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Concise Guide to Microsoft Windows 3.1

Now there's a fast and easy way to get up and running with the newest
version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Microsoft Press
introduces the CONCISE GUIDE TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.1--a handy reference
designed for computer users who don't have time to read a full-length
book.

Well-known computer book author Kris Jamsa delivers instant answers to
Microsoft Windows version 3.1 questions--everything from installation to
customization--in this inexpensive guide. Topics include:

∙ The Program Manager with its handy new StartUp group
∙ The new, faster File Manager
∙ The Print Manager
∙ The Task List
∙ The built-in desktop applications

Readers will quickly discover how to:

∙ Work with scalable and embedded fonts
∙ Configure printers
∙ Use multimedia hardware and software
∙ Specify international settings
∙ Prioritize applications

Appendixes include a handy glossary, a guide to installing version 3.1, a
table of keyboard equivalents, and memory and system settings. A
comprehensive index leads readers quickly to information on any topic in
the book. There's even a section on games! The CONCISE GUIDE TO MICROSOFT
WINDOWS 3.1 is the ideal computer-side reference for beginning to
intermediate users of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Kris Jamsa is the author of more than 40 computer books written on a wide
range of topics. His other titles from Microsoft Press include MS-DOS
Batch Files: Microsoft Quick Reference; MS-DOS QBasic': Microsoft Quick
Reference; and Microsoft C: Secrets, Shortcuts, and Solutions.

Other titles in the Microsoft Press Concise Guide series include the
Concise Guide to MS-DOS 5 and the Concise Guide to Microsoft Works for
Windows, both by JoAnne Woodcock.
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Dan Gookin's PC HOTLINE

Sooner or later almost every PC user runs into problems. An important file
gets deleted. A virus corrupts the system. Disasters like these can strike
at any time. And when they do, users don't need to make a long distance
call. They can fix it themselves with Dan Gookin's PC HOTLINE from
Microsoft Press.

PC expert Dan Gookin--the popular author of the bestselling Microsoft Guide
to Managing Memory with DOS delivers quick, reliable, on-the-money
solutions along with candid advice for preventing future computer trauma.
With PC HOTLINE, Dan's good-natured and straightforward troubleshooting
tips are available 24 hours a day. Readers will be able to diagnose and
treat most of the problems PC users encounter, safeguard their data, and
boost their PC performance. They'll discover how to:

∙ Prevent a potential crash
∙ Resolve interrupt conflicts
∙ Create an Emergency Boot Disk
∙ Restore files, directories, and hard disks
∙ Organize and back up the hard disk
∙ Locate and remove a virus
∙ Compress files to save disk space
. Buy hardware and replacement parts safely via mail order
∙ Deal with unreadable disks
∙ Improve hardware speed
∙ Defragment the hard disk
∙ Determine when they need -- and don't need --
  that utility program

Handy appendixes make it easy to find solutions to the most common
problems, and a comprehensive index helps users quickly locate information
on any topic in the book.

So before they pick up the phone, users should pick up Dan Gookin's PC
HOTLINE. They'll soon be on their way to trouble-free computing!

Author Dan Gookin manages to have one or two computer books on the
bestseller list at any given time. His irreverent, friendly style has lead
to a stint as host of a popular radio show, writing assignments for
several magazines, and invitations to speak at dozens of user group
meetings. He coauthored (with Van Wolverton) the popular Supercharging
MS-DOS 3rd Edition, and his Microsoft Guide to Managing Memory with DOS 5,
published last year, is a bestseller. Both books are published by
Microsoft Press.
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Power Programming with Microsoft Macro Assembler

Ray Duncan--"Power Programming" columnist for PC Magazine and author of the
highly regarded Advanced MS-DOS Programming--has now created POWER
PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT MACRO ASSEMBLER, a "must have" resource for
Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) programmers.

In this example-packed book-and-software package from Microsoft Press,
Duncan provides a wealth of tips and routines to help MASM programmers
efficiently perform the application tasks they encounter daily. Topics
include:

∙ Using buffers, lists, and heaps to manage memory
∙ Creating fast, efficient number and string sorts
∙ Processing command lines
∙ Converting and formatting ASCII numeric strings
∙ Building and maintaining link lists and binary trees
∙ Optimizing programs for efficiency and speed
∙ Using high-precision floating-point arithmetic
∙ Using MS-DOS environment variables

Readers will also find solutions to some of the most commonly encountered
assembly-language programming problems. With his trademark clarity, author
Duncan begins with code structure and hints for MASM beginners and then
builds to more complex issues. The book's more than 50 useful
building-block routines for developing fast, efficient programs and the
more than 20 disk-based sample programs allow MASM programmers to
experiment with the routines and integrate them into their own programs.
The accompanying disk contains all the procedures covered in the book in
source code form and, for most procedures, includes an interactive
demonstration program provided both in source code and as an executable
file. Microsoft Macro Assembler version 5.1 or higher is required.

Ray Duncan is a contributing editor to PC Magazine. He is also the author
of Advanced MS-DOS Programming and Advanced OS/2 Programming, both
published by Microsoft Press. He works as a staff neonatologist at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
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The Cobb Group's Windows 3.1 Companion

Microsoft Press, the leading publisher of books on the Microsoft Windows
operating system-- announces the publication of The Cobb Group's WINDOWS
3.1 COMPANION.

This completely updated edition of the #1 bestselling book on the Microsoft
Windows system covers all the important new features of Microsoft Windows
version 3.1. With the trademark clarity that made Windows 3 Companion the
book of choice for more than 100,000 beginning-to-intermediate users of
the Microsoft Windows environment, the Cobb Group's Lori Lorenz and R.
Michael O'Mara with Microsoft's Russell Borland spoke to new users and to
users making the switch from a character-based computing environment.
Readers learn the ins and outs of icons, windows, dialog boxes, the Help
facility, and the built-in applications for version 3.1 of the Microsoft
Windows operating system.

Upgrading users already familiar with the Microsoft Windows program will
want to consult WINDOWS 3.1 COMPANION to take advantage of the
extraordinary improvements and added features of version 3.1, including:

∙ The new, faster File Manager, featuring a split window that
simultaneously displays a directory tree and a listing of directory
contents.

∙ TrueType fonts, which eliminate the need for third-party font programs.
The user can scale a variety of fonts to any size, view the result on
screen, and produce sharper printed copies.

∙ The improved Program Manager, with its handy new StartUp group that runs
programs or loads files automatically when version 3.1 is started up.

∙ Object Packager, which lets the user paste data or graphics from another
application into the current document, maintaining "hot links" with the
other application for easy updating.

∙ The faster Print Manager.

∙ Automatic network reconnections that reestablish previous network
connections every time the Windows program is started up.

∙ The new "drag and drop" feature, which allows the user to drag and drop a
file icon onto an application icon to start the application and open the
file, or onto the Print Manager icon to print the file.

∙ Support for multimedia, the hottest new area of personal computing

WINDOWS 3.1 COMPANION also describes how version 3.1 manages memory and
shows users how to work with applications that are not Windows-based,
using PIFs (program information files). Using the PIF editor, the user can
set up almost any application to run under version 3.1 of the Windows
operating system.

Practical examples and hundreds of illustrations enhance the clear
explanations of each feature. Appendixes include a handy glossary and a
detailed guide to installing version 3.1. A special eight page, full-color
section shows off the attractive design of the Microsoft Windows version
3.1 user interface, and a comprehensive index leads readers quickly to
information on any topic in the book.

Lori L. Lorenz and R. Michael O'Mara of The Cobb Group wrote the original
Windows 3 Companion. Authors from The Cobb Group have written several
best-selling Microsoft Press books, including Word for Windows Companion
and Running Microsoft Excel.

Russell Borland, a former member of the Microsoft Word development team,
has been a technical writer for Microsoft Corporation for 11 years. He has
written several books on Microsoft Word, including Running Word for
Windows and the forth coming Microsoft Word Basic Handbook, both from
Microsoft Press.

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Microsoft Press, the trade book division of Microsoft Corporation,
publishes a wide range of quality books on computer programming, software
and hardware, and other topics of importance to the computer industry.
Microsoft Press books are widely recognized as authorized editions for the
MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft languages, and
software applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel Microsoft
Press books are distributed to book and software retailers worldwide.
Consumers in the United States may also order directly from the publisher
at 1-800-MSPRESS.

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wide range of software for business and professional use, including
operating systems, network products, languages, and applications, as well
as books, hardware, and CD ROM products for the microcomputer
marketplace.

Microsoft Press, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399
206 882-8080

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