Word 2001/X Advanced for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide [Paperback]

Maria Langer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Visual Quickpro Guide | Publication Date: April 15, 2003

Microsoft Word is used by millions worldwide who depend on it to create all kinds of complex documents (such as professional reports, dissertations,screenplays, and full-length books) that require a wide range of special features and tricky formatting. Word 2001/X Advanced for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide follows the same step-by-step visual approach of the Visual QuickStart series, but targets a more advanced audience. Assuming a working knowledge of Word, this book takes readers beyond the basics, exploring such practical uses of the program as creating and working with templates and fill-in forms; designing documents with multiple columns and frames; using captions, bookmarks, and cross-references; building a table of contents; managing long documents with WordUs Master Document feature; automating tasks with macros; and customizing Word. Chapter review case studies, which utilize files found on the book' companion Web site, give readers a chance to practice new skills.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Microsoft Word is used by millions worldwide who depend on it to create all kinds of complex documents (such as professional reports, dissertations,screenplays, and full-length books) that require a wide range of special features and tricky formatting. Word 2001/X Advanced for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide follows the same step-by-step visual approach of the Visual QuickStart series, but targets a more advanced audience. Assuming a working knowledge of Word, this book takes readers beyond the basics, exploring such practical uses of the program as creating and working with templates and fill-in forms; designing documents with multiple columns and frames; using captions, bookmarks, and cross-references; building a table of contents; managing long documents with WordUs Master Document feature; automating tasks with macros; and customizing Word. Chapter review case studies, which utilize files found on the book' companion Web site, give readers a chance to practice new skills.

About the Author

Maria Langer has written dozens of computer books, including best-selling Visual QuickStart Guides on Mac OS X, Word, and Excel. A columnist for FileMaker Pro Advisor, she also writes for MacAddict and other publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (April 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321148738
• ISBN-13: 978-0321148735
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,605,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maria Langer has been a freelance writer since 1990. She has written more than 75 books and hundreds of articles about using computers, software, and online services. She provides support for her work, as well as new content, on the Maria's Guides website. These days, she also writes about aviation and travel for a variety of print and online publications.

Maria is also a commercial helicopter pilot and owner of Flying M Air, a helicopter tour and charter company based in Arizona. Her company offers tours, day trips, multi-day excursions, and aerial photography services throughout the southwest.

And if that's not enough to keep her busy and out of trouble, she's also a serious amateur photographer. She shows off her best work on her photo gallery, Flying M Photos.

Maria blogs at Eclectic Mind, her personal journal of thoughts and experiences.