With almost 6 million members, America Online is the world's largest online service provider. America Online 3 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide provides an easy, step-by-step guide for beginners to getting up and running with AOL and for intermediate users to gain more in depth understanding of the service. The book helps readers go from installing the newest version of the software to exchanging email, using newsgroups and the web browser, and participating in forums and live chats. Key America Online areas, such as Entertainment, NewsStand, Computers and Software, Marketplace, and Kids Only, are described and illustrated, and appendices offer lists of shortcut keys, forums, and companies.

As with all books in Peachpit's highly successful Visual QuickStart series (now with more than a million copies in print), information is presented in a graphic, visual fashion. Hundreds of screenshots and detailed illustrations are accompanied by clear, step-by-step instructions.