Word 2007 For Dummies
by Dan Gookin
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Author: Dan GookinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-26
ISBN: 0470036583
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: For Dummies
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Book Review: I HATE THIS BOOK!
Summary: 1 Stars
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 (beside all his paragraphs). The diagram is four blocks with a word in each block. That's it, Dan, that's all you needed. He has the irritating habit of telling you all the things 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), 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, Dan, and forget all the words unless each one is absolutely necessary. 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!
Summary of Word 2007 For Dummies
- Dan Gookin's For Dummies guides to Word have consistently led the pack, selling more than 1.7 million copies in previous editions
- The author's irreverent sense of humor and crystal-clear prose make getting up to speed on Word a snap
- Thoroughly updated to cover Word's new interface, new file format options, and new collaboration and connectivity features
- An essential resource for everyone who wants to hit the ground running with Word 2007 and make the most of all the new features
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