Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook (Paperback)

Like travelers in a foreign land, Mac users working in Windows or Windows users working on a Mac often find themselves in unfamiliar territory with no guidebook. Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook, with information presented in a translation dictionary-like format, offers users a handy way of translating skills and knowledge from one platform to the other. Whether it's explaining the difference between Macintosh
aliases and Windows shortcuts or explaining how a Windows user would go about setting up Internet access on a Mac, this book provides readers a simple means to look up familiar interface elements and system features and learn how that element or feature works on the other platform.

Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook includes:

• A general introduction to the key differences between the Mac and Windows


• A to Z sections for each platform: one section where Mac users look up familiar Macintosh terms to find the equivalent function in Windows along with an explanation of the differences; and another section where Windows users find familiar Windows terms with pointers to the Macintosh equivalent along with full descriptions of how the function works on the Mac and important differences between the two platforms

The complete translation dictionary-like reference book,
Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook provides a simple solution for everyone who has been confused and frustrated by the arbitrary and sometimes capricious differences between the Macintosh and Windows operating systems. This book bridges the Mac-PC knowledge gap many users are faced with when work or preference demands the use of both a PC and Mac. Whether you already know the Macintosh or Windows, this book helps you navigate in the other operating system using your existing skills and knowledge.

就像在異鄉旅行的旅客一樣，使用Windows的Mac用戶或在Mac上工作的Windows用戶常常發現自己置身於陌生的領域，卻沒有指南。《跨平台：Macintosh/Windows短語手冊》以類似翻譯字典的形式呈現資訊，為用戶提供了一種方便的方式，將技能和知識從一個平台轉換到另一個平台。無論是解釋Macintosh的「aliases」和Windows的「shortcuts」之間的區別，還是解釋Windows用戶如何在Mac上設置網絡訪問，本書都為讀者提供了一種簡單的查找熟悉的界面元素和系統功能，並了解該元素或功能在另一個平台上的工作方式的方法。

《跨平台：Macintosh/Windows短語手冊》包括：
- 對Mac和Windows之間主要區別的一般介紹
- 每個平台的A到Z部分：一個部分供Mac用戶查找熟悉的Macintosh術語，找到在Windows中的等效功能，並解釋兩者之間的區別；另一個部分供Windows用戶查找熟悉的Windows術語，並指向Macintosh的等效功能，並提供該功能在Mac上的詳細描述以及兩個平台之間的重要區別。

這本完整的翻譯字典般的參考書，《跨平台：Macintosh/Windows短語手冊》為那些對Macintosh和Windows操作系統之間的任意且有時反覆無常的差異感到困惑和沮喪的所有人提供了一個簡單的解決方案。當工作或偏好要求同時使用PC和Mac時，本書彌合了Mac和PC之間的知識差距。無論您已經熟悉Macintosh還是Windows，本書都可以幫助您使用現有的技能和知識在另一個操作系統中進行導航。