- Paperback: 1184 pages
- Publisher: QUE; 1 edition (22 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0789725134
- ISBN-13: 978-0789725134
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.6 x 6.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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With this edition of Special Edition Using Office XP there is a continual emphasis on realistic applications and uses of the program features. While there are many other big books in the Office market today, there are few that tailor coverage uniquely for the intermediate to advanced Office user as Special Edition Using does, delivering more focused value for the customer. It has been updated to reflect Office XP's Smart tags, collaboration features, speech and dictation tools, built-in recovery features, "add network place" wizard and much more
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With this edition of Special Edition Using Office XP there is a continual emphasis on realistic applications and uses of the program features. While there are many other big books in the Office market today, there are few that tailor coverage uniquely for the intermediate to advanced Office user as Special Edition Using does, delivering more focused value for the customer. It has been updated to reflect Office XP's Smart tags, collaboration features, speech and dictation tools, built-in recovery features, "add network place" wizard and much more
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After upgrading to Office XP and previously used "Woody Leonhards teaches Office 2000 book", which was great, I chose to purchase his "Special Edition using Office XP", written with Ed Bott. This book seems massive at first, but it is written in very understandable language and I could not do without it next to my PC. The authors assume that you have at least some nodding acquaintance with Windows software - so if you are a complete novice then the Office 2000 book would be more suitable.
The addition of WOPR XP/2002 software, which comes as a free download (fully licensed), when you purchase the book is worth the price of the book alone!! Great value for money and these guys do know their stuff. Do not hesitate, either buy it for yourself or drop hints for someone to buy this as a gift.
The addition of WOPR XP/2002 software, which comes as a free download (fully licensed), when you purchase the book is worth the price of the book alone!! Great value for money and these guys do know their stuff. Do not hesitate, either buy it for yourself or drop hints for someone to buy this as a gift.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nice if you want to learn the more advanced features Office, like how to create a macro or use VB. Otherwise if you just use office to do tasks such as add a chart to a spreadsheet, this is probably not for you. Hence not really for the beginner
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70 of 72 people found the following review helpful
Impressive - The Best Book I've Seen on Office XP
14 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
One of the biggest issues I face is when receiving a new version of Microsoft Office, is asking the question, "What's changed and why do I need it?".
Well, I actually bought this book a couple weeks ago, and as a result, have purchased Office XP Professional, which I am thoroughly happy with. This book, Special Edition Office XP helped me understand what the differences in Office versus prior versions are and how I can apply them to my daily work. While the table of contents listed here on the detail page talks about Office 10, it does appears that the book was written on a release candidate beta. The book addresses all the issues I had that Microsoft's own marketing machine couldn't.
Woody Leonard and Ed Bott are both extrememly well known, but it seems their years of experience with Office have paid off, at least from what I am seeing in this book.
There is extensive coverage on all the key areas of Office XP I'd recommend taking a strong look at these key components of the book:the table of contents, the index, the notes, the "cautions" and the tips from Ed & Woody throughout the book. This book is also packed with a lot more than the similiar product from Microsoft Press. I was really disappointed with their product after comparing the two side-by-side. Thanks goes to the authors and the publisher for making my job a lot easier and thanks for an outstanding book.
37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
No Better Reference Can Be Found
13 April 2002
Format:Paperback
In my opinion Que publishes the best resources on the market and this book does not disappoint. Woody Leonhard and Ed Bott are two of the most highly respected authorities on Microsoft Office and Windows. The book is packed with solid instruction, readable, and written with a sense of humor. Woody pulls no punches and when something is quirky in the program application, he doesn't gloss over it. Loaded with tips and work arounds.
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22 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Not for the less than expert
6 Feb 2003
Format:Paperback
I am a long time Microsoft Office user on the Macintosh computer and recently switched to a PC and Office XP.
This book is not the manual that was not included with Office XP. It is encyclopedic(1100+pages) in its coverage of the programs in Office and also include commentary on Visual Basic and Front Page which is not included as far as I can tell in the great majority of Office packages, if any.
Like many encyclopedias the book's detail often results in incoherence. The authors assume that the reader is familiar not only with the Microsoft Office program but with Office's many and sometimes arcane features. This results in descriptions of functions that are confusing and often uninformative. For example, the use of text boxes in Word is given very limited coverage with no clear explanation what a text box is and that you need to use the print layout view in order to actually see the text box in position. There are numerous other examples of poorly introduced and explained features and concepts.
Furthermore, the book integrates tips signed by the authors throughout the text. Some of these are useful, others however added little to my understanding--in my limited use thus far. However, the repeated faux signatures of Ed and Woody alongside the tips is distracting and frankly drives me crazy. How many times do I have to be told that this tip is from the authors-who else would it be from?
This book may be useful to very experienced Office users-though they probably don't need it-but is not a very helpful text to office neophytes and intermediate users.
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