Office 97 One Step at a Time [Paperback]

Nancy Stevenson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 11, 1997 | ISBN-10: 076453050X | ISBN-13: 978-0764530500

Teach Yourself Office 97 with the Software that Talks You Through Every Step — On Demand See It! Watch short, movie-style demos of over 100 key tasks Try It! Two friendly experts guide you through every step of a specific task in an interactive simulation Do It! Listen to the instructions and follow the steps — while working in your own documents Learn Office 97 — and get your work done at the same time! Office 97 One Step at a Time introduces brand new interactive, sound-enhanced software that allows you to call up the book's step-by-step lessons right from your own documents. At home, at work, or in the classroom, this unique, all-in-one book/software package is the perfect resource for first-time learning or quick, on-the-fly refreshers. http://www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: IBM-compatible 386 or higher/Windows 95, or NT 4.0/8MB RAM recommended/150MB hard disk space (for full/network install)/sound card

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Step by step, Stevenson teaches the basics of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and (to a limited extent) Access. Novice Office users will find that the binding makes it easy to keep pages open while typing, making this a valuable desktop buddy. The author's simple prose and clear procedures walk the reader through common tasks such as indenting paragraphs in Word or adding headers to Excel files, and her frequent use of illustrations with abundant call-outs provides visual learners with the clues they need. Even smaller elements in a screen shot, such as drop-down list boxes, are called out in separate enlarged graphics, making it less likely to get lost in feature-rich interfaces.

The author covers tasks ranging from the extremely elementary (how to run programs via the Start button) to the fairly complicated (how to perform a mail merge in Word). Throughout, the exercises refer liberally to the companion CD-ROM, which contains sample files with data to manipulate. --David Wall

About the Author

About the Author Nancy Stevenson lives in Indianapolis, IN, and is a freelance writer, editor, and consultant to the publishing industry. In addition to her background as a video scriptwriter and trainer on software products, Nancy has written and contributed to over a dozen books on computer topics. She also has an unpublished murder mystery in her drawer (if any fiction publishers are reading), and enjoys her flute, dog, and travel when she's not writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 458 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (December 11, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076453050X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764530500
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,068,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nancy Muir has written over 60 books on technology and business titles, including titles that have won awards for excellence from publishing industry organizations and several bestsellers. Prior to her writing career Nancy worked for technology publishers IDG Books (now part of Wiley Publishing) and Que. Nancy writes an expert column on computers and the Internet for Retirenet.com, and runs two websites: techsmartsenior.com and iPadMadeClear.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very basic coverage, not for the advanced MS Office user!, August 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Office 97 One Step at a Time (Paperback)

The book is written for the beginner that has no or little experience with the functions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. It does little to address the advancement or changes from Office 95 to Office 97 for experienced user.

The CD in my case was uninstallable on Windows NT. E-mail response from IDG Books Worldwide regarding this problem provide no workable answers, but exposed a great many other problems that they have discoverd but have yet to fix.

Other publications would be suggested.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tutorial software doesn't work with Windows 98, May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Office 97 One Step at a Time (Paperback)

The book was written before Windows 98 was distributed. And even though the system requirements are for Windows 95/98/NT 4.0, a disclaimer on page 433 states that the tutorial software "may not work proerly at all in Windows 98". And they are correct. When you attempt to use the tutorial, you get a GPF, and "that's all folks".