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Press ReleaseIn Pictures Launches Free Online Computer TutorialsFREDERICK, Md., Jan. 8, 2007 -- Today In Pictures launched its new line of free computer how-to tutorials, available at http://www.inpics.net. There are 12 online tutorials on subjects such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and Dreamweaver 8. The tutorials can be used by anyone, free of charge.In Pictures tutorials are based on pictures, not text. They contain one-tenth as many words as a typical computer how-to book. How-to books typically contain 50,000-100,000 words of text, but these online tutorials contain only around five thousand. The tutorials were developed as part of a U.S. Department of Education study, to make it easier for people with learning disabilities to learn computer subjects. When the study was completed in 2006, it showed that the illustration-based tutorials worked well for everyone, not just those with special needs. All of the tutorials are free to use by anyone. Revenue is generated for In Pictures by banner advertisements on each page. In Pictures' founder, Chris Charuhas, says, "Our ad-based revenue model wouldn't have worked two years ago. But now, with the growth of online advertising and the advent of content-indexed ad systems such as Google AdSense, we think it's very promising." Later this year, In Pictures will release new free tutorials on Microsoft Office 2007 programs, as well as Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Fireworks. There will also be new Web programming tutorials for non-programmers, on MySQL, PHP, and Perl. About In Pictures In Pictures tutorials are published by Visibooks, LLC, based in Frederick, Maryland. The company provides two brands of illustration-based computer learning materials: In Pictures tutorials for individuals, and Visibooks textbooks for classroom use. In Pictures tutorials are available at http://www.inpics.net. Media Contact: Ellie Whims 301.696.0318 ewhims@robinjonesmarketing.com |
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