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From: tjehl@wilgus.intel.COM (Timothy Jehl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A beginner's guide:  suggestions requested...
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Date: 16 Apr 91 15:49:14 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.073453.21953@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1991Apr14.073453.21953@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, woodsb@helios.ecn.purdue.edu (Brent L. Woods) writes:
|> 
|>      If someone were to write a general beginner's reference-type book
|> for the Amiga, would you be interested in having one (assuming that you
|> were a beginner, that is)?  What would you like to see included in the
|> book?  Is there anything that, as a part of the book, would really
|> enhance its value to you?
|> 

   I (bold face) would like a "how to..." book, with all of the common things
that a rookie would like to be able to do.  I realize that all of this info
is available in the documentation somewhere, and I have figured most of it out
myself, but there are a lot of things beginners want to know.

How do I set the clock, and make it update properly?
How do I add more fonts?
How do I set up paths and aliases?
How do I make those icons stay in one place after I put them there?
How to I change my pointer, and while we're at it, other things in the
   environment?

   I think that there would be a lot of beginners interested in a book of
quick fixes.  IMHO, a lot of people by an AMIGA because they want ease of
use, and they can't afford a MAC.  They are then surprised by the fact that,
possibly for the first time, they have bought a product that is every bit
as good as they expected it to be.  The less some people have to know about
the internals, the better they like it, and if they can get neat add on 
features without being required to learn something, so much the better.

Tim