Customer Reviews

Running Microsoft Word 2000

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This all-in-one guide to Microsoft Word satisfies the needs of novice and advanced users alike. The layout is appealing and effective. As a Web designer, I appreciate the detailed descriptions and numerous screen illustrations of Word 2000's advanced Web publishing features. Fortunately, saving HTML pages will be much more convenient with the new "Saving a Web Page" feature, which allows a pages componenet files to be saved in any chosen location. If you want to take full advantage of the extensive power of Word 2000, or if you just want to understand its many features a bit better, I recommend having this how-to guide by your side. If you are an experienced Word user, the new features are easily found.

Just a quick note: I thought this technical book was very well written in an easy to follow manner. It is not just jam backed with text; it has lots of illustrations to make it easy to follow along. This book is good for novices and experienced users who might not be familiar with all the MS Word features. As a developer it wasn't as useful because it didn't go into much detail about programming, nevertheless it is a good stepping stone.

As an instructor, I have searched for clear and comprehensive resources to recommend. Mail merge and forms are covered in easy to read sections that I have had difficulty finding in other guides. I would recommend it for both beginners and experienced users.

I find this very useful, but cumbersome. What I think the subject matter might be labeled as, hardly is. Takes one more time than it should to search the index and try to find the appropriate section. For instance, try finding the typeover material quickly. It's there, but not indexed at all. Or another, try and find how to do a book print.

Once you do find the appropriate section, the material is consise and laid out well. The illustrations of the screens are helpful and well done. Wish they would spend more time indexing thoroughly with cross-indexing, etc.

I know you can find all the information in this book through the Word help menu. I know you can always get an inexpensive copy of Word 2007. But nothing signifies that one has earned their stripes like Running Microsoft Office 2000 on a weighted down shelf.