Table of Contents

Acknowledgement. About the Author. Publisher's Acknowledgement. Icons used in the book. Chapter 1 - Introduction. PART I - Using your Internet tools. Chapter 2 - Getting started. Chapter 3 - Browsing the Internet. Chapter 4 - Searching the Internet. Chapter 5 - Staying safe online. Chapter 6 - Getting help. Chapter 7 - Email. Chapter 8 - Entertainment on the Web. PART II - Shopping. Chapter 9 - Shopping. Chapter 10 - Travel on the Internet. Chapter 11 - Save money and get a bargain. PART III - Projects. Chapter 12 - Digital photography online. Chapter 13 - Learning a new skill. Chapter 14 - Managing your finances. Chapter 15 - Staying in touch. Chapter 16 - Social networking. Chapter 17 - Publishing online. Chapter 18 - Research your family tree. PART IV - Appendices. Appendix A - Internet links. Appendix B - Glossary. Index.

About the Author

Adrian Arnold qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Cambridge University in 1964. Having served as an assistant in general practices in Dunstable and Woking he set up his own veterinary practice in Crawley in 1968. Having created a four-man, two-centre practice the family decided to move to Colchester in Essex where he set up another new practice in 1987. Throughout this time he became a freelance journalist writing for both the local and veterinary press. In 1989 he became one of the first vets in the country to computerise his veterinary records and computing has remained a hobby ever since. His other hobbies included light aircraft flying,digital photography, reading and travelling to meet friends and relatives in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Adrian and his wife, Jen, who still sits as a magistrate, have three children and four grandchildren while they enjoy his retirement in a small village in the Stour valley.