Abdulezer / Dammond Skype For Dummies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-05079-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

See how to use Skype for secure chats and connect SkypeOut andSkypeIN. Here's the fun and easy way (r) to understand all the hypeabout Skype and make this cool alternative communication systemwork for you! You'll get great advice about hardware, directionsfor downloading and installing Skype, ideas for using Skype in yourbusiness, and the lowdown on making Skype calls to people withold-fashioned phones.
Discover how to:
* Install Skype and start making calls
* Create a contacts list
* Set up voicemail and call forwarding
* Use Skype for worldwide conference calls and Skypecasting
* Enhance Skype with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi wireless, and video

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abdulezer, Loren

Abdulezer, Susan

Dammond, Howard

Weitere Mitwirkende

Zennstrom, Niklas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Getting Started with Skype.
Chapter 1: What's All the Hoopla about Skype?
Chapter 2: Hooking Up with Skype.
Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with Skype's Interface.
Part II: As You Like It: Skype Your Way.
Chapter 4: Customizing Skype Options to Suit Your Style.
Chapter 5: Getting Personal.
Chapter 6: The Mad Chatter.
Chapter 7: Skyping Eye to Eye: Skype with Video.
Chapter 8: The Ins and Outs of SkypeIn and SkypeOut.
Part III: Calling All Seasoned Skypers.
Chapter 9: Managing Your Messages.
Chapter 10: Partying On -- On the Conference Line!
Chapter 11: Spicing Things Up with Great Gadgets andAdd-Ons.
Part IV: The Professional Skyper.
Chapter 12: "Skypifying" Your Business.
Chapter 13: Exploring Skype Communities.
Chapter 14: Skypecasting.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten Reasons Your Mom (and Other Family) Will LoveSkype.
Chapter 16: (Almost) Ten Ways to Promote Your Business UsingSkype.
Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Use Skype at School.
Appendix A: Skype Multilanguage Support.
Appendix B: Skype Tips and Tricks Guide.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Loren Abdulezer is CEO and President of EvolvingTechnologies Corporation, a New York-based technologyconsulting firm. He is an experienced IT professional serving manyFortune 500 companies. Loren is the author of Excel BestPractices for Business and Escape from Excel Hell andserved as technical editor of Crystal Xcelsius For Dummies,all published by Wiley. Loren is always exploring newtechnologies and finding pragmatic and innovative applications.When Skype came along he was quick to recognize its benefits inbusiness and all walks of life. This book is a direct result ofwanting to bring those benefits one step closer to a broaderaudience.
Susan Abdulezer is currently a full time MultimediaDeveloper in New York City. Susan creates interactive DVDs,documentaries, and Web-delivered media. She has received manyhonors for technology innovation, winning the prestigiousComputerworld/Smithsonian Award in Technology and Academia in both1996 and 1997. Susan has also written numerous feature articles oneducation and technology as the contributing editor of ConvergeMagazine from 1998 to 2002. Susan is active in the DigitalStorytelling community, exploring the nature and power of theemerging digital culture. She has also been known to tear herselfaway from the computer to play classical violin in the BrooklynSymphony Orchestra.
Howard Dammond is an experienced IT professional andtechnical instructor, having consulted at several major Fortune 500companies. Howard has 20-plus years of experience as a technicaltrainer and developer of innovative learning materials. Hisperspective on teaching and skills development was firstinspired and then intensively developed at Yale University in itsunique Master of Arts in Teaching program, where he focused onlearning theory, the acquisition and nurture of analytic skills,and interdisciplinary methods of curriculum planning anddevelopment.