At Your Fingertips [Paperback]

Barbara B. Halpern (Author)

Available from these sellers.

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994

This convenient, brief, and inexpensive guide is an excellent reference tool for formatting letters, envelopes, memos, and reports. Written for the computer user who has limited experience in formatting business documents in a professional setting, the text is basic, easy to understand, and easy to follow. Features: * At Your Fingertips contains abundant examples of material for increased understanding and comprehension. * Because of its handy size, the book can easily be used and referred to quickly at an operator's work station. * Important and useful features such as a homonym guide, proofreader symbols list, and two-letter abbreviations table provide excellent reference materials. * The book contains a legal and medical spelling and word division section with a base of nearly 2,000 words. * A "Pointers" section begins each new topic, introducing the user to the functions necessary to produce a professional looking document. New to this edition: * The entire text has been revised to reflect up-to-date computer usage, including all formatting rules for typing and keyboarding. * A new General Terminology section informs the new computer user of basic terminology and formatting requirements. * The word division section has been expanded to include rules and examples that reflect the hyphenation mode many software programs offer today. * New U.S. Postal Authority guidelines on addressing envelopes have been added. * The Second Edition contains twice as many illustrations as the First Edition.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } This convenient, brief, and inexpensive guide is an excellent reference tool for formatting letters, envelopes, memos, and reports. Written for the computer user who has limited experience in formatting business documents in a professional setting, the text is basic, easy to understand, and easy to follow. Features: * At Your Fingertips contains abundant examples of material for increased understanding and comprehension. * Because of its handy size, the book can easily be used and referred to quickly at an operator's work station. * Important and useful features such as a homonym guide, proofreader symbols list, and two-letter abbreviations table provide excellent reference materials. * The book contains a legal and medical spelling and word division section with a base of nearly 2,000 words. * A "Pointers" section begins each new topic, introducing the user to the functions necessary to produce a professional looking document. New to this edition: * The entire text has been revised to reflect up-to-date computer usage, including all formatting rules for typing and keyboarding. * A new General Terminology section informs the new computer user of basic terminology and formatting requirements. * The word division section has been expanded to include rules and examples that reflect the hyphenation mode many software programs offer today. * New U.S. Postal Authority guidelines on addressing envelopes have been added. * The Second Edition contains twice as many illustrations as the First Edition.

Product Details

Paperback: 86 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH); 2nd edition (January 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0030980097
ISBN-13: 978-0030980091
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,204,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's Barbara B. Halpern Page

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet.

Create your own review

Video reviews

Amazon now allows customers to upload product video reviews. Use a webcam or video camera to record and upload reviews to Amazon.

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }