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Microsoft® Office Word 2003 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft))

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I had previously purchased Microsoft Office Step-By-Step and Microsoft Office Specialist Study Guide. I bought Word SBS along with Excel SBS, Access SBS, and PowerPoint SBS hoping that they would be more in depth for a novice user like myself who wants to build my skills and learn the intricacies of MS Office. Imagine my surprise, when after opening the CDs to all and loading them onto my computer, the exercises are the same as in the first two books I bought. They can't be sent back since the seal is broken on the disk packaging.

Apparently the easier concepts of Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint are collected into MS Office SBS and the more difficult concepts are collected into MS Office Specialist Study Guide.

On a good note, this series is easy to understand and not difficult to use. They really do provide step by step instructions.

However, I wish this series would allow the user to take a project from start to finish. I don't think just following the directions in the exercises has provided me with the skills to complete projects on my own.

The moral of this story is: If you are looking for a book to provide the basics of Word (and Excel, Access, PowerPoint), save your money and buy MS Office SBS and Office Specialist Study Guide. They are to only two books you really need. If you want books that provide more details or are more skill specific, look for something else.

I've been using Word 2000 for years. I was finally able to get most of thr functions I needed to work, but it was a "try & try again" approach. The on line manual is helpful, IF you know what questions to ask. And most software has features you might not be aware of, and therefore can't use.

The Word 2003 Step by Step manual is wonderful. You can find what you want to do easily in the index, then get step by step instructions on how to do the project. You can just read the index and/or manual, and learn of the many features available that you never knew existed, and so hadn't tried to use.

It's like having an instructor on hand, any time you want one. I expanded my use of Word greatly, just by learning about new features, on learning how to do things I knew existed, but couldn't figure out how to access.

I highly recommend this book.

As a Wordperfect user I bought this to brush up my skills on MS Word. The practice exercises are clear and well laid out. For just $16 and a few hours of my weekend I came away with a few shortcuts.

This book tells you exactly what you need to know for the exam. I was able to concentrate on the proper information without worry. I passed the exam first time :D

Has help me with my certification, and showed me a couple of tricks I didn't know.

I learned a lot from this book on the Word program. I started a job that used only Word. Where I had worked for 15 years I had the program WordPerfect perfected. Word is so much alike. Each of the programs have properties to them that I like better than the other.

After starting the new job I had no problems, as I did learn alot from this book with a CD enclosed. I finally asked if I could load my WordPerfect at work and used that for labels, as I like the way Wordperfect did labels.

So .. don't be afraid to take that new job . . even if you are over 65. You will pick up on it very fast. I just pretended I knew how to do everything and then DID IT.

This book was very helpful in teaching me the necessary skills for Microsoft Office 2003.

Well laid out manual for learning some of the finer secrets of using Word 2003.

Great Resource Book, it is a big help to me. MY only issue is that it was missing the CD-Rom. Buying it used, you take a chance but without the CD, i cant do any of the practice files. : (

In the past these books have been excellent to learn from. However, I could not get the practice files to download nor could I get in touch with a live person to assist me with this problem. This was very frustrating. Thank goodness I had the experience with the previous editions of these programs or I would have really been lost.