Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Word 2003 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) [Paperback]

Elaine Marmel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471784885 | ISBN-13: 978-0471784883 | Publication Date: March 20, 2006 | Edition: 2

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something -- and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 125 Word 2003 tasks. Each task-based spread includes these great features to get you up and running on Word 2003 in no time:


* Helpful sidebars that offer practical tips and tricks
* Succinct explanations that walk you through step by step
* Full-color screen shots that demonstrate each task
* Two-page lessons that break big topics into bite-sized modules


Learn How To:
* Use menus, toolbars, and task panes
* Work with protected documents
* Track document changes
* Format paragraphs and pages
* Print documents, envelopes, and labels
* Add graphics and text boxes to documents

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From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 125 Word 2003 tasks. Each task-based spread includes these great features to get you up and running on Word 2003 in no time:

• Helpful sidebars that offer practical tips and tricks
• Succinct explanations that walk you through step by step
• Full-color screen shots that demonstrate each task
• Two-page lessons that break big topics into bite-sized modules

Learn How To:

• Use menus, toolbars, and task panes
• Work with protected documents
• Track document changes
• Format paragraphs and pages
• Print documents, envelopes, and labels
• Add graphics and text boxes to documents

About the Author

Elaine Marmel is president of Marmel Enterprises, LLC, an organization that specializes in freelance technical writing and software training. Elaine has an MBA from Cornell University and has worked on projects to build financial management systems in New York City and Washington, D.C. Elaine spends most of her time writing, since 1994, she has been a contributing editor to monthly magazines Peachtree Extra and QuickBooks Extra. She cowrote Peachtree For Dummies (Wiley, 2004), and wrote Microsoft Office Project 2003 Bible (Wiley, 2003), Master VISUALLY Project 2003 (Wiley, 2004), and Master VISUALLY QuickBooks 2005 (Wiley, 2005), and she has authored and coauthored more than 30 other books.
Although a native of Chicago, Elaine has seen much of the world, including Cincinnati, Ohio; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, New York; Washington, D.C., and Tampa, FL. As of this writing, she has settled into a perfect house in Arizona, and lives with her purrfect cats, Cato, Watson, and Buddy (who seems to be made of velcro, sticking to Elaine when she starts to write), and her doting and loving dog, Josh (who watches the door for visitors and may lick you to death while performing the job of general welcoming committee).

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Visual; 2 edition (March 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471784885
• ISBN-13: 978-0471784883
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Word Processing
  • #90 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > Word

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Way to Get Started, August 9, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Word 2003 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) (Paperback)

These Visual guides are great books for the beginner to get started with a software package. They have an absolute minimum of words and are profusely illustrated with a half dozen or so pictures, drawings, and illustrations on each page. About the only words are the captions to the visual aids.

For common programs like Word this technique works really well, not only with children, but with old guys like me. These are beginners level books, and as you get further along in using the software you'll want something more complex. But if you start with this book, in a couple of hours you'll be word processing enough to at least understand the concepts and enough to navigate yourself around the Microsoft Word screen.

This book covers the 90% or more of the things you'll want to do using Word. This includes things as complex as tables, inserting pictures and so on. It does not include things as complex as using VBA. It's a great way to get started quickly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant . . .Easy to read and follow directions!, March 8, 2008

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Ralph W. Haneman (Lancaster County, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Word 2003 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) (Paperback)

A great value for the money and so easy to find what you're looking for. I keep it handy on top of my desk for quick reference. RWH

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Teach Yourself Visually -- Microsoft Word, December 11, 2007

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Albert David "A A David" (Methuen Mass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Word 2003 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) (Paperback)

As a first time user of Word -- I found it extremely helpful
and a valuable resource to have on hand.

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