I see therefore I can. Studies reveal that 7 percent of people learn best orally, 38 percent aurally and 55 percent visually, making the latest in maranGraphic's 'Read Less-Learn More' titles a good bet. Teach Yourself Visually offers almost 300 pages of pictorial guidance on how to use a variety of multimedia applications on Windows XP.

Written for PC beginners, this book is an easy to follow guide with full-colour, step-by-step screen shots running through 16 topics, including the use of digital cameras and scanners, managing photographs, using audio and video applications, and running XP games, with all the necessary incidentals covered along the way.

A key attraction of the book for beginners who are also movie buffs is Windows Movie Maker, which allows you to edit video and music footage from your PC into movies that can be shared with others.

Teach Yourself Visually is comparable in value to similarly targeted titles such as the ‘For Dummies’ range, although the content here is a glossier and more sophisticated offering, with an emphasis on demonstration through diagrams and graphics.