Microsoft Books

This book consists of about twenty "ten-minute" lessons. Each lesson covers one aspect of Excel clearly and simply and is complete in itself. Throughout the book are small screen-shots to clarify the instructions, as well as pictures of buttons where appropriate. It is easy to progress through the book from one lesson to another or to skip around as topics are needed. As I tell my students, completing a lesson may take one person ten minutes or may take another thirty minutes. At the end of each one, however, the student will have mastered the topic, and will have sense of accomplishment. The book can also be used as a quick reference to get a step-by-step walk through of an Excel procedure. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick, clear step-by-step introduction to Excel.

And just as the book claimed, in just ten minutes, it really helped make difference. One of the best self help books out on the market. I keep it right on my desk for easy access. I'm glad I found it.

I'm not part of the Powerpoint generation. I grew up making presentations by hand, drawing on sheets of clear plastic with grease pencils. But I got tired of having to rely on someone else to help me express my ideas. So I took the plunge to learn Powerpoint. This book got me, a programmer, up to speed fast. No foolishness, no trite explanations that I didn't need. Just the facts, in a great tutorial style. I was making my slides, speaker notes and handouts in 10 minutes! (Well maybe not 10 minutes but definitely within a couple of hours :) I highly recommend this book for those of you out there who don't have the time to devote to learning Powerpoint, but need to get their job done.

Hi there, Refer this book to have clear understanding to the world of Windows'95. I highly recommend this book.

The 23 chapters should allow learning in "10 minutes or less". WinFax PRO 4.0 is designed for Windows 3.1 [but can be used in Windows 95]. The 'Introduction' says this is a practical guide that is faster and easier than the original manual. It focuses on the most often used features to make learning quick and easy. The first part (Lessons 1-18) explains how to send a facsimile message. Lessons 19-22 explain how to receive a fax, then view and print it, transform its text for input to a word-processor. [Facsimile messages were invented around 1840, not long after the electric telegraph was invented.]

Lesson 1 explains how to start WinFax PRO, get help, and exit. Lesson 2 tells how to transmit a fax (the modem is treated like a Windows printer) either from an application or from WinFax PRO. The next Lessons explains using a Phonebook, adding a cover page, or attachments. Lesson 7 tells how to use a Twain-compatible scanner to capture an image that can be transmitted. You can send attachments (Lesson 8) or certain files (Lesson 9). Lesson 10 tells how to schedule a fax for later transmission. You can view and preview faxes (Chapter 11), or add notes and pictures to a fax (Chapter 12). WinFax PRO can handle various graphic file formats (p.66). Lesson 13 and 14 explain how to view, cancel, resend, or forward a fax. Lessons 15 and 16 explain creating and updating phonebooks, and creating groups of recipients. Lesson 17 and 18 tell how to edit, create, and change Cover Pages.

Lesson 19 tells how to receive faxes automatically or manually. If you have only one phone line you should choose manual reception. Lesson 20 explains how to view, print, and clean up a fax (removing line noise that shows up as dots or shading). Using Optical Character Recognition allows the text in a fax to be placed into a word processing program (p.114). You can chose the area to be processed. Lesson 22 tells how to manage fax attachments. They can be placed in a folder, then added, deleted, copied, or moved. Lesson 23 covers the management of fax events by sorting, deleting, or archiving them. Appendix B explains how to change the Setup parameters (modem, dialing, user information).

Those using Windows 98 or later version should be using a newer version of WinFax PRO for those operating systems. Since 1994 there has been a change where you must dial a ten-digit phone number in many area codes. One useful feature is the ability to scan documents to create computer data files which can be shared.

This book goes into a lot of detail and explains why things work the way they do. This is a great book for someone who is confused about networking. The price is a little high, but after reading it and going through the exercises at the end of each chapter, I think it is worth it.

The book seems a little broad at a first glance; however, it gives you a very nice step by step lab each topic. It has some TIPS for your test on most every page. The explanation which should be understandable for any reader is given and not just some Geek speak. The book comes with a Test generator CD and even with SERVER 2003 Trail version for 180 days. Great book if you ask me to get ready for your Cert or job

turned out to be the wrong book but my professor liked this one better got me extra points and turned out great its multiple choice the whole book so thats a plus but yet all the information you need is still in there i learned alot about server 2003 after this

I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to obtain your MCSE or just needs a book for a good reference.

As a student, I using this book in a Vista system administration course. So far, first week,I have found it well written and very practical.