illustrations or photos that walk you through each specific task.  There are also hints and tips throughout the book that I found very useful as well!  If you have an iPad 2 and have been looking for a resource to help you get the most out of your device, then 'My iPad 2' by Gary Rosenzweig is the book for you!!
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As the happy recipient of a new Kindle Touch for Christmas (Thanks, Santa!), I was happy for the opportunity to read The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle Keyboard by Bruce Grubbs and Stephen Windwalker.

The Kindle model I received is the Touch, and this book is officially about the Keyboard, a different Kindle model, with a different interface.

I was concerned about that, but decided that the book would contain useful information, even if not all of it applied to my model. That turned out to be the case.

The authors take readers step by step through basics from turning your Kindle on to using your Kindle to check your email. Since I use the touch screen and the Keyboard has a keyboard, I sometimes had to say, "Hmm. Now that I know it can do that, let me see where that control is." And with a little bit of searching, sometimes with the help of the Kindle user's guide that came on the device, I usually found what I was looking for.

But the most valuable information in the book is not specific to any model. There are sources for free books, information on how to read the news on Google Reader, and advanced research techniques that allow you to compile your own ebook from articles on the web. I had no idea there were so many free and inexpensive resources raising the information power of this device even beyond what I had expected when I asked Santa for one.

The book is well written, with instructions that will get readers through their first foray into the world of digital devices. Those with more experience in the tech realm can easily skim the step-by-step (although it's nice to have it in case I miss an instruction somewhere) and get to the valuable sources of content that the book details.

This user's guide that will introduce you to new worlds of content and new possibilities for making the best use of your Kindle device.

I received a complimentary review copy of this book and later noticed that there are editions out for the newer Kindle devices -- including my Touch and the Fire and so forth. If you are among the millions with a new Kindle on on your bookshelf, you'll want to get the one that matches your device. But you'll definitely want to get one of the series to get the most out of your Kindle.
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Works nicely. Easy bluetooth pairing, good volume and sound quality. interfaces with Siri and phone functions. I wish it didn't beep so loudly when first turned on.
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Let's face it, the Iphone is nothing without good apps to go with it. This book is laid out very well and easy to browse. The suggestions are ordered neatly by function. (And the author created the wonderful Couch to 5K program that has changed so many lives!)

If I had one complaint, it is that there are some apps that are free that could have been suggested, but the author chose to use pricier apps. Overall though, I am glad that I bought this for my work place and look forward to recommending it to others.
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I admit that I may be somewhat of a Dianna groupie, but it is only because of what I have come to expect from her books...and she consistently delivers.  I already have read Speak with Confidence and Communicate with Confidence.  Since I am in the process of writing a book myself, I wanted to get an up-to-date, easy-to-read, user-friendly one-stop guide to good grammar.  Again, Dianna doesn't disappoint.  I am especially troubled by the use of the passive voice (just ask my automated grammar checker).  This was the first thing I researched in Dianna's book.  Her tips on turning a passive sentence to active and the importance of consistency within a sentence were extremely helpful - while still acknowledging the value of variety and not needing to be a strict disciplinarian about it (okay, perhaps that last sentence could use some editing by Dianna)- but, I hope you get the point.  This book is well worth the investment of your time and your money.
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Teach Yourself Visually iPhone 7 by Guy Hart-Davis walks the reader through the steps to use most features of iOS 10 for iPhone, including most of the native apps, with illustrations of what you see on the iPhone screen every step of the way. This is a guide to iOS 10 for any iPhone that supports it. The cover states that it is equally applicable to all models of iPhone 7, 6s, and SE. You can also run iOS 10 successfully on an iPhone 6, 5, 5s, or 5c, minus a handful of features on the older phones. This book will work in those cases as well. Guy Hart-Davis is writing to iPhone novices, especially those who are entirely new to smartphones. But, if you're like me, and you familiarized yourself with iPhone mostly by fiddling with it, turning to the User Guide only when a feature continued to elude me, there is some stuff you probably didn't know in this book. I discovered a few gems.

The book begins with a colorful table of contents, so you can locate the piece of information you're looking for, and there is an index as well, two helpful features for those who don't want to read the entire book. But, if you just got your first iPhone, and it is also your first smartphone, youll want to start with Chapter 1. This chapter compares the currently available models of iPhone and explains how to set the phone up using iTunes or iCloud, whichever you prefer. (Youll need a SIM card and an internet connection.) Then it introduces the reader to basic features. Most of the iPhones settings and most of its native apps are covered over the course of twelve chapters, organized by topic. The broad topics are: personalizing your phone (settings), accessibility (Siri, voiceover, zoom, colors, using phone with a Mac), communications, phone calls and messaging, networking, apps.

Most native apps are discussed in varying depth. Safari (web browsing), Mail, Camera, Photo, and Videos get the most attention. Organizational apps like Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Wallet, Maps, Stocks, etc. are also covered. Apps NOT discussed are: Voice Memos, Home, Tips, and News. The last chapter addresses connecting to a network using a VPN, setting up an Exchange e-mail account, troubleshooting WiFi connections, backing up, resetting, and restoring the phone, and Find My iPhone. There is a brief mention of things you can do to conserve power, but the suggestions are not even close to comprehensive. Along with ways to free up space on your phone, conserving power is a much-discussed and interrogated issue. The author doesnt even mention freeing up space, and novice iPhone users are likely to have small phones.

Teach Yourself Visually iPhone 7 is a good guide for a novice or for someone who has not explored the iPhone much or googled every mysterious feature. It doesnt tell you to do the obvious: Download the free iPhone User Guide from iBooks, and consult the Tips app already on your phone. There are a few topics that I felt the author addressed in odd sequence: He tells the reader how to set up the phone using iCloud before he explains how to set it up using iTunes. He tells you how to use Siri to perform basic tasks, before he tells you how to configure Siri. He omits information on how to choose Mail Days to Sync with Exchange e-mail accounts, a useful space-saver. And, as I mentioned before, conserving power is given short shrift, and freeing space is not mentioned at all. But most features are well-explained and illustrated, including some I didn't know existed.
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Has everything you might ask for:
*compact enough to br easily handled, but large enough for easy reading in a dim light.
*clear listing of part-of-speech, gender of nouns, plurals, hints on conjugation of verbs.
*listing of inflected forms and guide to root form
*excellent outlne of grammar and usage
*helpful hints on pronunciation
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If you are a new iBook user, as I am, then this guide is for you. Most new Mac users want to feel comfortable with their iBook. They want to learn the helpful and cool stuff right away and leave the innermost technical details to those who appreciate that level of complexity.

The introduction explained connecting with your iBook. Your iBook is truly the "think different computer." It does not look like the average computer in basic black, the exterior is glossy white bulletproof polycarbonate. The iBook comes loaded with all the productivity software you need to manage everything from your appointment calendar to a digital photo library.

The iBook Fan Book goes into detail about all its distinguishing traits. The iBook comes in two sizes: 12" and 14". The 12" iBook actually measures 11.2" by 9.1" The 14" actually measures 12.7" by 10.2". This is handy to know when you start thinking about cases and other accessories.

There are many tips provided throughout the entire book and step by step instructions to guide you. All the buttons and ports, and slots were thoroughly explained with pictures

provided and even tips on how to save battery power. Then came the shortcuts, too numerous to list.

Each chapter explained a specific function. For example, one entire chapter explained the System Preferences, step by step how to individualize the iBook to you. Anything you could imagine was detailed in this chapter. Another chapter is about connecting to the Internet. It includes how to shop online with a special icon called AutoFill in Safari, which automatically fills in forms with your personal information each time you buy something on the Internet.

Each chapter also highlighted a special detail. One was The Default Web Browser Trick, comparing Safari to Firefox as the default and how to change to it.

I found this book enlightening and followed the reading in order to get to know my iBook, and have it up and running to my specifications. It is a step by step instruction book, or a guide to the advanced user to customize the iBook to their liking.

Ellen H. Michigan Apple User group