Description
Completely jargon-free and aimed at those wishing to extend their computing knowledge, Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser will have you producing documents in Word, spreadsheets in Excel, slideshows in PowerPoint, and emails in Windows Live Mail in no time.
Learn how to:
- Type and format a letter
- Create an address book
- Produce personalised invitations
- Publish a newsletter
- Form a basic holiday budget
- Create a photo slideshow
- Keep a digital recipe book
- Share and develop ideas over the Internet
U3A is a self-help, learning cooperative for those no longer in full-time, gainful employment. Members come together to share their love of learning through educational, creative and leisure activities. U3A offer their members a wide choice of 300+ subjects in areas such as art, foreign languages, music, history, life sciences, literature, poetry, gardening, philosophy, crafts, field studies, archaeology, astronomy and computing. Currently there are over 230,000 members and more than 740 local U3A groups in the UK. Visit U3A online at www.u3a.org.uk
About the Author
Sean McManus (Uxbridge, UK) is a technology and business author. His previous books include, Social Networking for the Older and Wiser, Small Business Websites That Work (Prentice Hall) and the co-authored Customer Service Pocketbook (with Tony Newby, Management Pocketbooks). As a journalist, Sean has written tutorials and feature articles for magazines including Internet Magazine (where he was staff writer), Internet Works, Business 2.0, Start and Run Your Business, Making Music, Melody Maker and Personal Computer World.
Reviews
the text is clear, direct and written in a lively, engaging style The design is also excellent the book is a success . (50Connect.co.uk, October 2010) written in a friendly and readable style this is a well-produced guide that offers a good introduction to day-to-day MSOffice use. (PC Utilities Magazine, Aprli 2011).
Book Information
ISBN 9780470711965
Author Sean McManus
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 599g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 175mm * 16mm