Welcome to Picasa for SENIORS

Author: Studio Visual Steps
ISBN: 978 90 5905 246 8
Book type: Paperback
Number of pages: 264

Price: US $22.95 Canada $25.95

Get Acquainted with Picasa: Free, Easy-to-Use Photo Editing Software

Are you looking for a handy and free photo management program? In that case the popular Picasa is an excellent choice! Picasa offers extended functionality for organizing and presenting your photo collection. It also offers several useful editing options. With just a few mouse clicks you can improve color quality and remove undesirable “red eyes”. You can crop or straighten photos in a few seconds, print them or create a slide show. In order to safeguard your photos you can burn them to a CD or DVD. You can make internet web albums or publish your photos to your own blog. In other words, Picasa offers exactly what you are looking for: an easy way to manage, edit and present your photo collection.

Learn how to:

• Manage photos
• Improve and retouch photos
• Create collages and web albums
• Make a gift CD
• Create videos and slide shows
• Create a blog

Prior experience:

• Basic computer skills

You can acquire these basic skills by working through one of the following books:

• Windows 7 for SENIORS
• Windows Vista for SENIORS
• Windows XP for SENIORS

This book is suitable for:

• Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP
• Picasa 3

Some features require a broadband internet connection (dsl or cable).

The screenshots in this book were made on a computer running Windows 7. Picasa works identically on Window XP and Windows Vista, so you can use this book for those configurations as well.

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Visual Steps

Picasa for SENIORS is based on the Visual Steps method. This method which makes all of our books for seniors so special, features the following:

• Content - the special needs and requirements of the beginning user with little or no technical background have been taken into account.
• Structure - self-paced, learn as you go. Proceed step-by-step with easy to follow instructions. What's more, the chapters are organized in such a way that you can skip a chapter or repeat another as desired.
• Illustrations - plentiful use of screen illustrations to show you if you are on the right track.
• Layout - large sized book and large print make it easy to read.

The Studio Visual Steps Authors

The Studio Visual Steps team of authors consists of different professionals, all thoroughly experienced in their subject field. The proven Visual Steps methodology features:

• Easy, step by step instructions
• Screen illustrations for each step