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  • A traditional bestseller, AOL For Dummies is the only regularly updated reference book on the market for beginning AOL users
  • Covers the essentials of signing up for AOL, getting around the AOL channels, using AOL's e-mail and instant mes, AOL for Dummies®
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  • AOL for Dummies®
  • Written by author John Kaufeld, Ted Leonsis
  • Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2004/01/09
  • A traditional bestseller, AOL For Dummies is the only regularly updated reference book on the market for beginning AOL users Covers the essentials of signing up for AOL, getting around the AOL channels, using AOL's e-mail and instant mes
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Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 2
What You're Not to Read 2
Foolish Assumptions 3
How This Book Is Organized 4
Icons Used in This Book 6
Where to Go from Here 6
Part I Driver's Ed for the Digital Traveler 9
Chapter 1 What You Got Yourself Into (And What You Need to Enjoy the Trip) 11
What Online Really Means 11
All It Takes Is a Bunch of Stuff 14
Enjoying a High-Speed AOL Experience 18
Chapter 2 I Didn't Know You Could Do That Online! 23
Signing On 24
Checking the E-Mailbox 26
Reading the Latest News 27
Eyeing the Markets 28
Internet On Ramp, Next Right 29
Let the Fun and Games Begin! 30
Following the Ball, Puck, and Sinker 30
Nailing Down the Details 31
Enjoying a Little Chat 32
When Problems Come Up 32
Handling the Rude, the Crude, and the Socially Maladjusted 33
When It's Time to Say Goodbye 34
Chapter 3 Peering through AOL's Windows 37
Starting at the Top with the Menu, Toolbar, and Navigation Bar 37
Meeting Your Windows on the World 43
Chapter 4 Dealing with Spams, Scams, Viruses, and Hoaxes 49
Spam, Spam Everywhere and None of It to Eat 50
Canning Spam with AOL 9.0 51
What If You Just Gave Your Password to Someone? 56
If Someone Asks for Your Password, Just Say "No" 56
Viruses Come in the Darnedest Packages 59
Recognizing Hoaxes: No, Bill Gates Won't Give You $5,000 60
Part II Settling Into Your Online Home 63
Chapter 5 Making Your Preferences Known 65
What Preferences Do, Where They Live, and Why You Care 65
Managing Your Personal Info and Online Personality 66
Controlling How AOL Looks to You 68
Communicating and Exploring Online 70
Guarding Your Safety and Privacy 73
Chapter 6 Doing the Screen Name Tango 77
What's in a (Screen) Name? 78
Dealing with Screen Names 79
Turn a Bit and Let Me See Your Profile 86
Chapter 7 Taking Away the Online Car Keys with Parental Controls 89
Reviewing the Basics of Online Safety 90
Starting the Controls--and Backing Safely Down Your Digital Driveway 91
Tailoring Online Life with Custom Controls 94
Chapter 8 Navigating the System and Marking Your Favorite Destinations 111
Unlocking the Keys to Keywords 112
Getting There Fast with QuickView 114
Organizing the Places of Your Heart 117
Chapter 9 Where's Your Buddy? Where's Your Pal? 125
Who's Your Buddy? 125
Privacy Preferences: Please, I Vahnt to Be Alone 133
Tweaking Your Buddy List Settings 135
Building an Online Treehouse with Buddy Chat 136
Chapter 10 AOL Companion: Look--on the Desktop! Something Small, Blue, and Useful 139
Meeting the Companion 140
Covering the Basics 142
Flipping Through the Tools 144
Part III Connecting and Communicating 147
Chapter 11 E-Mailing the World, One Mailbox at a Time 149
Sending E-Mail to an America Online Subscriber 150
Writing to the @'s: Sending Internet E-Mail 155
E-Mailing with Panache 156
Linking with Ease 158
Incoming Missive, Sir! 159
Delving Into Your Mailbox 161
Organizing Your E-Mail Mess(ages) 164
Catching People with Your Address Book 166
Chapter 12 Chatting the Day (And Night) Away 173
They Don't Call It Community for Nothing 174
Ambling into a Chat Room 174
Finding Conversations among the Keystrokes 176
Seeking Out a Chat Room 179
Beware the Password Scammers 180
Enjoying a Little Private (Room) Time 182
Attending Classes--and Enjoying Them 183
Recording Your Conversations 184
Chapter 13 Dropping a Quick "Hello" with Instant Messages 187
Online Telepathy with Instant Messages 188
Intercepting Messages with the IM Catcher 193
Turning Off Instant Messages Because Sometimes You Just Want to Be Alone 193
Catching Password Scammers 194
Taking Instant Messaging Anywhere with AIM Express 195
Chapter 14 Posting On the Message Boards and Joining the Groups 197
Winding Your Way through the Message Folders 197
Reading, Replying to, and Generally Browsing the Messages 201
Free Online Toolkit with Every Groups@AOL! Act Now! 204
Chapter 15 Reading, Keeping, and Sharing Thoughts with an AOL Journal 209
Browsing the Virtual Journal Shelves 210
Sharing Comments with Others 212
Creating a Journal of Your Own 213
Adding Entries to Your Journal 216
Tossing In a Quick Entry with IMs 217
Adding a Picture (Instead of 1,000 Words) 218
Speaking Your Thoughts So Others Can Hear 219
Part IV Diving Into the Fun Stuff 221
Chapter 16 Finding People, Places, Things, and Information 223
Finding People: Sniffing Out Friends, Acquaintances, and Other Novel Folks 223
Finding Places: Tracking Interests and Meeting Informational Needs 228
Finding Cool Programs and Nifty Files 233
Chapter 17 Cruising the Internet 237
AOL.com Basics 237
So Just What Is This Internet Thing? 238
E-Mail the Internet Way 239
Topic Hopping on the Web 241
Newsgroups Talk about the Craziest Things 245
FTP Downloading for the Nerd at Heart 252
Chapter 18 There's Music in the Wires 255
Pushing Guitars Through the Internet Takes More Than Strong Biceps 256
Tuning the Online Radio 257
Jamming to the Music Videos 259
Turning Your Computer into a Jukebox with MP3s 261
Buying and Burning Your Favorite Songs 263
Chapter 19 Tracking News, Weather, Markets, and More 265
Getting the News 265
The Weather Outside--Is It Frightful? 268
Watching the Markets 269
Part V Secret Tricks of the AOL Gurus 273
Chapter 20 Customizing Your Online Persona 275
Designing the Profile of Your Dreams 275
Expressing Yourself in IMs, Desktops, and Toolbars 282
Chapter 21 Dressing Up Your Software with Fresh Buttons and a New Menu 285
Dancing the Toolbar Tango (Or Is That the New Button Bop?) 286
Building a Welcome That Matches Your Mood 289
A Menu to Call Your Own 290
Dressing Up Your Menus with Favorites 292
Chapter 22 Spinning a Web (Site) of Your Own 295
Why You Might (Or Might Not) Want Your Own Web Site 296
Stuff to Do Before You Build 297
Building a Place to Call Homepage 299
Doing It Yourself in the Great Out There 302
Chapter 23 Sampling AOL's Advanced Tools 305
Taming Your E-Mail with Communicator 306
Putting AOL in Your Palm (And Your Pocket PC) 308
Connecting through the Web 312
Reach Out and Touch Your E-Mail 313
Part VI The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 24 Ten Fun Things to Do Online 317
Decoding Digital Terminology 318
Strolling through the Children's Art Archive 318
Ferreting Out Long-Lost Friends and Businesses, Wherever They May Be 319
Tripping through the Coolest Online Areas 319
Sending Online Cards, Flowers, and Other Things That Smell 319
Playing with Your Mind (In a Good Way) 320
Downloading the Best Software 321
Tracking Packages All Over the World 321
Practicing a Foreign Language 322
Collecting Free Stuff from the Government 323
Chapter 25 Ten Things That Can Go Wrong (And How to Fix Them) 325
Yodeling to AOL Tech Support 326
The IM Catcher Doesn't Catch Anything 327
The Computer Almost Signs On 328
The Host Isn't Responding to You 328
The System Rudely Kicks You Off 329
America Online Doesn't Say a Word 329
File Downloads Take Too Long 331
A MIME File Starts Motioning from the Mailbox 331
Your Internet Mail Comes Back Undeliverable 332
An Extra Window Appears Every Time You Sign On 333
The New Item on Your Go To Menu Goes to the Wrong Place 334
Index 335


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