January 2003
Beginner
672 pages
21h 13m
English
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The Missing Manual Series
Missing Manual books are designed to be superbly written guides to computer products that don’t come with printed manuals (which is just about all of them). Each book features a handcrafted index; cross-references to specific page numbers (not just “See Chapter 14“); and a promise never to use an apostrophe in the possessive word its. Current and upcoming titles include:
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