Microsoft Office 2001 for Macs for Dummies [Paperback]

Tom Negrino (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764507028 | ISBN-13: 978-0764507021 | Publication Date: November 15, 2000

Master the entire range of Office programs and tools with Microsoft Office 2001 For Macs For Dummies, your all-in-one guide to getting Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer working together in perfect harmony. Written in plain English with lots of tips, tricks, and techniques on the entire range of Office tools, Microsoft Office 2001 For Macs For Dummies answers the question "How do I ...?" with insight and welcome doses of humor.

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Make the most of Word, Excel, PowerPoint(r), and Entourage(TM)

Packed with time-saving tips and plain-English explanations

The fun and easy way to get up to speed on Office 2001 Office 2001 lets you tackle almost any task - once you know your way around those zillions of menus, toolbars, dialog boxes, and icons. Relax! This friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide walks you step-by-step through Word, Excel, PowerPoint(r), and Entourage(TM) fundamentals - and shows you how to get more done in less time.

Discover how to: Create dazzling Word documents Set up spectacular Excel spreadsheets Build powerful PowerPoint presentations Get organized with Entourage Customize Office for the way you work

The Dummies Way(TM) Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun

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About the Author

Tom Negrino is a contributing editor at Macworld(r)magazine, a popular speaker, and the bestselling author of Microsoft(r) Office 98 For Macs For Dummies(r).

Product Details

• Paperback: 369 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (November 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764507028
• ISBN-13: 978-0764507021
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,480,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #38 in Books > Computers & Technology > Apple > Office Mac

More About the Author

Hi. I've been writing about Macs, other computers, and software since dinosaurs ruled the earth. OK, it's actually been since 1987. I began writing for the late MacGuide magazine, and started writing for Macworld shortly thereafter. I was a Contributing Editor at Macworld from 1990 through 2004, when they noticed that I hadn't written anything for them in the past year (I'd been really busy writing books). We parted on good terms, and I still write for them. Over the years, I've also written for most of the other Mac magazines.

I wrote my first solo book in 1994, and wrote my first commercially successful book in 1997, JavaScript for the Web, Visual QuickStart Guide, written with my then girlfriend and now wife, Dori Smith. That book has been in print ever since, though we've revised it many times to match the growth of JavaScript and other Web technologies. As you can see on this page, I've written or co-written many more books, notably on Dreamweaver, Apple's Keynote, and the Microsoft Office programs.

In late 1999, we moved from the Los Angeles area to the Sonoma wine country. It's a better place to live in general and was a fine place to raise our son. Now that he's grown, it's just us and our very excellent cat, Pixel, who always makes an appearance in each book.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good overview of Office 2001 for Mac, January 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2001 for Macs for Dummies (Paperback)

I found this book to be a better-than-average example of the Dummies genre. The author gives a good amount of information about Word, Excel, Powerpoint and the new Entourage. There's even information on how to synchronize your Palm handheld to Entourage, which helped me a lot when I did a recent trip. You'll be able to find most of what you need in this book, as it works quite well as a reference to those "How do I do that?" questions. This isn't the all-inclusive guide to Office 2001, but then this is a Dummies book, not one of the much thicker (and much more expensive) Bible series. Especially considering that Office 2001 doesn't come with ANY printed manual, this book should serve you well.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, February 25, 2001

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Montefuego "montefuego" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2001 for Macs for Dummies (Paperback)

Admittedly, I used Office 98 and bought this book primarily because it is the only one now available. I had a number of questions, including what did the new shapes the cursor assumed mean, and do. Almost none of my questions were answered. There were not nearly enough visual images or screenshots to make explanations clear, and the level was so basic that I'm not sure who would get that much out of the book, rather than Office's own help system. It's a shame, because the help in this version of Office seems useless, far worse than the previous version. Maybe some of the upcoming books will be better.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making a big program digestible, February 15, 2001

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Don Levy (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2001 for Macs for Dummies (Paperback)

Microsoft outdid itself making this program really work right on a Mac, and ultimately in most respects, better than on its own Windows operating system.

But while compared to recent Mac versions, this software gem is far superior in intuitiveness, ease of use, powerful features and logical organization, it's still one massive suite of programs to digest, let alone master. Tom Negrino has done it again, getting the all-but-overwhelming to make sense, letting you put down the book feeling like you really knew it already (except you didn't). It's that comfortable and well written.

My first exposure to the "Dummies" series was back in the early '70s, when near bottom after a business crash, I was faced with either working on my own car (inconceivable) or taking busses in Los Angeles (a fate worse than death). Auto Repair for Dummies saved my butt. A boy from Beverly Hills High could actually gap his spark plugs and adjust the timing on the first try!

Since that great, empowering experience, I've bought a raft of Dummy books over the years, some good, some better. A few I've found too "cute", and some overly simplistic.

Tom Negrino's style, however, is just right - light but informative, friendly but not forcing humorous metaphors, and best of all, I got that empowered feeling again from a Dummy's book, just like my very first exposure to the series. He writes with simplicity while succeeding in not talking down to the reader, even an advanced computer user.

As a Mac professional (I troubleshoot and support Mac systems in the LA area) I've not only recommended Office 2001 to all my clients, but also this book. Its comprehensible to the neophyte, while filled with plenty of substance for even advanced users.

While there's plenty of on-screen help to go with Office, I'm one of zillions who've never been very comfortable with a digital manual. Give me paper, a well-laid out organization, and a killer index, and I'm a happy guy. That's what I got when I bought this book.