Office XP: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Julia Kelly (Author), Stephen L. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072132469 | ISBN-13: 978-0072132465 | Publication Date: April 18, 2001 | Edition: 1

This complete reference provides comprehensive coverage of the Office Suite, including the overall changes and updates, such as Smart Tags, new Task Panes, speech recognition capabilities, new security features, and more. You'll also get full coverage the individual applications in the Office Suite: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, and Publisher.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The Most Authoritative Volume Available on Office XP

Work and communicate more effectively with help from this trusted reference. Expertly written by respected authors well-known for giving practical and useful advice, Office XP: The Complete Reference will help you experience enormous functionality. Improve your understanding of all the Office XP applications--then execute word processing, spreadsheets, multimedia presentations, Internet and e-mail functions, publishing to the Web, small business programs, and more. Comprehensive coverage helps new users pick up the basics and existing users find upgrade specifics--all neatly organized so that everyone can quickly locate exactly the information they need.

• Coordinate workflow, manage projects, and integrate documents and data through the complementary suite of applications in Office XP
• Format Word documents professionally with styles, drop caps, floating text, and cross-column graphics
• Plan and build powerful Access databases to store and manage complex information
• Use Excel to organize, manipulate, and chart numerical data, and exchange data between Excel and Access quickly and easily
• Use Internet Explorer to publish online, browse, and transmit data
• Create and customize multimedia PowerPoint presentations
• Design, edit, and publish newsletters, brochures, or more complete volumes--plus enhance publications with your own graphics or with included clipart and fonts
• Facilitate communication and organize your time efficiently in Outlook

About the Author

Julia Kelly (Rathdrum, ID) is an instructor and consultant for many Microsoft desktop applications such as Outlook, Excel, Access, Word, and Publisher. Her recent books are Discover Outlook 97, How to Use Office 97, Small Business Edition, and Using Excel 2000: One Step at a Time.

Stephen L. Nelson (Redmond, WA) is a best-selling computer book author and consultant who has written more than 50 books and more than 100 articles on using computers for personal and business financial management.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1002 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (April 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072132469
• ISBN-13: 978-0072132465
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,228,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and is a prolific author.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this book!!, June 21, 2001

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Neil Cramer (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Office XP: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

It is extremely deceptive to even call this an Office XP reference. It contains no reference whatsoever to any of the new features of Office XP (Smart Tags, Task Panes, etc., etc.) It is, at best, a very basic introduction to the most common features of previous versions of the Office suite. I returned my copy.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware - Don't buy this book!, May 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Office XP: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

This is primarily a rehash of basic Office 2000 info. Some new features of Office are explained but others are not, such as Speech-to-Text. It also has a section on Office Small Business Tools, which are NOT part of Office XP. I just got a new PC with Office XP loaded. It looks like this book [available in May] went to print before the final features were determined. Some other books even reference Office 10, not Office XP. I'm sending back my copy of this one!

4.0 out of 5 stars good book for everyone, November 19, 2004

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Kanishk Rastogi "Freelenser" (Albany, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Office XP: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

It is really a good book for anyone who wants to learn abt Office XP. usually we know a very few basic features about the Office applications. But there are much more than that. This book tells indetail about most of them with examples and screenshots. It comes with a CD with lot of new tempelates and examples. Good choice for its cheap price.