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WordPerfect 12 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Margaret Levine Young (Author), David C. Kay (Author)
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October 8, 2004 0764578081 978-0764578083 1
Do you take the shortest route instead of the side roads when you’re trying to get somewhere? Do you choose the streamlined model instead of one loaded with gizmos and gadgets? Do you value ease over extras? WordPerfect 12 is practical software designed to help you create great-looking, readable documents. Whether you’re a recent convert from longhand (welcome to the modern world) or a word processing pro, WordPerfect12 For Dummies covers what you need to know, including:
  • The basics, like using menus and toolbars, saving, editing, and printing files, getting help, and more
  • Editing and formatting text, adding page numbers, charts, cool fonts, borders, backgrounds, and more
  • Using templates to make your life easier
  • Creating envelopes and labels and doing multiple mailings
  • Using the compatibility toolbars, Workspace Manager, Office Ready template browser, and wireless office capabilities
  • Creating and integrating columns, tables and graphics
  • Creating Web pages, Adobe Acrobat Documents, XML files, and even Microsoft Office documents
  • Publishing your document as a Web Page

WordPerfect12 For Dummies was written by Margaret Levine Young, David C. Kay, and Richard Wagner, all computer gurus who have written or contributed to other For Dummies books and numerous computer books. After it shows you how to do what you need to do, it inspires you to do things you probably didn’t know you could do, such as:

  • Changing Workspaces to the WordPerfect Legal mode if you need to create legal documents
  • Choosing from 26 different tool bars to fit the way you work and what you’re working on
  • Using WordPerfect Office Ready for 40 additional templates
  • Printing bar codes
  • Using Microsoft Outlook contact information in Word Perfect

First you’ll get comfortable with WordPerfect 12, and then you’ll get confident and want to explore more. Whether you are a beginner, need a quick refresher, or want to take advantage of the advanced functions, with its complete index, WordPerfect12 For Dummies will be the reference you rely on.


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From the Back Cover

Make PDFs, use templates, and print envelopes and labels

Here's the perfect way to create and format documents for print or the Web

Maybe it's a revolutionary thought, but could it be you just want to use your word-processing program to create great-looking, readable documents? Perfect! This friendly guide will get you going with WordPerfect 12 so you can get your thoughts on paper — or on the Web — quickly and easily, with page numbers, charts, cool fonts, and more.

Discover how to

  • Use WordPerfect in a Microsoft Office world
  • Edit and format text
  • Make your documents eye-catching
  • Work with OfficeReady® and templates
  • Format documents for the Web
  • Create multiple mailings

About the Author

In high school, Margaret Levine Young was in a computer club before there were high school computer clubs. She stayed in the field throughout college, graduated from Yale, and went on to become one of the first PC managers in the early 1980s at Columbia Pictures, where she rode the elevator with big stars whose names she wouldn't dream of dropping here.
Since then, Margy has co-authored more than 25 computer books about the topics of the Internet, UNIX, WordPerfect, Microsoft Access, and (stab from the past) PC-File and Javelin, including Access 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Dummies 101: The Internet For Windows 98, UNIX For Dummies, and WordPerfect for Linux For Dummies (all published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.), Poor Richard's Building Online Communities (published by Top Floor Publishing), and Windows XP: The Complete Reference and Internet: The Complete Reference (published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill). Aside from explaining computers to anyone who will listen, her other passion is her children, along with music, Unitarian Universalism (www.uua.org), reading, and anything to do with eating. She lives in Vermont (see www.gurus.com/margy for some scenery).

David C. Kay is a writer, engineer, artist, and naturalist, combining disparate occupations with the same effectiveness as his favorite business establishment, Acton Muffler, Brake, and Ice Cream (now defunct). Dave has written or contributed to more than a dozen computer books, including various editions of WordPerfect 11 For Dummies, Graphics File Formats, and The Complete Reference, Millennium Edition.
Besides writing computer books, Dave consults and writes for high-tech firms, and also teaches about wildlife and edible plants. For recreation, he paints theatrical sets, makes strange blobs from molten glass, sings Gilbert and Sullivan choruses in public, and hikes in whatever mountains he can get to. He longs for the Rocky Mountains of Canada, pines for the fjords of New Zealand, and dreams of tracking kiwis and hedgehogs in Wanaka. He feels silly writing about himself in the third person like this and will stop now.

Richard Wagner is an experienced For Dummies author whose writings span both technical and non-technical worlds. His tech books include WordPerfect 11 For Dummies, XML All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, XSLT For Dummies, as well as 15 other computer books. He also invented and architected the award-winning NetObjects ScriptBuilder software product. In his non-tech life, Richard is author of Christianity For Dummies and Christian Prayer For Dummies and editor of the Digitalwalk.com e-zine.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (October 8, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764578081
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764578083
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WordPerfect ® 12 For Dummies, July 27, 2005
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It's a good book if one wants a quick reference for the basics.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite, October 1, 2008
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The book talks about doing things then states you will find it in another chapter. Its a bit confusing.. maybe it would help if I knew the terminoligy.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars So below average, July 5, 2007
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I have used WordPerfect since edition 5. This is offensive. I ordered an instruction book to define the features of this edition of WordPerfect 12. These authors glance by benefits of the WordPerfect program and do not expound on features that would be of a benefit to users. These authors are inept, skilless and unknowledgeable. Go some place else for another book. I ordered it and am tossing it.
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When you're discovering something new, whether it's driving a car or using WordPerfect, the best advice has always been: Start with the basics and build from there. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
documents come alive, formatting your text, shadow cursor, tab set icon, paired codes, property bar, typeover mode, merge codes, application bar, timed backups, move your cursor, hard page break, reveal codes, master document, margin strip, dialog box, tab stops, grammar tools, prototype document, position your cursor, file folder icon, modifying styles, tab strip, formatting codes, back tab
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Microsoft Word, Exploring the Essentials, Spell Checker, Making Your Documents Come Alive, Going Beyond Your Desktop, Styles Editor, Page Setup, Times New Roman, Find Next, Save File, The Part of Tens, Quick Data Entry, Adobe Acrobat, Find Prev, Open File, Printing Stuff, Ten Ways, Available Styles, File Name, Giving Your Documents, Box Position, Microsoft Office, Paragraph Format, Select Page Numbering Format, Workspace Manager
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