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Word 2007 For Dummies
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| Part No: | 0470036583 |
| Manufacturer: | For Dummies |
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| Customer Rating: | 3.5 / 5.0 |
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| Good to have as a resource... | 2009-11-06 | 3 / 5 |
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| I haven't had an opportunity to fully utilize this book yet, but will do so as the need arises. 2007 WORD is SO different from the previous version, I know this is going to be a valuable resource! |
| I HATE THIS BOOK! | 2009-09-17 | 1 / 5 |
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This book is just plain awful!
I will give you examples. I've been trying to do a simple header with a page number. He tells you how to do a header, but he does not tell you that it's a mistake to use the header button if you want to also have a page number on your header. For that, you just use the page number button and within that you can add your header information. I ran in circles trying to figure this out.
He tells you the easy way to add a cover sheet, EXCEPT if you make your cover sheet and then do your page numbers, it does not create a separate section for the cover sheet, so you will have a page number for it---GRRRR. Which means you have to start over.
There are no nice screen shots to tell you how to do something. At best you get the picture of the button you need to use and a paragraph (OR TEN!) on how to find that button. I HATE THIS BOOK!
I bought it for one reason, it will tell you how to insert a file into a document and the other (better written ones with the nice screen shots) did not have that in the index. It's easy to insert a file into a document, BTW, but I made a diagram on the right of all his discussion about it with 4 buttons and a word in each button. That's it Dan, that's all you needed. He has the irritating habit of telling you all the tings you can do with something, like highlighting. Yes, there may be more than one way to turn it off, more than one color, etc., etc., etc.,---but I just want to get the ^&%$ to work and move on. Put that in a little box somewhere for people who care!
So, not only is the book misleading (see above with headers), it's confusing without the screen shots, and when he does give you a summary that actually works, it's so wordy you want to scream.
I have to agree that all the cutesies in this book are distracting and annoying. Those are great in some books, but this is more of a reference book (or it should be) and you want to go to the index, find the page for what you want to do (the index is good), and then jump to the section with the information, and THEN have screen shots that take you from one level to the next. FORGET ALL the cutesies and forget all the words unless absolutely necessary. Dan, DO NOT TALK---SHOW!
I've had it with this book and I'm looking for something else. Good luck to you if you buy it!
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| Not What I Expected | 2009-08-06 | 3 / 5 |
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| I ordered Word 2003 and received Word 2007 instead. I didn't want the hassle of returning the product, because I figured that most of the basics of Word 2003 would be preserved in this later edition. I'm using this more as a backup reference guide, because I usually use the Help function, which is quicker to access. But author Gookin needs to update his website to reflect his current inventory. |
| Great Book for learning Word 2007 | 2009-05-31 | 4 / 5 |
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| I purchased Word 2007 as part of a total software package and purchased the book to help me get up to speed quickly on the many changes in Word since I was currently using Word 2000. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. |
| Great book | 2009-05-04 | 5 / 5 |
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| I love all the for Dummies books. Gives great insight to whatever you don't understand in simply terms. |
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