Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

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Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

By Nan Barber, David Reynolds
May 2001
Pages: 620
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-00081-2 | ISBN 13: 9780596000813
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Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual tackles each of the primary Office applications with depth, humor, and clarity, and provides relief for the hapless Mac user who'd rather read professionally written printed instructions than hunt through a maze of personality-free help screens. This book is a must-read for any Mac Office 2001 user.
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To the surprise of most Mac fans, the number one bestselling Macintosh software is Microsoft Office for the Macintosh. It's by far the most popular Macintosh software, and the first software purchase a new Mac user is likely to make. And for the first time, Office 2001 comes without a single page of printed instructions. The packaging is a five- inch-square clear plastic case housing the CD-ROM and little else. Fortunately, Pogue Press/O'Reilly is once again ready to embrace the befuddled and overwhelmed--with Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual. It tackles each of the primary Office applications with depth, humor, and clarity, and provides relief for the hapless Mac user who'd rather read professionally written printed instructions than hunt through a maze of personality-free help screens. The book is structured to help the beginner as well as the seasoned user. Part One provides an overview of Word. From "What's New," to "Basic Word Processing," to "Document Design," to "Advanced Word Processing"--with in-depth details on creating Web pages and performing mail merges using Word. Part Two covers the new Palm-syncable calendar in Entourage, including all aspects of email, how to best use the calendar and address book, and crucial information on the Palm Hotsync. Part three explains all the finer points of Excel, including Microsoft's exciting new "List Manager," specifically designed for creating and manipulating lists without the prerequisite of learning spreadsheet tools. Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual is coauthored by a dream team of Missing Manual alumni: David Reynolds, executive editor of MacAddict magazine and coauthor of AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual, and Nan Barber, whose efforts as the copy editor of the first four Missing Manual titles gave her an intuitive feeling for the friendly, funny, authoritative voice of the series. Once again, the authors are joined by series founder David Pogue, who has closely edited the book to ensure excellence of depth, accuracy, and prose.

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Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual Review, June 26 2001

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Submitted by Jean Hutchinson [Respond | View]

Actually this is not a review yet. I just got the book and I can't find Appendix C on your web site as the book promised on page 10. I looked at errata which is supposed to have updates as well as error corrections and it wasn't there. Did I miss something?

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Media reviews
"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
-- Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post

"I have reviewed quite a number of Missing Manual books and I am always impressed with them. David Pogue is a Mac master and the depth of his knowledge shines through."
-- Roger Bernau, ACT Apple User Group Incorporated

"I would rather go without food for three days than miss any of the Missing Manual books."
--Al Fasodt of "The Post-Standard," June 5, 2003

"I admit that I opened this book somewhat pessimistically, despite the great reputation of the whole Misisng Manual series. I have several books at work, where I use Office 98 on a PC, that are easily twice as thick, and in which I still have difficulty at times finding the information I want. Surprise! Or was it? 'Office 2001 for the Macintosh; the Missing Manual' lives fully up to the Missing Manual standards of thoroughly covering the topic, ease of use, and quality of indexing. Readability, too, for that matter."
--Carol Bruml, North Coast Mac Users Group of Ohio, September 2002

"Office has become more complex with every version, and yet less and less help is provided. Coming to the rescue is 'Office 2001 for Macintosh, the Missing Manual'...I especially liked the clear explanations and excellent illustrations. A picture is always worth a thousand words, especially for us visual learners. The book is well organized and easy to read. Helpful tips are scattered throughout as well as 'Power Users Clinics'...By reading this book, I discovered many useful features of these programs I had never known existed and expanded my horizons...would recommend this book to anyone using Office on a regular basis. Both beginners and Power users will benefit from reading this well-written book."
--Judy Haber, Fresno Mac User Group

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"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
--Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post

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