Word 2002 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

If you've touched a computer in the past decade, chances are pretty good that you've used Microsoft Word. Now in its umpteenth revision, Microsoft has made this application more user-friendly than ever. Word 2002 offers enhanced formatting tools, streamlined feedback process, and improved reliability and security. In addition, new voice recognition capabilities means users can now dictate and format their documents without having to touch a keyboard.

Word 2002 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is fully updated to bring readers up to date with these new features. This guide starts with Word basics: text, formatting, and printing. It then moves on to more complex Word features, such as objects, tables, charts, and outlines. Finally, this Visual QuickStart Guide takes Word to the Web and shows the reader how to create Web pages using Word 2002. This task-based, visual guide can be used as a tutorial or as a task-based reference.

To call the latest version of Microsoft Word a mere word processor would be an insult to this powerful software package. Learn how to produce everything from simple letters to fully functional Web pages without ever quitting out of Word with Word 2002 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, the must-have companion to this updated Office stalwart.

You can use the flexible, task-based guide as a tutorial or as a quick reference; hundreds of screenshots ensure you’ll never be at a loss as you follow the straightforward steps. Newcomers to Word can start with the basics—-text, formatting, and printing—before moving on to objects, tables, and outlines. Word veterans can use the book’s tabbed format to skip straight to specific sections—say, taking Word to the Web—or to quickly brush up on advanced topics, such as working with others (collaborating on documents, tracking changes, and protecting documents) and using other programs with Word (inserting PowerPoint slides into a Word document, for example).

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A visual reference on Microsoft Word 2002 for Windows, for beginners and for users already familiar with Word. Starts with basics of formatting and printing, then continues through advanced topics including tables and objects, mail merges, Web documents, and integration with other programs. Features step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and tips. Langer has written many computer books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Maria Langer has written more than 20 computer books. She also writes for MacWEEK, MacAddict, NetProfessional, FileMaker Pro Advisor, and Computer User. She is a consultant, Webmaster, computer trainer, and regular speaker at Macworld Expo.