What better way to kick off a new year than with a major update of the world's most popular productivity suite, Microsoft Office? With Microsoft Office 97 For Windows For Dummies, you can start using all of this product's new features that enable your whole organization to work together as seamlessly as do Word, Excel, Access, and the other applications that comprise Microsoft Office 97.
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Microsoft Office 97 for Windows for Dummies shows you how to use Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and the other programs that make up Microsoft Office 97, the most widely used suite of office-productivity programs.
Wang and Parker do a great job of providing the kind of explicit "how-to" procedures that Office users want most. They provide substantial coverage on Word, the Office component that gets the most use, but also give ample space to Excel, PowerPoint, and Office's Internet tools. Access receives only user-level attention, so people who want to build Access applications will want to look for a more specialized book.
The authors deserve kudos for highlighting the fact that certain commands and conventions--such as the procedures for copying, adjusting fonts, and printing--apply across all the Office applications. As a result, readers gain confidence in their ability to use Office 97 as a unit, rather than merely as individual programs.
This book would be better if the authors had done more to explain how to weed out the less important Office components, such as the annoying Office Assistant and the little-used Binder. But as it is, Microsoft Office 97 for Windows for Dummies provides a solid introduction to Microsoft's tools for getting things done in the workplace. --David Wall
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Covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
Includes tips on sharing data between Office programs
Get up to speed on Office 97 and get more done in less time Office 97 is a powerful set of software tools. But it's also kind of complicated. Which is exactly why you need this friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide. Wallace Wang and Roger C. Parker walk you through all the basic operations of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access — and even show you how to create a Web page!
Discover how to: Format and edit dazzling documents Set up spectacular spreadsheets Produce powerful presentations Organize your e-mail and your schedule Build a dependable database
The Dummies Way™ 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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Dummies makes you smart,
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As long as you know enough to point and click this is a very good tutorial for beginners. Instead of scratching your head and wondering, "What's this?" you can at least get the Windows monster to fly before crashing it.
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A well thought out reference book,
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As with all good "for dummies" that came before it, this reference gives you pointers on the most useful aspects of Microsoft's office programs and it does it with a sense of humor.
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Quick Reference,
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This book looks if it is specially designed for beginners... It provides quick, easy answers and maybe too easy for me, but I love it.
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binder template, existing binder, section icon, binder section, recurring appointment, release the left mouse button, noncontiguous range, size list box, macro dialog box, current insertion point, click the close box, address dialog box, database window, embedding data, embed data, style template, type list box, place the mouse cursor, embedded data, slide layout, hyperlink button, scrolling text, paste the data, worksheet cell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Microsoft Office, Office Assistant, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Network, Microsoft Word, Main Switchboard, Microsoft Outlook, Deleted Items, Address Book, Database Wizard, Formula Bar, Insert Table, Slide Sorter, Microsoft Access, Web Wizard, Choose Help, Hide Paragraph Marks, Label Wizard, Page Layout, Record Macro, The Paste Special, San Diego, The Publish, Arrow Style, Choose Table New!
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binder template, existing binder, section icon, binder section, recurring appointment, release the left mouse button, noncontiguous range, size list box, macro dialog box, current insertion point, click the close box, address dialog box, database window, embedding data, embed data, style template, type list box, place the mouse cursor, embedded data, slide layout, hyperlink button, scrolling text, paste the data, worksheet cell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Microsoft Office, Office Assistant, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Network, Microsoft Word, Main Switchboard, Microsoft Outlook, Deleted Items, Address Book, Database Wizard, Formula Bar, Insert Table, Slide Sorter, Microsoft Access, Web Wizard, Choose Help, Hide Paragraph Marks, Label Wizard, Page Layout, Record Macro, The Paste Special, San Diego, The Publish, Arrow Style, Choose Table New!
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