No matter what your core business, the productivity of your organization rests largely on the software its people use to do such everyday tasks as writing letters and making calculations. When you choose to upgrade to a new version of a productivity suite, you'd better do it carefully, or output will surely suffer. That's the theme of Migrating to Office 2000, which aims at getting you up to date on what's new in the latest Office release, and explaining how it differs from Office 95 and Office 97. You might decide you'd be better served by a larger book that treats all Office 2000 operations in detail, but this one is a good value if all you want is a quick statement of what's new and what's different.

The book does a good job of explaining how the Office 2000 applications--Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook--differ from their forebears. Features that are common to all Office applications get attention, too. However, the presentation of procedures and the circuitous way of pointing out interface elements (you have to read some text, note a number, and then find that number in an illustration) harm the book as a whole. It would be stronger if procedures were organized as numbered steps and callouts were more immediately informative. --David Wall

Topics covered: Microsoft Office 2000's new and exciting features. Coverage touches on table-editing features in Word, charting improvements in Excel, subdatasheets in Access, and distribution lists in Outlook.

From Book News, Inc.
A thorough reference to navigating the switch from Office 95 and 97 to Office 2000, with an emphasis on the most significant functional changes and new features. The volume primarily uses a visual style of teaching, showing pictures of screens to demonstrate where old features have moved and where new ones are located.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Book Description
Have you ever gone home on Friday, only to come back on Monday to an entirely new suite of applications on your desktop? Ever fumbled through menus and screens trying to figure out how to do the same work you've always had to do. Frustrating, isn't it? Migrating to Office 2000 is designed for the common "victim" of upgrading to a new software package. Even the most savvy users struggle to return to productivity in the wake of upgrades, and what you are looking for is just what has changed. This book doesn't focus on reasons to upgrade or total cost of ownership discussion--just where the buttons are now so you can go on with your work.

From the Back Cover
Have you ever gone home on Friday, only to come back on Monday to an entirely new suite of applications on your desktop? Ever fumbled through menus and screens trying to figure out how to do the same work you've always had to do. Frustrating, isn't it? Migrating to Office 2000 is designed for the common "victim" of upgrading to a new software package. Even the most savvy users struggle to return to productivity in the wake of upgrades, and what you are looking for is just what has changed. This book doesn't focus on reasons to upgrade or total cost of ownership discussion--just where the buttons are now so you can go on with your work.

About the Author
Laura Stewart is an experienced technical writer and software instructor. She is a certified Microsoft Office Expert Specialist in Excel and PowerPoint, and an award winning Microsoft Office 2000 Beta tester. Laura has written several computer reference books for QUE including: Using Microsoft Excel 97 (Second Edition), Migrating to Office 95 & 97: A Corporate Users Reference Guide, Easy Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, and Easy Microsoft Excel 97. She has also been a contributing author on several other QUE books, including: Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 98, Teach Yourself Microsoft Project 98, Special Edition Using Microsoft PowerPoint 97, and Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 95. With more than 7 years experience as a professional instructor of computer application classes, Laura has become an expert at explaining difficult software application concepts. At the same time, her engaging teaching style keeps the classes interesting and fosters an interactive learning experience for her students. Laura teaches a wide variety of spreadsheet, project management, database, and graphic applications primarily for Productivity Point International, a leader in computer software training solutions. Additionally, she frequently provides consulting on Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Have you ever gone home on Friday, only to come back on Monday to an entirely new suite of applications on your desktop? Ever fumbled through menus and screens trying to figure out how to do the same work you've always had to do. Frustrating, isn't it? Migrating to Office 2000 is designed for the common "victim" of upgrading to a new software package. Even the most savvy users struggle to return to productivity in the wake of upgrades, and what you are looking for is just what has changed. This book doesn't focus on reasons to upgrade or total cost of ownership discussion—just where the buttons are now so you can go on with your work.

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Booknews

A thorough reference to navigating the switch from Office 95 and 97 to Office 2000, with an emphasis on the most significant functional changes and new features. The volume primarily uses a visual style of teaching, showing pictures of screens to demonstrate where old features have moved and where new ones are located. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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