Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 12 (Paperback)

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Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect® 12

Who knew how simple WordPerfect® 12 could be?

Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect® 12 teaches you how to create many different types of documents. Letters, invoices, lists, financial reports, newsletters, invitations, legal pleadings, mini-spreadsheets, presentation materials with charts, graphics, and tables of contents—WordPerfect can do all this and more. This book takes you step by step through the most essential tasks with plenty of illustrations that show you where you should be. It will seem as if someone is sitting right next to you, explaining the features and telling you exactly what to do. After working through this book, you'll graduate from an Absolute Beginner to a WordPerfect Expert.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect® 12 will have you using WordPerfect 12 in no time! Here's a small sample of what you'll find inside:

Learn how to use the writing tools to improve readability and increase efficiency
Discover how to use Reveal Codes to achieve total control over the formatting ina document
Learn how to use styles to automate formatting tasks
Format information in tables, then add lines, borders, and fill, for emphasis
Create the files necessary to generate a mass mailing, complete with envelopes or labels
Use the built-in legal tools to create pleading documents and publish them to EDGAR
Learn the essentials of Quattro Pro with three bonus chapters

About the Author

Laura Acklen has been writing books about WordPerfect since 1993 when she wrote her first book, Oops! What To Do When Things Go Wrong with WordPerfect. She contributed to three versions of Que's Special Edition Using WordPerfect (6, 6.1, and 7) and co-authored Que's Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 9, Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 10 and pecial Edition Using WordPerfect 11/12 books with Read Gilgen. She also wrote the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Corel WordPerfect 10 and the Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 11. Laura writes articles for Corel's Wordperfect.com website and their monthly e-newsletter, "The WordPerfect Expert". She is a moderator at WordPerfect Universe and maintains a presence on the Corel newsgroups. She is also the webmistress of Wpwriter.com, a website devoted to WordPerfect.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Que; illustrated edition edition (August 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789732424
• ISBN-13: 978-0789732422
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #630,180 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WordPerfect for Smarties, August 18, 2004

By	C. Drew (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Laura Acklen's "Absolute Beginner's Guide" books are crafted in rare clarity by a teacher that understands the learning process. She starts with two assumptions. One, you are somewhat familiar with Windows, and two, those yellow books are *not* calling your name!

Each chapter begins with "In This Chapter" learning goals. You are introduced to basic features and those "wow, it can do that!" features in a mix that keeps your interest while you become grounded in the essentials. The chapters end with a companion "The Absolute Minimum" summary that allows you to decide if you're ready to move on.

The "Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect" accomplishes seemingly disparate goals. In addition to learning from the beginning, it serves the experienced user as a refresher course, and the Microsoft Word user gets converted to a much more complete program. After you have completed it, the book cover will get curly corners as it serves as a handy reference right between your keyboard and your coffee mug.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference for beginners, August 19, 2004

By	B. MACDONNELL "webmaster for 'Toolbox for Wor... (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is well-written and very easy to follow. It is a comprehensive learning tool for those new to WordPerfect, presenting material in a way that will make the learning curve much less steep.

I only wish books like this had been around when I first started learning word processing, twenty years ago. (Most software manuals then were written by the same people who coded the programs, and most of those had few of the skills that are evident in Laura's books.)

When you finish "Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 12" you should have learned enough to advance from "Beginner" to "Intermediate" status!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WordPerfect and seniors, October 21, 2005

By	Donald Tweedie "Senior Instructor" (Grass Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been teaching beginning word processing using MS Word to new senior students. Now that new computers are shipping with Corel WordPerfect, I needed a text to use for instruction. This Beginner's Guide fits the task to the student and has proven to be a hit with them. I would recommend the book highly.