Bad! I went from XP to W 8 and this book taught me a few tricks that maybe I have discovered on my own or with the help of tutorials available on the Net. The content is a bit basic for my taste but for someone who starts on Windows and still we quickly made the rounds. Only positive: the format and binding, perfect, but we really regret the numerous typos and missing words. We feel that the text was not sufficiently replayed. Thumbs down for the publisher. 3 stars? I am still nice ..