The Internet For Windows ME For Dummies

By John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Jordan M. Young and Carol Baroudi.
June 2000, 391 pages, US$19.99. C$28.99, £18.99, ISBN 0-7645-0739-7

The Internet for Dummies meets Windows ME. Fully revised for Windows ME (Millennium Edition), with detailed step-by-step instructions to get on the Net and get surfing. This special edition of our best-selling The Internet For Dummies contains information about using all the Internet-related programs that come with Windows ME, including Internet Explorer 5.5 (to browse the World Wide Web), Outlook Express 5.5 (to send and receive e-mail and to participate in Usenet newsgroups), and NetMeeting (for Internet phone and video conferencing).

There won't be an edition of The Internet For Dummies for Windows XP, but The Internet For Dummies, 8th Edition describes Windows XP's Internet programs in detail.

What's new?

• Fully updated for Windows ME.
• General introduction to the Internet, the Web, and e-mail.
• Complete instructions for browsing the Web with Internet Explorer 5.5 and Netscape Navigator 4.7.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting on the Net with Windows ME
1. What is the Net? What Is the Web?
2. How May I Connect to Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
3. Setting Up Your Account
4. Dialing In and Out

Part II: Mail and Gossip
5. All about E-Mail
6. Advanced E-mail Stuff
7. The World According to E-mail: Electronic Mailing Lists

Part III: Windows ME Web-Whacking
8. Windows ME Meets the World Wide Web
9. Working Web Wonders
10. Finding Stuff on the Net
11. Unlikely Ways to Use and See the Web

Part IV: Other Stuff You Can Do on the Internet
12. More Shopping, Less Dropping
13. Downloading, Uploading, and Other File Flinging Fun
14. Online Chatting: How to Make Friends and Influence People
15. Getting Together with NetMeeting

Part V: The Part of Tens
16. Ten Problems and Solutions
17. Ten Frequently Asked Questions
18. Ten Cool Places on the Net
19. Ten Stupid Moves to Avoid
Glossary
Index