Wordperfect 6.1 for Windows (Dummies 101 Series) [Paperback]

Margaret Levine Young (Author), Alison Barrows (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 18, 1996 | ISBN-10: 1568846290 | ISBN-13: 978-1568846293 | Edition: Pap/Dsk

This work covers all aspects of WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. the book contains exercises, progress checks, quizzes and an accompanying computer disk.

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From the Back Cover

Whether you need to learn WordPerfect 7 for Windows 95 for work. school, or home, Dummies 101™ : WordPerfect® For Windows® 95 gently guides you through all the ins and outs so that you can create letters, memos, reports, and other documents with ease. Follow the step-by-step instructions in this book and use the practice files on the enclosed CD at your own pace -- you'll learn everything you need to know to make WordPerfect work for you! Then you'll take quizzes at the end of each unit and check your progress.

Inside, Get the Information You Need Now:

• Use individual units or exercises to brush up on skills such as selecting and formatting text, changing fonts, adding headers or footers to your document, and more
• Practice what you learn by working through the supplemental exercises on the enclosed CD-ROM
• Grasp how to use the menu bar, the Toolbar, and the ruler bar to give WordPerfect commands
• Create dazzling documents by learning formatting functions -- including how to add or change font styles or sizes, center and indent text, create bulleted lists, and more
• Find out how to replace whole words, word forms, and phrases to swap terms within your document
• Make text flow smoothly and avoid bad page breaks
• Discover WordPerfect's new feature, Spell-As-You-Go, which helps you avoid the embarrassment of misspelled words

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers); Pap/Dsk edition (January 18, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568846290
• ISBN-13: 978-1568846293
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,716,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Margaret Levine Young was in a high school computer club back when high schools didn't have computer clubs, and stayed in the field despite in college despite the presence of her brother John Levine in the computer science department. Margy graduated from Yale and went on to become one of the first PC managers at Columbia Pictures, where she didn't meet anyone famous.

Since then, Margy has written dozens of books about computers for beginners. She lives in Vermont and works as a software engineer for the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA.org).

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5.0 out of 5 stars An easy to follow tutorial that anyone can follow., February 9, 1997

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This review is from: Wordperfect 6.1 for Windows (Dummies 101 Series) (Paperback)

Because I've been a fan of WordPerfect since its inception, I was extremely enthusiastic to teach a community ed beginners' class when I was asked by my boss. However, I realized that because I've been using WordPerfect for so long, there may be things that I do without thinking. It was very important to me that I share my enthusiam for this program without losing my class. Therefore, I realized that I must focus and think like a beginner in order to make my lesson plans easily understood. I was very excited when I found this book as it is a very good tutorial for the beginner. I made very detailed lesson plans so that I wouldn't forget any of the bridges that I cross without thinking as I became more experienced with WordPerfect. The transition from one lesson to another was easy and, although my "breaks" didn't always happen when the books did, there were still "natural" breaks within each lesson so that I could go let my class the class walk around and stretch. However, no