Wei-Meng Lee, “Windows 7: Up and Running: A quick, hands-on introduction”
O’Reilly Media, Inc. | 2009 | ISBN: 0596804040 | 202 pages | PDF | 8,8 MB

This compact book offers the quickest path for Windows users to get started with Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. You get the essential information you need to upgrade or install the system and configure it to fit your activities, along with a tour of Windows 7’s features and built-in applications.

Microsoft has learned from the mistakes of Windows Vista, and Windows 7 shows it-this new OS is much faster and more stable. With Windows 7: Up and Running, you’ll learn what’s new and what’s changed from XP and Vista, and get advice on ways to use this system for work, entertainment, instant communication, and more. Windows 7 is poised to be a big hit, and with this handy guide, you can be up and running — and productive — with it right away.

Master the user interface, including the taskbar, jump lists, desktop gadgets, Aero Shake, and notification area
Discover the joys of networking with HomeGroup file sharing and improved Wi-Fi
Tour the system’s improved security, including the Action Center, User Account Control, and Credential Manager
Learn how to use Windows Live Essentials for messaging, photo sharing, moviemaking, emailing, and blogging
Get to know built-in applications such as Internet Explorer 8, Windows Media Player 12, Microsoft Paint, and WordPad
Learn about optional Microsoft software to enhance your Windows 7 experience

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VSTO 3.0 for Office 2007 Programming (2009)
P-Pu (March 16, 2009) | 260 pages | ISBN: 1847197523 | PDF | 10.6 MB

Get to grips with Programming Office 2007 using Visual Studio Tools for Office

* A step-by-step guide for brand-new Office developers who want to explore programming with VSTO
* Precise information on programming in Microsoft InfoPath, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, and Project 2007 using VSTO
* Create your own fully featured Office extensions
* Packed with easy-to-follow examples covering all the Office applications

With the arrival of Visual Studio Tools for Office 3.0 (VSTO), developers can now program Microsoft Office from the .NET framework. There are huge books in the market that give loads of unnecessary information but are of no real help to brand-new Office developers. Wouldn’t it be great to have a precise book that simply covers the basics and introduces programming Office 2007 with VSTO using the latest version of Visual Studio? This is that book.

VSTO 3.0 for Office 2007 Programming shows you how to write Office 2007 applications with Visual Studio Tools for Office 3.0. Learn how to automate tasks in InfoPath, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project 2007 with greater programming power and flexibility than was available from the VBA language. With this book and the mastery of VSTO you will learn, Office will no longer be an application to you; it will be a platform for developing custom applications.

VSTO 3 is the most recent version of VSTO, making use of Visual Studio 2008, and working with Office 2007. This book shows how VSTO puts Office automation into the hands of developers, allowing them to use the power of the .NET framework to automate Office applications thus increasing the speed of the applications, their security, and the opportunity to use other parts of the .NET Framework such as its data handling capabilities.

This book builds a solid programming foundation in VSTO for brand-new Office developers. You will leave behind the world of VBA programming and take your first steps into the powerful and exciting world of using C# to create Office 2007 applications. Packed with examples and covering all the main Office applications, this book will have you creating fully featured Office extensions before you know it.

What you will learn from this book?

* Enhance Office applications with the features of VSTO
* Learn Microsoft Office InfoPath programming in Visual Studio and discover its role in SharePoint Workflow
* Get confident with Microsoft Word Programming in Visual Studio 2008, working with task panes, menus, toolbars, and ribbons
* Build a Microsoft Excel solution in Visual Studio, process data with Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and work with host items in Excel and charts
* Customize Microsoft Outlook using VSTO, work with Ribbons for Outlook 2007, and understand SQL server database interaction
* Explore Programming in PowerPoint using VSTO 3.0 including creating presentations, adding slides, ribbons, and using Visual designer for ribbons
* Learn Programming in Visio and Project 2007 using VSTO 3.0

Approach

This book contains complete step-by-step instructions and simple explanations about VSTO programming of entire Office applications. It covers the concepts of VSTO, VSTO architecture, its features, and versions using practical examples, to help beginners and intermediate developers develop real-world Office applications. Separate chapters cover programming InfoPath, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at .NET developers, familiar with C#, who want to get to grips with programming Office 2007. The book will also be useful for those of you who already have experience with VBA and programming Office, but are ready to take the next step into the more powerful world of Office programming with VSTO.

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Microsoft VBScript Step by Step
Microsoft Press | 2006-12-27 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 0735622973 | CHM | 2.9 MB

Learn how to automate Windows administration—one step at a time—with practical, hands-on instruction from a leading Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) trainer at Microsoft. Work at your own pace and build practical skills as you learn how to use scripting techniques to help manage your Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft Exchange Server environments.

You will learn how to write your first script using VBScript and how to work with Windows Script Host (WSH), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Active Directory® Service Interfaces (ADSI). You will also learn how to create logon scripts to automate the management of systems, user accounts, files, printers, the registry, network services, directory services, security features, group policy, and more. This guide features self-paced learning labs and a companion CD that features a complete eBook, plus more than 100 adaptable sample scripts and a host of timesaving scripting tools.

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As the name suggests, Windows 7 Tips & Tricks covers many interesting Windows 7 tips that improve your productivity by familiarizing yourself with some of the enhancements that are new in Windows 7.

A total of 14 tips are waiting for you in this guide:
Change the scenery,
Crunch the numbers,
Smart printing,
Shake it up,
Clean your desktop and order it too with keyboard shortcut,
New right-click features,
Unveil your hidden drives,
Pin folders to start menu,
Double-up your Windows,
Clean,
Crisp display,
Order and reason for your taskbar,
Taskbar traversing,
Bitlocker to go protection, and
Windows troubleshooting platform.

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