Product Description

Learn the simplest ways to get things done with Microsoft OfficeWord 2007.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34652 in Books
• Brand: Microsoft
• Published on: 2007-01-17
• Platform: No Operating System
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.41 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
Jerry Joyce has been the technical editor on numerous books
published by Microsoft Press, and he has written manuals, help files, and
specifications for various Microsoft products. As a programmer, he has
tried for many years to make using a computer as simple as using a toaster,
but he has yet to succeed.

Marianne Moon has worked in the publishing world for many years as
proofreader, editor, and writer. She has been editing and proofreading
Microsoft Press® books since 1984 and has written and edited documentation
for Microsoft products such as Microsoft Works, Flight Simulator, Space
Simulator, Golf, Publisher, the Microsoft Mouse, and Greetings Workshop.

Jerry and Marianne are the authors of the popular Microsoft Windows® XP
Plain & Simple, Microsoft Word Version 2002 Plain & Simple, and Microsoft
Windows Me At a Glance.

Customer Reviews

Useful
I don't much care for Office Word 2007 as now I can't spot how to do things I could do before because it is so counter-intuitive. I found using this book quicker than using the 'Help' function in Office. It has a comprehensive index which is essential to quickly find the info you're after and plenty of screen shots. I would recommend this if you feel impatient and frustrated with Word 2007 and the ghastly, clumsy, new 'ribbons'.

Essential for Word 2007 users
I still don't like Word 2007 but have no choice but to use it. I have a copy of this book next to my desktop pc and it is excellent for quickly finding answers.

Pointless
Office 2007 is sold on the alleged simplicity of the program and its 'easy to use interface'.

I don't wish to gripe on yet again (see other reviews) about the awfulness of this latest version of Microsoft Office, but the book frankly only emphasised the fact that the program is either plain and simple, (in which case the book is not necessary), or it is not (in which case the claims for the program are misplaced). Either way, the book is on a loser to nothing. It may, for all I know, be a brilliant exposition of this new form of Word.

For me, however, I have managed to get 2003 re-installed (I would have preferred XP) and the book is not necessary and I am passing it on to another less fortunate friend who is stuck with 2007