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Carlo Infante
Does anybody know of any book for Word 2004? I am having trouble
learning the program.
Carlo Infante
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learning the program.
Carlo Infante
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040728 0228 - Carlo Infante posted:
The best way to learn how to use Word is to use it. Word documents begin
with a default setup. That means that the document has an already setup
margin spacing, font, and line spacings, and etc. Depending on what you do
with the Word system, you could start by creating a document -- open new
document and begin typing yourself a letter that is one page long. Then
print it out and see how it looks to you. There will probably be things
that you want to change about it. Go to the Help section of Word and look
for the help you need. You can even put in a search for things that you
want to do. If you cannot find what you want in the Help section, you can
come here and put your query to the pros who have been there, done that.
There are books that can guide you in your work with Word, but there is
nothing like learning by doing.
The best way to learn how to use Word is to use it. Word documents begin
with a default setup. That means that the document has an already setup
margin spacing, font, and line spacings, and etc. Depending on what you do
with the Word system, you could start by creating a document -- open new
document and begin typing yourself a letter that is one page long. Then
print it out and see how it looks to you. There will probably be things
that you want to change about it. Go to the Help section of Word and look
for the help you need. You can even put in a search for things that you
want to do. If you cannot find what you want in the Help section, you can
come here and put your query to the pros who have been there, done that.
There are books that can guide you in your work with Word, but there is
nothing like learning by doing.
C
Clive Huggan
Hello Carlo,
I don't know of any yet, and a quick check of Google didn't show up anything
near the front end for "Word 2004" or "Office 2004" in publications.
Are you completely new to (1) Word, (2) Word on the Mac, or if you have an
earlier version, what are you moving from? And what level of expertise do
you want to reach? Depending on your response, I can recommend something
appropriate.
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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Gene van Troyer
"Office 2001: the Missing Manual" still seems to bear some relevance, though
of course the new features of Office like Notebook won't be covered.
Gene van Troyer
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Paul Berkowitz
Office 2004 only came out about 6 weeks ago! I think you can expect that
there will be a 2004 version of Missing Manual, as there was for Office v.
X. Also there will soon be a Word eBook in the "Take Control" series
published by Tidbits (there's already one for Entourage). Just hang on a
bit.
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**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.
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Jim Jaeger
We are hanging...and our fingernails are getting sore. The program has
been out for six weeks, but authors and reviewers must have had early
copies.
Any ideas on how much longer we'll have to wait--for any help at all?
This site is a great, but I'm of the old school that likes a book,
something I can take to the reading room or fall asleep on.
jim
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Phillip M. Jones, CE.T.
matt said:
Please don't do that! Not everyone's the same.
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John McGhie
Let me depress everyone Since I write books for a living, and I have
even written one about Word, I think I should gently reset your
expectations...
It takes about 12 months to write a useful book on Word. So the first thing
we can say about any book that appears six weeks after Word does is that the
Author has never seen the version of Word he or she is writing about. This
does not enhance the accuracy or the relevancy of the content much
The most comprehensive and up-to-date information about Word is in the Help
File. I have yet to see a book that contains as much information as the
Help does, and my publisher certainly didn't want to entertain the idea of
printing that much paper (about 3,500 pages...).
A book that size becomes very difficult to use (which is why when people ask
for my phone number and I say "It's in the phone book" I always get a blank
stare...).
If you spend half an hour really researching how to use the Help in Word,
particularly the Search function, you will get much more information: it's
much more likely to be correct, and it updates whenever Word does
You want to know the *real* reason Microsoft doesn't print a paper manual?
There it is: It can't be done. It takes too long to write it, and the
users couldn't use it if you did write one, because it's too big!
Hope this helps
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Since I write books for a living, and I haveeven written one about Word, I think I should gently reset your
expectations...
It takes about 12 months to write a useful book on Word. So the first thing
we can say about any book that appears six weeks after Word does is that the
Author has never seen the version of Word he or she is writing about. This
does not enhance the accuracy or the relevancy of the content much
The most comprehensive and up-to-date information about Word is in the Help
File. I have yet to see a book that contains as much information as the
Help does, and my publisher certainly didn't want to entertain the idea of
printing that much paper (about 3,500 pages...).
A book that size becomes very difficult to use (which is why when people ask
for my phone number and I say "It's in the phone book" I always get a blank
stare...).
If you spend half an hour really researching how to use the Help in Word,
particularly the Search function, you will get much more information: it's
much more likely to be correct, and it updates whenever Word does
You want to know the *real* reason Microsoft doesn't print a paper manual?
There it is: It can't be done. It takes too long to write it, and the
users couldn't use it if you did write one, because it's too big!
Hope this helps
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Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.
John McGhie <[email protected]>
Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410