Book Review: Easy Microsoft Windows 7 by Mark Soper

I love this book - especially for beginner and intermediate users of Windows 7. If you can only buy one book, you should buy this one.

Easy MS Windows 7 (Retail priced at $21.99) lives up to its name. It follows the best of technical writing principles (of the look, read, do genre) by using lots of color pictures and white space with thoughtful, brief text.

Not only does this book tell readers how to do things, it tells them how to do many, many things and approaches difficult subjects like setting up a home network without scaring the heck out of readers - what a concept.

Explanations in the book are brief - it is not the type of book that will have all the answers and take many pages to explain something. If you want that kind of book, you might try a different one. Also, some pictures could have been larger; maybe the next edition will address that feature.

Windows and computers have a lot of acronyms; that's why I like the included glossary. It provides an easy explanation of the latest terms. Also, note that the Table of Contents and Index are accurate.

I would use this book as a how to guide and fill in any missing information using the Windows Help provided by Microsoft (Start button, Help and Support). No book addresses everything; this one addresses most of the things you'll do with a Windows PC.