OReillys Hacks Series / Серия книг издательства OReilly

O'Reilly's Hacks Series - серия книг издательства O'Reilly (Part 2)
Издательство: O'Reilly
Язык: Английский
Качество: eBook (изначально компьютерное)
Список книг:

1. Access Hacks. Tips & Tools for Wrangling Your Data
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Год выпуска: 2005
Автор: Ken Bluttman
ISBN: 0-596-00924-0
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 352
Описание книги:
As part of the Microsoft Office suite, Access has become the industry's leading desktop database management program for organizing, accessing, and sharing information. But taking advantage of this product to build increasingly complex Access applications requires something more than your typical how-to book. What it calls for is Access Hacks from O'Reilly. This valuable guide provides direct, hands-on solutions that can help relieve the frustrations felt by users struggling to master the program's various complexities. For experienced users, Access Hacks offers a unique collection of proven techniques and tools that enable them to take their database skills and productivity to the next level. For Access beginners, it helps them acquire a firm grasp of the program's most productive features. A smart collection of insider tips and tricks, Access Hacks covers all of the program's finer points. Among the multitude of topics addressed, it shows users how to: work with Access in multi-user environments utilize SQL queries work with external data and programs integrate Access with third-party products Just imagine: a learning process without the angst. Well, Access Hacks delivers it with ease, thanks to these down-and-dirty techniques not collected together anywhere else. Part of O'Reilly's best-selling Hacks series, Access Hacks is based on author Ken Bluttman's two decades of real-world experience in database programming and business application building. It's because of his vast experiences that the book is able to offer such a deep understanding of the program's expanding possibilities.
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2. BlackBerry Hacks. Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Office
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Год выпуска: 2005
Автор: Dave Mabe
ISBN: 0-596-10115-5
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 328
Описание книги:
The BlackBerry has become an invaluable tool for those of us who need to stay connected and in the loop. But most people take advantage of only a few features that this marvelous communications device offers. What if you could do much more with your BlackBerry than just web surfing and email?
BlackBerry Hacks will enhance your mobile computing with great tips and tricks. You'll learn that the BlackBerry is capable of things you never thought possible, and you'll learn how to make it an even better email and web workhorse:
- Get the most out of the built-in applications
- Take control of email with filters, searches, and more
- Rev up your mobile gaming--whether you're an arcade addict or poker pro
- Browse the web, chat over IM, and keep up with news and weblogs
- Work with office documents, spell check your messages, and send faxes
- Become more secure, lock down your BlackBerry and stash secure information somewhere safe
- Manage and monitor the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and Mobile Data System (MDS)
- Create web sites that look great on a BlackBerry
- Develop and deploy BlackBerry applications
Whether you need to schedule a meeting from a trade show floor, confirm your child's next play date at the park, or just find the show times and secure movie tickets while at dinner, this book helps you use the remarkable BlackBerry to stay in touch and in-the-know--no matter where you are or where you go.
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3. Excel Hacks. 100 Industrial Strength Tips and Tools
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Год выпуска: 2004
Автор: David Hawley, Raina Hawley
ISBN: 0-596-00625-X
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 304
Описание книги:
The tips and tools in Excel Hacks include little known 'backdoor' adjustments for everything from reducing workbook and worksheet frustration to hacking built-in features such as pivot tables, charts, formulas and functions, and even the macro language. This resourceful, roll-up-your-sleeves guide shows you new ways to make Excel do things--from data analysis to worksheet management to import/export--that you never thought possible. Excel Hacks increases productivity with Excel and gives you hours of 'hacking' enjoyment along the way.
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4. Greasemonkey Hacks. Tips & Tools for Remixing the Web with Firefox
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Год выпуска: 2005
Автор: Mark Pilgrim
ISBN: 0-596-10165-1
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 495
Описание книги:
Greasemonkey Hacks is an invaluable compendium 100 ingenious hacks for power users who want to master Greasemonkey, the hot new Firefox extension that allows you to write scripts that alter the web pages you visit. With Greasemonkey, you can create scripts that make a web site more usable, fix rendering bugs that site owners can't be bothered to fix themselves, or add items to a web site's menu bar. You can alter pages so they work better with technologies that speak a web page out loud or convert it to Braille. Greasemonkey gurus can even import, combine, and alter data from different web sites to meet their own specific needs.
Greasemonkey has achieved a cult-like following in its short lifespan, but its uses are just beginning to be explored. Let's say you're shopping on an e-commerce site. You can create a script that will automatically display competitive prices for that particular product from other web sites. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and your Greasemonkey expertise. Greasemonkey Hacks can't help you with the imagination part, but it can provide the expert hacks-complete with the sample code-you need to turn your brainstorms into reality.
More than just an essential collection of made-to-order Greasemonkey solutions, Greasemonkey Hacks is crammed with sample code, a Greasemonkey API reference, and a comprehensive list of resources, to ensure that every resource you need is available between its covers.
Some people are content to receive information from websites passively; some people want to control it. If you are one of the latter, Greasemonkey Hacks provides all the clever customizations and cutting-edge tips and tools you need to take command of any web page you view.
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5. Knoppix Hacks. 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools
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Год выпуска: 2004
Автор: Kyle Rankin
ISBN: 0-596-00787-6
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 280
Описание книги:
Knoppix Hacks is an invaluable collection of one hundred industrial-strength hacks for new Linux users, power users, and system administrators using--or considering using--the Knoppix Live CD. These tips and tools show how to use the enormous amount of software on this live CD to troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, disinfect, and generally be productive without Windows--without the difficulty of installing Linux itself.
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6. Linux Desktop Hacks. Tips & Tools for Customizing and Optimizing your OS
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Год выпуска: 2005
Автор: Jono Bacon, Nicholas Petreley
ISBN: 0-596-00911-9
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 342
Описание книги:
With hacks that any user can follow, Linux Desktop Hacks demonstrates how easy it is to modify Linux to suit your desires. The book is packed with tips on customizing and improving the interface, boosting performance, administering your desktop, and generally making the most out of what X, KDE, Gnome, and the console have to offer.
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7. Linux Multimedia Hacks. Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video
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Год выпуска: 2005
Автор: Ken Bluttman
ISBN: 0-596-10076-0
Формат: CHM
Количество страниц: 330
Описание книги:
The fact that Linux has more multimedia application choices than Mac OS X and Windows combined may come as a surprise to many, but not to those who know Linux well. In Linux Multimedia Hacks, author Kyle Rankin showcases the best available multimedia tools so you can maximize the entertainment capabilities of your favorite OS. Included are tips and tricks for connecting to iPods, creating MP3s and Oggs, watching and making DVDs, turning your Linux box into a Tivo ala MythTV, and much more.
You don't have to be a Linux server guru to make use of this book. Linux Multimedia Ha