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Chapter 1: Buying a Computer
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Create greeting cards, letters, or home inventories.
Whether you’re organizing your holiday card list or
figuring out a monthly budget, computer programs
can help. For example, Figure 1-1 shows a graph that
the Excel program created from data in a spreadsheet.
Figure 1-1
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Pursue hobbies such as genealogy or sports. You can
research your favorite teams online (see Figure 1-2)
or connect with people who have the same interests.
The online world is full of special interest chat groups
where you can discuss your interests with others.
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Play interactive games with others over the Internet.
You can play everything from shuffleboard to poker
or action games in virtual worlds.
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Share and create photos, drawings, and videos. If you
have a digital camera, you can transfer photos to your
computer (called uploading) or copy photos off the
Internet and share them in e-mails or use them to
create your own greeting cards. If you’re artistically
inclined, you can create digital drawings. Many popu-
lar Web sites make sharing digital movies easy, too.
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