Documentation is probably the most important thing these web pages discuss. Ignore it at your own peril.

Too few of us read, especially product manuals.  Consequently, we don't fully know all products can do. And it is amazing how far we'll go, how many hassles we will endure, to avoid reading the gall darn documentation.

The industry says 80% of users master less than 2o% of any given program.

Most of us haven't even explored the free Help files built into each program -- except maybe, occasionally, for a specific tip when we are really stuck, after everyone we know has gone to bed.

Want to be a PC guru? It's easy. Just read -- and practice a little. Read the manual. Read the Help files. Join appropriate discussion forums on the Internet. 

Read, read, read -- and practice, practice, practice -- or proceed without having many clues what you are doing. That's like owning a car without passing a driving test.

The answer usually isn't a replacement product, Nine times out of 10 the answer is learning more about the one you have. 

You'll ignore this tip, I know. But at least you've been warned.