Macworld Office 98 Bible explains virtually every user-level detail of Microsoft Office 98 for Mac OS, the standard productivity suite for those whose needs outstrip AppleWorks' capabilities. This book tells how to get the most out of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer. If there's something you're not sure how to do in one of those programs, the odds are excellent that you'll find the information you need here.
After a quick introduction to the Office suite as a unit, the book attacks the programs one at a time. Coverage for each program includes stats on entering information, formatting it attractively, and printing it. The explanations use sequential procedures liberally and back them up with option tables and explanatory text. There's also a Top 10 section for each Office program, in which the authors clarify common points of confusion. For example, they explain how to keep Excel from interpreting as a date every cell value involving a "/" character.
The book falls somewhat short of the mark in its coverage of programming with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), but overall it's an excellent value. Anyone who runs Office on a Mac and sometimes gets stuck for a procedure will appreciate Macworld Office 98 Bible. --David Wall
Bob LeVitus (pronounced Love-eye-tis) was the editor-in-chief of the wildly popular MACazine until its untimely demise in 1988. Since 1989, he has been a contributing editor/columnist for MacUser magazine, writing the "Help Folder," "Beating the System," "Personal Best," and "Game Room" columns at various times in his illustrious career. In his spare time, LeVitus has written 33 popular computer books, including Macworld® Office 98 Bible and Mac® OS 8.5 For Dummies®.
Always a popular speaker at Macintosh user groups and trade shows, LeVitus has spoken at more than 200 international seminars, has presented keynote addresses in several countries, and serves on the Macworld Expo Advisory Board. He was also the host of Mac Today, a half-hour television show syndicated in over 100 markets, which aired in late 1992.
LeVitus has forgotten more about the Macintosh than most people know. He won the Macworld Expo MacJeopardy World Championship an unbelievable four times before retiring his crown. But most of all, LeVitus is known for his clear, understandable writing, his humorous style, and his ability to translate techie jargon into usable and fun advice for the rest of us.
He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, two children, and a small pack of Welsh Springers and Vizslas.
; Edward Jones is a leading author of computer books. He has
written more than 30 titles, many about database, spreadsheet,
and word processing programs. He has also served as a
technical editor of many computer books, and has written
several magazine articles. Mr. Jones has performed consulting
services for major Washington, D.C. based law firms and
government agencies, and at the time of this writing is on
assignment in the Caribbean. Mr. Jones provides consulting
services through his company, Jones Information Services.
Raleigh, North Carolina, is his home.;
Deborah Shadovitz: Deborah started playing with computers in high school, where a terminal called into a mainframe at a local university. Throughout her years in video and audio/visual production, computers kept coming back into her life. And then came the Mac.... She got into the Mac for its creative abilities, did some art and desktop publishing, and then found herself being called a computer "expert."
Deborah has been on the Los Angeles Macintosh Group's (LAMG) Board of Directors since 1993. She's also a member of the Association of Database Developers and the Association of Macintosh Trainers. You can find her teaching classes or leading Special Interest Groups at the LAMG, speaking at MacFair and at Macworld Expo, or teaching computers and computer software all over L.A.; Derek Sutton II is a college computer science student who minors in journalism. As a coauthor with Mr. Jones, Mr. Sutton has published titles about Windows databases and Windows 95. Mr. Sutton also provides training and consulting services in Windows and Windows applications through his company, Derek Sutton and Associates.
