 The magazine of the Melbourne PC User Group Running Microsoft Office 2000 Professional - Book Review Bernadette Houghton bernieh@iaccess.com.au |
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Running Microsoft Office 2000 Professional by Michael Halverson and Michael Young is a very weighty tome full of useful information. Aimed at Office 2000 users of all creeds and abilities, it starts off by covering the basics of each application, then builds on those concepts by exploring more advanced topics. A goodly proportion of the book's 1200 pages are devoted to Word, but all the Office applications have their share of the limelight. You'll find sections devoted to Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook and the various small business tools included in the Professional package, as well as chapters explaining how to integrate the applications.
To illustrate the book's layout, take the Word section; it begins with an explanation of the interface and moves on to entering and editing text, and formatting documents. It then progresses to styles and layouts, proofing tools, workgroup situations and automation tools. Interspersed among the information are tips, tutorials, examples and illustrations, making it very much a hands-on tool. Most of the examples concentrate on real-life situations relevant to most users, such as creating professional-looking reports, presentations and Web pages.
The book is useful either as a tutorial or a reference handbook. It doesn't
cover each and every aspect of Office 2000, but you'll certainly know a lot more about it than you did before
you starting reading it. I found it well set-out and the instructions very clear, although the index has a
few errors. Not a problem, though, as you can download a new index from the book's own Web site. There,
you'll also find files containing the sample projects and exercises covered in the book, plus FAQs, macros,
useful links and various other Office resources.
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Reprinted from the February 2000 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
