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Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 3.0 of 5
Microsoft Getting Started in Office X in softcover. 1 out of 5 stars.
20 of 23 people found this review helpful.
This book is simply a nicely printed version of the very limited info that comes on the Office v X CD ROM "Getting Started" file. They really mean just getting started. This book is a little bit expanded with a few nubbins of extra detail, but not much. This is NOT a Power User's Guide. A guide for a beginner to both Office and OS X, at best, with some glaring missing areas.Useful in case you just like to have a printed version of the bare basics instead of needing to use or print out the electronic help/info.pdf material which is basic at best. A more readable and accessible version of the electronic material. If you've been using earlier versions of Office, you don't need this book. I bought it only because I've skipped two Office version generations, but the basics don't seem to have changed much.
There is some useful expansion of the Entourage procedures particularly on the Calendar which is good, beyond the CD ROM material.
Entourage e-mail is essentially identical with the outstanding OS X Mail package which is nicely described in Pogue's OS X: The Missing Manual. If Entourage is new to you as it is to me, you may find the additional detail handy.
I haven't found any reason to go to the trouble of shifting my mail to Entourage from the extremely useful OS X Mail system. Unless you don't start with OS X Mail before you buy Office, you may not find the Entourage mail material of any use.
This book should be avoided if you plan to exploit the many facets of Office, a great many of which are either unknown to the author or never used by him. For instance, the basics of creating mailing labels, a common and very useful function, is treated only lightly and then only as using an existing address book as merge data as a project. Nary a word on how to create individual or a sheet of mailing labels from scratch, or using Avery or other label formats, a fatal deficiency for what purports to be a "Power User" guide...
Editorial Review:
Now you can use Office on your Macintosh just like a pro. This book does much more than provde a rundown of features for Office v. X. It takes you from the basics to the advanced tips and tricks that allow you to take charge of your business and personal data using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. Once you have a handle on each Office product, you'll move on to several real-world projects that allow you to put your knowledge to the test. Learn how real Mac "power users" get the most out of Office v. X!
