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- May 1, 1992--Peachpit Press has just announced a new approach to computer
- learning: a series of visually-oriented reference books (Visual QuickStart
- Guides) bundled together with interactive training software (Walkabout
- Tutorial Disks). Currently, the series covers CorelDRAW and WordPerfect
- for Windows. Future releases will cover DOS 5, Excel 4 for Windows,
- Windows 3.1, Works for Windows, and other Windows applications.
-
- Using pictures rather than lengthy explanations, the Visual QuickStart
- Guides are designed to be used as quick reference books. Each book is 150
- to 300 pages long, with a dual-column layout that provides more room for
- illustrations than for text.
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- Each Walkabout Tutorial Disk consists of over 20 guided activities, which
- vary in length from 5 to 20 minutes. The activities can be undertaken in
- any sequence and can be repeated as many times as desired. Each is
- followed by an optional quiz. Much like a flight simulator, the Walkabout
- software gives users the realism of hands-on use within a guided sequence.
- Typically, such interactive software costs $50 to $125 when purchased
- separately. Despite its lower price, Peachpit's Walkabout software is not
- scaled down in any way from other, more expensive packages. For example,
- the WordPerfect for Windows Walkabout provides 5.5 hours of activities,
- and the CorelDRAW Walkabout provides 3.5 hours of activities.
-
- The Walkabout Tutorial Disks can be used as stand-alone packages: Users do
- not need to have CorelDRAW or WordPerfect for Windows installed on their
- computers. On the other hand, users who do have CorelDRAW or WordPerfect
- for Windows can use the task switching capabilities of Windows to jump
- into the Walkabout software whenever they encounter a new feature they
- wish to learn.
-
- Webster & Associates, the creators of Visual QuickStart Guides and the
- Walkabout Tutorial Disks, have logged thousands of hours of classroom
- computer training, and have written a variety of desktop publishing
- materials, including books on Ventura Publisher, Aldus PageMaker, and
- CorelDRAW.
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- Access
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- The book/disk combos are available through bookstores or directly from
- Peachpit Press, 2414 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
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