Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac in a Snap [Paperback]

Richard H. Baker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672326698 | ISBN-13: 978-0672326691 | Publication Date: August 22, 2004

As a Mac user, you may often feel like you are in a unique world and that the programs you use are even more unique. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is no exception and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac In a Snap covers all of the innovative program features. A unique random-access format makes all of these nuggets of information and advice easily and instantly accessible. Packed with more than 160 essential tasks, tips and techniques for the new Mac version of Microsoft Office 2004, this book will help you zero in on the task you're most interested in so that you can learn and get back to work.

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About the Author

Richard Baker has written 20 or so computer-related books¿he has lost the exact count. He also spent more than a decade as editorial director of a PC training development group, writing with, about and sometimes around the many manifestations of Microsoft Office. In a previous life he was a newspaper reporter and editorial writer. He now lives and works on what are temporarily the outskirts of Houston, Texas, with his wife Beverly, a Border Collie, two PCs, a Mac and an Osborne 1.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Sams (August 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672326698
• ISBN-13: 978-0672326691
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,172,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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81 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Nice Approach, September 9, 2004

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac in a Snap (Paperback)

The In a Snap books do not presume that you are a Dummy or an Idiot. They presume that you are a smart person, not afraid of computers, but that you need to learn how to use something new, like a piece of software on your computer. Further they assume that you want to get started without having to pour through all the 1500 pages or so in the guru level book. This book takes the Office 2004 software package for the Mac computer and gives it the In a Snap approach.

In evaluating books on Office, I always look first to see if they discuss Pivot Tables in the section on Excel. A surprising number of books don't, or give them very short treatment. In this book the index sends you to page 263, that puts you right in the middle of a discussion on pivot tables. Flipping back a page or three gets you to a section called Find Relationships Between Data. What an excellent idea, that's what a pivot table really is, but doesn't have the problem of the dumb name Pivot Table. The discussion is as good as I've seen anywhere in explaining what you can use them for.

The next thing I found was inside the front cover where they have a "Contents at a Glance." This sends you to, not the page number - that's the function of the index, but to a section identified by its own numbering system. Really a handy way to get where you want to jump in to solve the problem you're having at the moment.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac--a Must Buy, November 9, 2006

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Dwight Berry (Roanoke Rapids, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac in a Snap (Paperback)

Even though on-line help (prevalent in most computer applications today) has its advantages, it is good to know that there is help in a book format that is much more detailed, well-organized, and better illustrated. It is rare that I encounter a problem with Microsoft Word that is not addressed in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, May 12, 2007

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Peter M. Sandoval "Sandtrap" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac in a Snap (Paperback)

I found this book very helpful, easy to follow and not compicated in their directions. I would highly recommend this book for the novice or those that have extended experience with the Mac or Office and the price is a bargain.