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NEW OS/2 PUBLICATION: Addison Wesley's "The OS/2 Warp Survival Kit"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kathleen@aw.com)
Thu Aug 31 08:07:37 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 06:05:09 GMT
From: kathleen@aw.com
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Submitted by: Kathleen Duff (kathleen@aw.com)
Source: Kathleen Duff (kathleen@aw.com)
Date received: 1995 August 18, 28
Date posted: 1995 August 30
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Contact:
Kathleen M. Duff
Marketing Coordinator
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Trade Computer Books Division
ph: (617) 944-3700 x2278, fax: (617) 944-8243
kathleen@aw.com
Book and Disk Combo Helps New Users Get The Most From OS/2 Warp
Reading, MA - Addison-Wesley announces publication of The OS/2 Warp
Survival Kit, a book and disk package that gives new OS/2 Warp users
everything they need to get the most out of Warp.
Best-selling author and OS/2 authority Brian Proffit helps novice users
get up and running quickly by focusing on those parts of the operating
system they use every day. The OS/2 Warp Survival Kit contains seven
brief, straightforward chapters that cover everything from the ins and
outs of installation and customization to avoiding and recovering from
common problems. Each chapter contains a wealth of illustrations,
examples, and expert advice, and a comprehensive glossary and reference
section are also provided.
The bonus disk includes a variety of extras designed to make using OS/2
Warp easier and more fun, including:
- a zip/unzip utility
- Galleria Lite, a graphics program that lets users view images in many
of the most common file formats, including Kodak PhotoCD, and converts
images from one format to another
- FileType, a program that lets users create new object types and new
associations between files and programs
- FileBar, a shareware program that extends the capabilities of the
Launch Pad
- a screen saver, two fonts, and a large collection of public domain icons
- a handy one-step installation program making it easy for readers to add
all of the above utilities to their systems.
With a foreword by Lee Reiswig, President of IBM Personal Systems, The
OS/2 Warp Survival Kit is the essential hands-on guide for the new user.
Brian Proffit is President of Visionary Research, senior contributing
editor to OS/2 Magazine, and the OS/2 solutions advisor to PC Magazine.
He is the author of OS/2 Application Development Tools and coauthor of
OS/2 Inside and Out.
Addison-Wesley is a worldwide publishing company based in Reading,
Massachusetts. The Trade Computer Books Group publishes high-quality
books and new technology for business users, programmers, and computer
enthusiasts.
The OS/2 Warp Survival Kit is available from your local bookstore at a
suggested retail price of $19.95. ISBN 0-201-40915-1, paperback, 176
pages.
