Product Description

The standard suite of business applications, now updated for the new Windows XP platform, Microsoft Office XP for Windows is a full-featured word-processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, and information management package. Office XP for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide guides users right to the most frequently-used tasks in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook, using clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrated with hundreds of helpful screen shots. For users who don't have the time or resources to wade through long passages of text and just want a quick reference to the essentials of each Office application, this is the ideal guide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1032990 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

From Library Journal
Launched in October, Windows XP is Microsoft's first operating system to incorporate elements of its .NET initiative. The Office Suite marketed alongside it includes Word, Outlook, Access, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, and a new entry, Publisher. Step by Step is the only title that covers Publisher. Otherwise, these books contain roughly the same material, use similar approaches, and are written for beginning to intermediate users. Purchase according to your patrons' preferences. A full-color book with a nice mix of text and screenshots, Step by Step is excellent for apprehensive users.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

This book is a reasonably priced, unintimidating guide to the essentials of Microsoft Office. Organized and presented specifically for busy professionals who need to use the applications immediately, it guides you right to the information you need. All the most important tasks in each program are covered, using clear, step-by-step instructions, and illustrated with hundreds of helpful screenshots. Office XP promises a wealth of exciting new features, and Microsoft Office XP for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide lets you put them to work for you in a hurry.

About the Author

Steve Sagman has written or co-written over 17 books on computing, including Microsoft Office 2000 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. His books have sold well over a million copies, and have been translated into 12 languages. He has written for PC Computing, Computer Shopper, PC Week, PC World, and PC Magazine.

Customer Reviews

Great Concise Guide, But...
I bought this book for an intro course, and was disappointed. Being a QuickStart guide, I can understand it's concise nature. However, Microsoft's Help menus provides all if not more than the information in this book. Also, the neat caption tips don't really help either. Don't buy this book, unless you've never used Office before.

Having said that, his book still has strong points. For beginners to Office, this is a nice book. Full of greyscale pictures, this book is easy to read and there shouldn't be too much trouble finding topics.

Handy For Special Cases
I took courses on Word, PowerPoint and a little Excel, but I go a long time between uses of some of the special features of each program. I find the Visual Quickstart a great and handy resource for refreshing myself on special features that I do not use every day. I find it much more convenient than Microsoft's Help function (which is useless to me).