Microsoft Office 97 For Windows For Dummies - Softcover

Wang, Wallace; Parker, Roger C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764500503 ISBN 13: 9780764500503

Publisher: For Dummies, 1997

Synopsis

What better way to kick off a new year than with a major update of the world's most popular productivity suite, Microsoft Office? With Microsoft Office 97 For Windows For Dummies, you can start using all of this product's new features that enable your whole organization to work together as seamlessly as do Word, Excel, Access, and the other applications that comprise Microsoft Office 97.

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Review:

Microsoft Office 97 for Windows for Dummies shows you how to use Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and the other programs that make up Microsoft Office 97, the most widely used suite of office-productivity programs.

Wang and Parker do a great job of providing the kind of explicit "how-to" procedures that Office users want most. They provide substantial coverage on Word, the Office component that gets the most use, but also give ample space to Excel, PowerPoint, and Office's Internet tools. Access receives only user-level attention, so people who want to build Access applications will want to look for a more specialized book.

The authors deserve kudos for highlighting the fact that certain commands and conventions--such as the procedures for copying, adjusting fonts, and printing--apply across all the Office applications. As a result, readers gain confidence in their ability to use Office 97 as a unit, rather than merely as individual programs.

This book would be better if the authors had done more to explain how to weed out the less important Office components, such as the annoying Office Assistant and the little-used Binder. But as it is, Microsoft Office 97 for Windows for Dummies provides a solid introduction to Microsoft's tools for getting things done in the workplace. --David Wall

From the Back Cover:

Covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access

Includes tips on sharing data between Office programs

Get up to speed on Office 97 and get more done in less time Office 97 is a powerful set of software tools. But it's also kind of complicated. Which is exactly why you need this friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide. Wallace Wang and Roger C. Parker walk you through all the basic operations of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access — and even show you how to create a Web page!

Discover how to: Format and edit dazzling documents Set up spectacular spreadsheets Produce powerful presentations Organize your e-mail and your schedule Build a dependable database

The Dummies Way™ Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun

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About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0764500503
• ISBN 13: 9780764500503
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408