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Phones, tablets and computers
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iPhone for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
Answer calls in time, find the photo you just took and FaceTime the family. Nobody ever showed you where things are. This guide does, one calm step at a time.
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iPad for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
From switching it on to video-calling your family, reading your email, watching television on it and keeping it safe. Fifteen short chapters.
Get the iPad guide on GumroadLook inside: page 6
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Android Phones for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
Whatever make of phone you were given, this shows you the things everyone actually needs: calls, texts, photos and email, without fear of pressing the wrong thing.
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Mac for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
Switched to a Mac and it all feels back to front? You are not doing anything wrong. It simply works a little differently, and this walks you through it.
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Windows 11 for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
Your computer updated itself and nothing is where it used to be. Everything is still there. It has just moved, and this shows you exactly where.
Get the Windows 11 guide on GumroadLook inside: page 6
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WhatsApp for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
Help Mum or Dad join the family WhatsApp group. Steps for both iPhone and Android wherever they differ, and a tear-out Stop. Think. Call. scam card to keep by the phone.
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Video Calling for Seniors: A Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guide
Answer the family's video calls on WhatsApp, FaceTime and Zoom, on iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and computers. Shows how to join a Zoom meeting from a link without making an account.
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Keep in Touch: WhatsApp and Video Calling for Seniors, Two Plain-English, Step-by-Step Guides
WhatsApp for Seniors and Video Calling for Seniors in one PDF. Between them they cover iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and computers.
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Setting Up a New Phone or Tablet for Mum or Dad: The Christmas Day Checklist
What to do first, on one printable tick-list, for iPhone, iPad and Android. It includes a leave-behind page you fill in together, which stays at home in a drawer.
Get the Christmas Day checklist on GumroadLook inside: page 4
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10 Phone Settings That Make Life Easier After 70
Ten small changes that give an older phone-user their confidence back: bigger text, louder calls and fewer scams, for iPhone and Android alike. Free to keep, print and pass on.
Staying safe
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The Grandparent Scam Handbook: Spotting AI Voice Fakes Before You Send Money (UK Edition)
The voice sounds like your grandson and he needs money now. This explains how the trick works and gives you two simple habits to use before you send anything.
Get the scam handbook on GumroadLook inside: page 5
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Scam Red Flags: Check This Before You Pay Anyone Who Calls You
A two-page printable that puts the warning signs where you can see them, before you pay anyone who calls you. A4 and US Letter sizes.
If your cat or dog goes missing
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First 24 Hours: A Free Checklist for a Missing Cat or Dog
Free, one printable page: the ten things to do in the first 24 hours when a cat or dog has not come home.
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Find Your Missing Cat or Dog
If your cat or dog has not come home, this guide gives you a plan, in the order to do it, with the best published figure behind each idea.
More guides
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Sudoku, Step by Step
A friendly, large-print guide that teaches the handful of moves that solve the easy and medium puzzles in newspapers and puzzle books, one move per chapter, each shown on a real grid.
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Jobs for Dual EU/UK Citizens: The Complete Guide
As a dual EU and UK citizen you can live and work in any of the 27 EU countries and in the UK, with no visa, no permit and no sponsor. This guide shows you how to use it.
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Muscle and Strength on GLP-1: A 14-Day Protein and Strength Starter Plan (Printable PDF)
Losing weight on a GLP-1 medication? A printable 14-day protein and strength plan for looking after your muscle while the weight comes off. No gym needed.
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Your First AI Income: Sell Digital Products on Etsy Using Free AI Tools
A specific path from product idea to a live listing, using free AI tools, with a 14-day action plan you can start today.
Get the AI income guide on GumroadLook inside: page 6
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