Product Description

Experience learning made easy - and quickly teach yourself how tocreate impressive documents with Word 2007. With Step By Step youset the pace - building and practicing the skills you need justwhen you need them!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124107 in Books
• Brand: Microsoft
• Published on: 2007-01-08
• Platform: No Operating System
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

About the Author
Joyce Cox has over 20 years' experience in the development of
training materials about technical subjects for non-technical audiences,
and is the author of dozens of books about Office and Windows technologies.
Joyce is the Vice President of Online Training Solutions, Inc. (OTSI). She
was President of and principle author for Online Press, where she developed
the Quick Course series of computer training books for beginning and
intermediate adult learners. She was also the first managing editor of
Microsoft Press, an editor for Sybex, and an editor for the University of
California. Joan Preppernau is the author of over a dozen books about
Windows and Office, including the popular Microsoft Windows XP Step by
Step. Having learned about computers literally at her father's knee, Joan's
wide-ranging experiences in various facets of the computer industry
contribute to her enthusiasm for producing interesting, useful, and
understandable training materials. Joan is the President of Online Training
Solutions, Inc. (OTSI) and an avid telecommuter. The power of the Internet
and an obsession with technology have made it possible for Joan to live and
work in New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, and various locations in the US
during the past 15 years. Having finally discovered the delights of a daily
dose of sunshine, Joan has recently settled in San Diego with her husband,
Barry, and their daughter, Trinity.

Customer Reviews

Microsoft Word 2007
I brought this book about a week ago as like many others I transferred from office 2002 to find it had all completely change and I didn't know where anything was.
The book is designed to lead you step by step through all the tasks you are most likely to need in Word. However each chapter is self contained so it's quite easy to skip to the parts you want. You also get a cd with the practice files on it required for the exercises; however it wasn't as easy to install as it said it was and I had to locate the files manually to get it to run. The exercises are quite detailed and there are illustrations along the way to help you but you can still make mistakes.
The authors are American so again language can be a difficulty for example they don't say full stop they say a period. Oh course I read "press the F3 key and then type a period" which I did, not press F3 and then type a full stop, which they meant. Also on chapter 3 the instructions for putting tab stops on the ruler are all in inches. I couldn't find inches on my version, mine are all in cms. Had a look on Microsoft knowledge base and apparently you can't change them to inches the rulers are displayed in cms. So again you just have to convert the measurements in your head or guess.
With the flaws I would still recommend this book as it has taught me where everything is and I'm already finding it so much easier to work in the 07 version of word. With that said I'm sure there are easier books then this one that can teach you what you want to know, so I would suggest having a look round first.

For the committed
Now I may be an old fashioned fuddy-duddy/geek - call me what you will - but when the IT department replaced my Office 2003 with the 2007 edition, I had a quiet fit.

Everything is difficult if not impossible to find, a lot of the more technical functions have disappeared or are so difficult to find that it is hardly worth it and the 3 options for colour schemes are for those with 20/20 vision or who are on acid. The new version of the program seems to have been designed for American children

What better than a detailed manual to help me through. In any event, I had hoped that this tome would help me through this disaster.

It didn't. I am sure that the book will be helpful for those who absolutely must or want to have 2007, but for me it seemed to highlight the superiority of previous versions of this Microsoft monopoly

In any event, the book is now a prop to raise my monitor, and I have managed to find my old 2003 Office disc and re-install it.