Macworld® Office 98 Bible (Paperback)

by Bob LeVitus (Author), Derek Sutton (Author)

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Amazon.com Review
Macworld Office 98 Bible explains virtually every user-level detail of Microsoft Office 98 for Mac OS, the standard productivity suite for those whose needs outstrip AppleWorks' capabilities. This book tells how to get the most out of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer. If there's something you're not sure how to do in one of those programs, the odds are excellent that you'll find the information you need here.

After a quick introduction to the Office suite as a unit, the book attacks the programs one at a time. Coverage for each program includes stats on entering information, formatting it attractively, and printing it. The explanations use sequential procedures liberally and back them up with option tables and explanatory text. There's also a Top 10 section for each Office program, in which the authors clarify common points of confusion. For example, they explain how to keep Excel from interpreting as a date every cell value involving a "/" character.

The book falls somewhat short of the mark in its coverage of programming with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), but overall it's an excellent value. Anyone who runs Office on a Mac and sometimes gets stuck for a procedure will appreciate Macworld Office 98 Bible. --David Wall

Product Description
Office 98 for the Macintosh will optimize your operating system, boost productivity, enhance organization, add vigor to your daily desktop affairs, and quite possibly change your life. If any of this sounds even remotely enticing, you need to explore Office aspirations with the Macworld® Office 98 Bible from IDG Books Worldwide. With Macworld Office 98 Bible you learn to animate documents with QuickTime movies, save time by using built-in templates and wizards, develop dynamic on-screen slide shows with PowerPoint, and publish your work on the Web.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: Hungry Minds; 1 edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764540416
• ISBN-13: 978-0764540417
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,333,827 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy purchase for the beginner-intermediate, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

I agree that more advanced concepts are not covered adequately in MS Office '98 Bible (it's incorrectly touted as offering complete coverage), but this is a worthy purchase for beginner and intermediate users. The Top Ten Questions at the end of each application's unit offer great tips to at least a few of those nagging "why? and how?" questions. Format is appealing. Directions are clear. I favor Bob LeVitus reference guides.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Frankly, this book is a disappointment., November 11, 1998

By A Customer

Don't get me wrong - this is probably a great book for people who are unfamiliar with or new to Office applications. And I have to admit, I did learn a few things from it. But there's little in here for advanced users; in particular the coverage of macros and Visual Basic is lacking for a supposedly 100% comprehensive and authoritative guide. Similarly, no mention is made of some of the bugs that one encounters in Office - for example, the limitations in PowerPoint with regard to HTML export and cross platform conversions. (In fairness, none of the currently available Office books covers many of the suite's problems.) The book feels like it was thrown together in a hurry and seems padded out by repetitive material.

I would rate it lower, but in fairness to the authors, who have tried to create a "one size fits all" and to an extent have succeeded, I've given it a "three". This book will be very useful to beginning users. But for myself, I really need to wait until someone like O'Reilly's come up with an "Office 98 Annoyances" book before I'm satisfied.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference text, September 1, 1998

By A Customer

This book is an excellent reference text. the Macworld Office 98 Bible is the manual that Microsoft fails to provide. It provides complete coverage and detailed explaniations of elements of Office 98 software not discussed anywhere else. From the novice user to the expert, Office 98 Bible has something to offer. Word 98 users will find this book extremely useful as will users of the other programs in Office 98. Office 98 also covers Internet Explorer a useful reference for those who use the internet. Office 98 At a Glance (Microsoft Press) does not cover many of the details discussed in Office 98. The Macworld Office 98 Bible should be included with the Office 98 software.

Frank J. Sinkavich, Ph.D.