APC magazine has three equally important parts: our paper edition for a good read, our Web site for timeliness, interactivity and depth, and this cover CD for fast, easy access to the best software and resources from the Internet. All three components are designed to work together to deliver the most useful and interesting magazine possible.

See also Using this CD Frequently Asked Questions Information About Us Help

You don't need to be connected to the Internet to use this CD or access the more than 640M of software included. It is completely self-contained, but we have provided links to Web sites for those users with Internet connections. These include links to the major sections of our own site, http://apcmag.com. All links to locations on the Internet -- as opposed to elsewhere on this CD -- are marked with a symbol.

Our CD has two aims. The first is to make the magazine more useful by providing fast access to the resources and software we discuss in each issue so you can easily try them out yourself. The second is to collect all the best stuff -- software, samples, templates and other resources -- available on the Web and place them on the CD each month, saving you the time and money it would otherwise take to find and download them all.

We also hope to use this CD to increase our interaction with readers. If you have any suggestions, complaints or comments, we'd love to hear them. Either email us at apc@acp.com.au, or fill out our online Feedback form. If there is software you'd like to request that we include, you can do that too, and we'll see what we can do.

If you're new to the Internet and the World Wide Web, here are some good starting points online to use as a starting point to learn more.

PC User Beginners Guides

Webreference.com Yahoo Surf School Creating Killer Sites

WWW FAQ Exploring the WWW Whole Web Basics

EFF Guide W3C About the Web HTML Guide

Remember also to check out http://apcmag.com/start for even more great sites to visit.

⌐ Australian Consolidated Press 1997