Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 9 lets you discover the power of WordPerfect 9 and see what makes it one of the world's most popular word processing applications. You will learn the ins and outs of using the Writing Tools, and master page layout, formatting, styles and templates. This complete reference also provides in-depth coverage of using lists and outlines to organize information, collaborate on WordPerfect 9 documents with others in your workgroup, import data and work with other programs and applications, create and publish Web pages and build interactive and multimedia documents.
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Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 9 lets you discover the power of WordPerfect 9 and see what makes it one of the world's most popular word processing applications. You will learn the ins and outs of using the Writing Tools, and master page layout, formatting, styles and templates. This complete reference also provides in-depth coverage of using lists and outlines to organize information, collaborate on WordPerfect 9 documents with others in your workgroup, import data and work with other programs and applications, create and publish Web pages and build interactive and multimedia documents.
About the Author
Laura Acklen has authored and co-authored seven Que books including three Special Edition Using WordPerfect (versions 6, 6.1 and 7). She wrote eight Que Education and Training's Essentials books and contributed to several of the companion instructor manuals. As a contributing editor to WordPerfect for Windows Magazine, she has written over 40 articles for the monthly Basics and Troubleshooting column. During her years as a corporate and law office trainer, she designed and wrote customized training materials for courses in Windows, WordPerfect and a variety of other applications. Read Gilgen is director of Learning Support Services at the University of Wisconsin. He has taught and written extensively on DOS and WordPerfect. He is author of Que's WordPerfect for Windows Hot Tips, contributing author to Que's Using WordPerfect for Windows, Special Edition, and a frequent contributor to WordPerfect for Windows Magazine.
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent for intermediate to advanced word processor users,
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 9 (Paperback)
This one's a keeper. The authors are WordPerfect trainers with long experience, and it's obvious.If you've never used a computer before, this is not the book for you. However, if you've used another word processor or an older version of WordPerfect, this is the right book. Enough introductory material for folks new to WordPerfect to get started, but far more information for those wishing to improve their skill level from intermediate to advanced word processor operators. As someone who's long considered himself a WordPerfect expert, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself repeatedly learning new techniques for using the world's most powerful word processor, WordPerfect. Over and over again, the authors offer procedures that accomplish the same result, but involve fewer steps to realize them than those I developed myself. The book consistently offers step-by-step procedures with screen shots, so there is no mistaking what needs to be done to accomplish a desired result. Each chapter also ends with a troubleshooting guide, addressing the most common troublespots for the subject matter of the chapter. The index and table of contents are thorough and well organized, making the book a valuable desktop tool for learning as you go, quickly checking to get detailed procedures, or to see if the authors have a more efficient way of using the program. The authors also provide links to the best of the many WordPerfect resources on the Web. The book does not cover use of the suite's other major components such as the QuattroPro spreadsheet and Presentations, nor of add-on packages in the profession-specific WordPerfect editions, but does cover use of the CorelCentral personal information manager. The book also does not cover macro writing using Visual Basic for Applications, which is new to WordPerfect and still not adequately implemented as of Service Pack 2. It does, however, cover macro writing with PerfectScript, the traditional WordPerfect scripting language. If you just want to learn to install WordPerfect and write a few letters, you might look elsewhere for a tutorial. But if your goals include becoming an expert in WordPerfect 9, the anchor component of the integrated WordPerfect Office 2000 suite, this book will help you achieve that goal. You probably will not read this book in bed; it's best kept beside your computer where you can try out the techniques. Paul E. Merrell, Links Administrator, WordPerfect Universe,
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
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Sure Beats Using the Help Screens!,
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 9 (Paperback)
Two features make this book worth its sticker price: (1) it contains answers to your questions, and (2) it teaches you questions that you should have been asking. For example, I was having trouble using the WordPerfect CD to get Clip Art into my document. By reading parts of Chapter 12, "Adding Graphics to Documents", I quickly figured out what I needed to know. In the process, I also learned the details of how I could acquire additional Clip Art from the Corel Web site. Thus, Using Corel WordPerfect 9 taught me information about Clip Art that I hadn't thought to ask. Speaking of graphics and other glitzy things you can put in your documents, you also might want to check out the section on Organizational Charts ("org charts"). In case you didn't know (as was the case for me) WordPerfect can draw a variety of useful charts and boxes, connected in just about any manner you wish. How? Check out Chapter 16, "Inserting Charts". You'll find step-by-step instructions that quickly teach you how you can construct what you need.Frankly, I've never used a book before to help me with a software package. I always figured that the Help Screens and/or the manual were more than enough. This book might convince me to change my mind.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Valuable insights from true power users!,
This review is from: Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 9 (Paperback)
I don't normally buy computer books these days because many are lame. When a client asked me to use WordPerfect for a project, however, I thought a book would help me get reacquainted with the software.But this book has done much more than that. The authors have provided an extremely well-written volume, filled with valuable insights. Instead of taking the standard "let's run down the menus" approach, they have given us a book filled with practical examples, excellent tips, and just plain good writing. I quickly picked up a handful of tricks that made my work easier and impressed my client! The authors deserve praise for this excellent work, and computer book publishers everywhere should take notice. Hey guys, it IS possible to publish good stuff!!!
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