Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition for Dummies [Paperback]

Michael Meadhra (Author), Jan Weingarten (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0764503537 | ISBN-13: 978-0764503535 | Edition: 1

Everything you could possibly ever need -- from word processing and spreadsheet software to database and graphics applications, Web publishing tools, and even a personal organizer -- is packed into this top-notch, integrated suite of computer programs. With the powerful array of Lotus programs at your fingertips, you won't be lacking anything else to turn your computer into a full-service system...except, of course, a copy of Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition For Dummies, your all-in-one guide to just about any Lotus computing task you can imagine.

Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition For Dummies helps you manage your day-to-day workload at home or at the office with step-by-step coaching, clear and concise explanations, and fast and friendly tips and techniques for making the power of Lotus SmartSuite work for you. Create professional-looking letters, memos, and reports; crunch numbers to your heart's content; manage and massage huge chunks of data; create high-quality graphics; organize your personal and professional life; and publish it all on the World Wide Web with the wide range of programs that make Lotus SmartSuite a must-have for all your computing needs.

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From the Back Cover

Ten Great Tips and Shortcuts Inside!

Get the Most Out of Word Pro, FastSite, 1-2-3, Approach, Freelance Graphics, and Organizer! Streamline your workday using this fully integrated suite of powerful work tools. With clear explanations and tons of time-saving tips, Lotus® SmartSuite^® Millennium Edition For Dummies^® shows you how to create outstanding memos, reports, and spreadsheets, unique multimedia presentations, and even eye-popping Web pages — in no time!

Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

• Get an overview of each program in the respective "Boot Camp" chapters
• Use the new FastSite program to build and publish an entire Web site
• Dictate memos, letters, and reports straight to your computer using SmartSuite's new ViaVoice feature
• Flow data into manageable spreadsheets and let 1-2-3 crunch the numbers
• Create, manage, and join complex databases easily with Approach
• Choose from over 100 dazzling Freelance Graphics presentation formats
• Use Organizer to maintain your schedule, store contact data, and keep a "to-do" list

About the Author

About the Authors Michael Meadhra, author and consultant, has contributed to over 24 other titles on topics such as DOS, Windows, and popular applications. Jan Weingarten is a software trainer and consultant in the Pacific Northwest. She has written and coauthored more than 20 books, including titles on Microsoft Office, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, and WordPerfect.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (July 14, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764503537
• ISBN-13: 978-0764503535
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Basics for Lotus Smartsuite 2000, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition for Dummies (Paperback)

Since I had never used Lotus Smartsuite, this book provided me with the basics to understand all of Smartsuite's components, and how to use them. I found the "tips" particularly useful. The linking information that tells you how to share your data from one part of the suite to another is great. The index helps you easily locate the information you need. This is an excellent resource for any Lotus Smartsuite novice.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Junk and nonsense, June 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition for Dummies (Paperback)

Trying to learn Lotus or Approach from this book is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It's great to know all the great possiblites, but some guidence in how to define data in the cells and entering a formula for a cell. I want $ signs and decimal points in my data. I know how to write a formula, but where do I find in your book, how to enter it? Yes, I want to know what the programs can do,(I already know much of that) but I need to know how to make the entries and definations. That's the reason I bought your book.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Which Book am I Reviewing?, July 10, 2001

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Fred Thompson (Reno, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition for Dummies (Paperback)

The photo of the cover shows a book called, "Smartsuite X For Dummies". The title beside the photo says, "Lotus Smartsuite Millennium Edition For Dummies".

"Millennium Edition For Dummies" is about release 9.5, and isn't a bad book for a rank beginner, but I had to buy several other books to really figure out most of what this book promised (like sharing data between the various programs in SmartSuite, which is addressed nowhere in the book but on the front cover, as far as I could tell).

"Smartsuite X" is (presumably) about release 10, which I don't have, so I haven't read this book.

If I do upgrade to release 10, though, I won't bother to buy the "Dummies" book. The QUE book "Using SmartSuite Millennium Edition" was a much better tutorial on 9.5, so I'd sooner buy the release 10 edition of that book instead.

As far as I can tell, anyone who wants to build stand alone applications with Lotus needs to learn Uncle Bill's Visual Basic Script language (VBS), which isn't really addressed in any Lotus book I've seen (Duh!). Might as well learn DBase or FoxBase; you can do a lot more a lot easier.