What the book covers: "Laptops For Seniors For Dummies" covers basic information for new laptop owners in the seniors demographic who need a gentle, hand-holding, step-by-step approach to getting started.

Series features: This bestselling title uses a larger font and large figures to make the book easy to read. The books assumes no prior knowledge and starts with selecting the right laptop, shows how the various parts connect together, how to use the keyboard and mouse, finding your way around the Windows 7 operating system, using the Internet for shopping, social networking, emailing friends and family, researching, staying safe online, using files and folders, and so on.

General layout:

- Chapter openers present the tasks covered with associated page numbers to help readers find material fast

- Minimal front matter

- No extraneous elements such as sidebars and text on parts pages

- Short introduction with standard headings