Microsoft Office Live: Take Your Business Online [Paperback]

Katherine Murray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 8, 2008

Learn how to use Microsoft Office Live and take your business online! In this tutorial, well-known author and columnist Katherine Murray gives you an insider s look at the features and capabilities of Microsoft Office Live offerings: Office Live Basics, Office Live Collaboration, and Office Live Essentials. Small businesses with fewer than 10 employees finally have the online capabilities they need to more easily and more affordably establish an online presence, automate key business tasks, and collaborate. With this practical tutorial, you ll discover how to create, manage, and track statistics for your business Web site; manage and store critical business information; and improve business processes. You ll even learn how to stay in touch from synching up with Office Live Mail, to using on-demand business applications to collaborate and accomplish tasks from anywhere in the world with Internet access. Part inspiration and part how-to, this guide offers real-world techniques you can use to hit the ground running with Microsoft Office Live!

Offers an expert overview and exclusive insights from a well-known author, with input from the Microsoft Office Live product group

Includes practical tutorials, case studies, and real-world techniques for managing your small business

Helps you choose the offerings that are right for your business

Shows you how to take your business online create and manage a Web site, market your site, and track site statistics

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Katherine Murray has authored and coauthored more than 40 computer books with several Microsoft Office titles to her credit, including Faster Smarter Microsoft Office 2003, First Look Microsoft Office 2003, Faster Smarter Microsoft Office XP, and Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out. She is also a columnist on the Microsoft Office Community site on www.microsoft.com. Katherine specializes in teaching people and businesses how to communicate effectively by using print and electronic media.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (June 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735623716
• ISBN-13: 978-0735623712
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,522,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi! Thanks for checking out my books. I've been writing about all kinds of topics--technology, digital lifestyle, parenting, nature, eco-spirituality, fundraising, and more--for more than 20 years, and I still love it. Writing lets me follow my curiosities (Mango, Windows 8, green tech, and more), explore what fascinates me, and then share what I learn with readers. I love that! My most recent books include "My Windows 7 PC" (Que, 2011), "Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime" (Microsoft Press, 2011), and "Listening to the Earth: Meditations on Experiencing and Belonging to Nature" (Lorian Press, 2011). I hope one of these books--or another book you find today--meets a need you have or answers a question you've been wondering about. Thank you for taking a look at my work! Kind regards, Katherine

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Office LIVE, January 11, 2009

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E. Gee "edge" (West Palm Beach) - See all my reviews
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tells me everything I need to know for merchandising (the MS way) on the internet. I figure this knowledge is good for 18 months to 2 years, which by then I can throw it all away because I'll have to learn a whole new tech system.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very basic good for non pc savvy but no real depth, nothing new beyond what you find in the online help, April 19, 2010

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The book is well written and has good information for someone who is a total novice when it comes to computers and sites and office live. But if you have a modicum of knowledge you find it runs out of steam about half way to the information you really want It gives you the very basics even in the advanced topics area.

Even on the section for the web based store I could find no information on how to or whether you even can limit the stock of an item you have for sale. Say you have a one of a kind item. Can you detail that and kick up an out of stock or other message? No information at all on how many of an item or how to handle when that number is sold.

I found that all of the information was what was easily found just playing with the site a little and reading the online help, descriptions etc. Nothing extra. None of the little tidbits to make your life easier using the site that you would expect.

If you are very nervous and new to this sort of thing and haven't planned out a web page before it might be useful to you. But I doubt you will find much of use if you have already created a basic page and played with the program or built a site with any other tools.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Service and a great book, February 3, 2009

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W. C. Wallace, Jr. (Lancaster South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Live: Take Your Business Online (Paperback)

The books looks just like a new one never used. Thank you for

the prompt service in the delivery. It is very useful to me

and I look forward to more orders in the future

Have a Blessed Day

W. C. Wallace, Jr.