Microsoft® Office XP Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft)) [Paperback]

Michael Halvorson (Author), Michael J. Young (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735612773 | ISBN-13: 978-0735612778 | Publication Date: June 9, 2001 | Edition: 1St Edition

Hey, you know your way around the Office suite—so now dig into Office XP and really put your PC to work! Covering Microsoft® Access, Excel, FrontPage®, Outlook®, PowerPoint®, Publisher, and Word, this supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Office mastery!

• Build on what you already know about Office and quickly dive into what’s new
• Share information seamlessly between Office XP applications and your colleagues using SharePoint™ team services
• Import real-time data into spreadsheets and Web pages
• Create professional-quality print and online publications
• Build your own databases, and use powerful data-analysis techniques
• Deliver compelling PowerPoint presentations at work or through the Web
• Use Outlook to master your schedule and e-mail communications
• Construct and manage a Web site with advanced features
• Develop custom solutions using macros and Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications

CD-ROM FEATURES:

• Intuitive HTML interface
• Extensive collection of Microsoft add-ins and third-party utilities, demos, and trials
• Macros and code samples
• Complete eBook—easy to browse and print!
• Sample chapters from other INSIDE OUT Office XP books
• Web links to Microsoft Office Tools on the Web, online troubleshooters, and product support
• Microsoft Visio® customizable auto-demos
• Additional files and templates

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

As office productivity suites grow more capable and network-wise, the demand placed upon their users--who typically are everyday office workers with no particular interest in software technology--grows dramatically. That's why a carefully compiled manual, like Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, is invaluable in an organization that expects its employees to use the new features of Microsoft Office XP. This book won't hold your interest if you attempt to read it straight through, and indeed it may strain your back when you lift it off the shelf. On the other hand, if you want a concise but comprehensive tutorial on the use of Excel's PMT function or FrontPage's new ability to output XML code--or any of hundreds of other details--this book has your number. Just check the jumbo-size index.

The book could have paid more attention to automating Office XP with Visual Basic. Even though more space is devoted to the programming language than most of the competition and the book does a good job of explaining the core language and key objects, a lot of its capabilities go unmentioned.

Otherwise, the authors do a wonderful job of explaining procedures and concepts whose power lies in their details. In explaining features, they'll typically present a procedure that covers the generic case, then discuss variations on that theme in longer paragraphs and special sidebars. As is the trend in books like this, screen shots are augmented with labels and instructions--this aids clarity and speeds up the answer-finding process. --David Wall

Topics covered: Everything that the programs in the Microsoft Office XP suite--Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Exchange, FrontPage, and Publisher--can do, including customization via Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to an extent. Creating, formatting, editing, sharing, storing, and the rest of the work that Office assists in is covered.

About the Author

Michael Halvorson has written more than 30 books, including the popular Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step, Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step. A former Visual Basic localization manager at Microsoft, Michael is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1582 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1St Edition edition (June 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735612773
• ISBN-13: 978-0735612778
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,267,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > Office XP

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oscillates between too little and too much information, August 22, 2002

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This review is from: Microsoft® Office XP Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

The most positive aspect of this book is that is also available as an ebook on its accompanying CD. It is certainly a starter book on Office XP, and there is probably not enough in each section to develop a depth of expertise. The section on VBA for instance is fairly general. However, if you are trying to come to terms with Office as a whole for the first time this is a worthwhile book compared with many others of similar size.

However, let me add one caveat. There is a companion volume 'XP Inside Out' which covers a lot of the ground covered in this book. I would recommend buying that volume first and then decide if you need Office XP Inside Out or one of the application specific Inside Out books.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top of its Class, June 13, 2001

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Matthew (Warner Robins, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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I bought this book only a few days ago without seeing any others on the market. It is well layed out and easy to read. I use it mostly as a reference book because I am very familiar with Office 2000 already. However, if you are new to the Office Suite and want to learn from scratch, this book can do it. It highlights all the new things in Office XP and the CD included has the entire book in "ebook" version making search and query a cinch. After seeing a few other books out on the subject, I couldn't have made a better choice...its perfect!

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, January 31, 2002

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Al Cook (Lexington, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This book is a must for anyone purchasing Office XP. The small books you receive with the software are excerpts out of this book! You can be up and running with all the programs included in Office XP Professional edition. The companion CD which comes with the book allows you to place the entire book on your hard drive. The CD is worth more than the cost of the book alone. It has tons of information on using the individual programs in concert with each other. It contains many macros', tools and additional features. There are six other "Inside Out" books like this book, except they deal with the individual programs. The book contains over 1580 pages, and by placing them in your computer, you will be able to have access for the exact item that you are dealing with at that time. We certainly expect to obtain all the other books in this series.