Microsoft Books

Finally a book that explains the objective and not just what the software is capable of doing!

I would highly recommend this book to any person using Office 2003 in a business environment. Gini Courter and Annette Marquis had anticipated my questions and not only provided highly informative answers but extremely useful tips and advice. Additionally, the examples will assist readers from an entry level to expert.

My bookshelf is crammed with reference guides for application software. Recently I have purchased a number of titles written by Courter and Marquis as I find their writing style so easy to read and interpret. Once again I have not been disappointed with this title.

I've only just begun reading this book, but have learned something on each and every page. I bought it at the suggestion of a colleague who attends seminars given by the authors. She raves about their knowledge and ability to easily give instructions on using software applications as they "write the manuals", and I can confirm that they "know their stuff."

This book is a great resource for both people who have used other Office versions and for those who are beginners. The explanations are great and the pictures really help you understand what is going on. My copy of this book has been borrowed numerous times by others in my office. They love the book just as much as I do.

DO NOT ORDER ANY BOOKS FROM BOOK AUTHORITY. I ORDERED THE CORE 4 FROM THEM ON SEPT. 1ST AND STILL HAVENT GOTTENT HE BOOOK AND IT IS THE 12TH. I CALLED AND THERE IS SOME ANSWERING MACHINE EVERYTIME. IT TOOK THEM ALMOST A WEEK TO PROCESS MY ORDER. CANT WAIT TO GET THE BOOKS, I HOPE BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, 2000. LATER

I bought this core pack and the individual IIS and TCP/IP. After taking some classes, it was the perfect tool to cram with. I did not want to go though a 500-700 page book, so 180 or so pages was perfect. I passed one test a week.

An easy to read, comprehensive set of books. Just right for supplementing Microsoft Press Training Kits. I am proud to have a 100% success rate in all of my Microsoft exams, in part because of this series of books.

This is all you need to obtain your certification, there is no need to purchase an additional book. But it is helpful for the times you are away from your computer. I spent 2 hours a day for 2 weeks and I aced my exam!

First of all I should note that this is an interactive CD Rom, not a book. It is however based on the Sybex text of the same title. I recommend using this product in conjunction with MCSE Windows 2000 Pro. for Dummies. I found they complimented each other rather well, as the Dummies book was based more on the Authors real world experience as opposed to the CD's facts and figures. The CD features an array of practice questions, assessment tools and of course interactive animation. The only downside to the product is that it is riddled with spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and the occasional misprint. Overall, I found this product to be of great benefit. If you're looking for value for money, I strongly recommend adding this item to your shopping basket (but don't put all your eggs in the same basket, especially if you're new to MCSE).

This is a computer program. I tried doing a search through software and it would not show up. While it is great to have this under books for searches, and I agree it should be there to, but first and formost this book should show up under a software search.

This book basically has every answer to every question you've had about exchange. It also has tons of scripts with detailed explanations on the cd, as well as .vsd templates for troubleshooting, upgrade senario docs, and tons of other useful material. I've been consulting for 5+ years, mcsex2, etc. As far as windows, or exchange books from ANY publisher, its the best i've ever read, or even heard about.

This book is packed with everything you need to know about Exchange 2003 to attain a very advanced understanding of the product. It includes information on designing the environment, managing, opimizing and troubleshooting (including disaster recovery planning and methods). It has all of the material you need to know to pass exams 070-284 and 285 for MCSA/E: Messaging credential, so you don't need to buy any other books! The CD ROM has the ebook format plus tools and resources that you can use on the job. I have around 60 MS Press books in my library, and this is easilly one of the very best written as well as more useful.

I like this book because it is easy to read and it is clear. Of course, you will enjoy better this book with prior exchange experience or training. Microsoft has done a great job on their Exchange 2003 class. Combine the two and you will get a good start on Exchange installation, maintenance, and architecture.

The Microsoft Windows Security Inside Out for Windows XP book is a great buy. This book is an excellent reference.

Thios damn book weighs about 20 pounds, but has more information per ounce than dozens of others. No padding, no wasted words, just pages and pages of help.

I've completely changed my backup procedures as a result of reading one chapter. And I'm more confident of my internet security and data integrety.

Excellent book!

Microsoft has been changing OSes as often as the phone company changes area codes and with that you need to keep up on the latest developments. One of the biggest problems arising from computers today is security and this book certainly helps me to understand what it takes to lock down 2000 and XP.

Having worked with 2000 for over a year and XP for over 6 months, I am finding new things out everyday. I was pleasantly surprised to see that these authors have gone to great lengths to make the understanding of the security systems in 2000 and XP may not be a complex as they seem.

The book is very well documented, in fact the entire book is in PDF format making it a portable reference. What you'll find in the 800 pages is what to do from securing the internet to restricting access to setting user rights and permissions.

The authors have even gone as far as putting in numerous step by step exercises fro you to work with. Another thing that makes this book standout is the fact that is can be used for both the 70-214 and the Security+ exams.

Finally the section on wireless security is one that I am re-reading, while the concepts are understandable, I have to go over the section to fully understand it. The book also has a cd included and as stated before the e-book is include as well as a number of various add-ins and utilities.

I think the overall value comes from the fact that the book covers a wide range of security related information, 2 operating systems, and 2 versions of the XP operating system and is detailed and well documented.

COBOL is still the dominant mainframe production language and new applications continue to be created using it. It was therefore with a great deal of anticipation that I started Howard Hinman's rewarding series of tutorials for COBOL using Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET development environment. Fujitsu offers a trial version of .netCOBOL for download from their Web site ... and Microsoft also offers a download of the trial version of VisualStudio.NET. Prior to starting this excellent set of tutorials, I installed both the trial versions of netCOBOL and Visual Studio.NET. Although neither are necessary for you to view and benefit from the netCOBOL videos, being able to recreate Howard's examples on your machine will significantly increase your understanding of netCOBOL when you can see that the examples that he presents really do work. Too many times I have attempted to create and run application examples from "How To" texts only to have them inexplicably fail. Howard's narratives follow his step-by-step examples completely and accurately. If you have programmed in COBOL before but have not yet used either Visual Studio.NET or the .NET framework, you will be pleased to see that no previous knowledge of either is required or assumed. I found nothing to complain about while completing the nine lessons and the entire experience was pleasurable and rewarding. My operating system is Windows XP Professsional, which I installed only because the use of IIS, which neither Windows 98 or XP Home Edition includes, is recommended. The tutorials run on Windows Media Player and the video and audio presentations are excellent.

This training video is superb.

The level of detail is almost always on target. Each new section begins with a broader perspective and then narrows down to repeatable lessons that bring home the concepts. Howard almost always starts with a blank project so every detail is covered; there are no mysteries left over.

I think this is the most effective video training I have ever seen.

With this email I would like to express my opinion about your two NetCOBOL CD's called Microsoft .NET for COBOL Programmers.

First, a brief description about my professional background:

I have 15 years of COBOL programming experience on different mainframe platforms.
I have been working with Fujitsu Consulting for 5+ years.
I have taken numerous courses in VB, Java, UML, Web Development using VB, and lately several .NET events, presentations or conferences.

My next project is not going to use mainframe but Microsoft .NET, particularly ASP .NET and VB.NET.

Now about your CD's:

These were the best educational CD's I have ever taken.

Because of my knowledge of Microsoft .NET and VB, and my long experience with COBOL, your CD's were easy to follow. I noticed that NetCOBOL has a lot of similarities with VB, which made it easier to understand OO NetCOBOL.. It helped me very much to understand .NET and VB features which were not quite clear to me until now.

Your CD's are very much like a live classroom setting, and even better because you can repeat parts if you want to see or hear again. Windows Media Audio/Video Player was probably the best technology to use for these lessons. It made them dynamic and not boring. Other educational CD's, like Computer Based Training CD's, are without voice and motion and thus were too static and boring. Your CD's are very detailed and thoroughly done, showing each detail, each step, and each cursor movement.

I especially liked the fact that Howard was creating most of the projects from scratch. On other CD's projects or programs are already created and you don't see start to finish how to do it. They usually just show some parts or creating small parts from already created entity.

I also enjoyed trying to create same projects on my own in my Visual Studio .NET environment. I had small challenging problems, because of some differences between my installed production version of NetCOBOL and the one that Howard was using. But I was able to resolve them quickly and it just added value to my learning process.

I am very excited about the possibility to work in the near future on some projects using NetCOBOL.
But I am also a little cautious and ready to expect more challenges when using it in the real world. The real world COBOL programs and mainframe environments can be much more complicated than the examples presented.

Again, congratulations for excellent CD's.

This book contains many undocumented tricks. This is a book that an Access developer better has to enrich your database applications.

This is one of the easiest books to use. It sits on my desk within arms reach. The Q&A format, helps you get answers to questions you didn't know you had. This is a must for anyone developing in Access, beginners to experts

Without a doubt the best, easiest to follow guide on advanced Access 2.0 features and programming. This is the one reference I go to over and over again when trying to solve a tricky problem or find a more elegant solution. It details many undocumented and underdocumented features that make Access 2.0 the powerful tool that it is. This book gave me the quantum leap in understanding Access Basic and associated advanced appliation development tools. I recommend it to anyone building Access applications, large and small, and for power users who want to improve the look and feel of their databases

This book will walk you through the myriad of excel functions that can help turn your spreadsheets into robust analysis tools, rather then dreary collections of numbers. A great resource!

This reference manual describes all the "FUNCTIONS" that you can use in Excel.

If you want to learn WHAT A FUNCTION IS, this reference will tell you.

If you want to know what Families of Functions EXIST in Excel, this reference organizes the functions into families ( Database, Date/Time, DDE & External, Engineering, Financial, Information, Logical, Lookup/Reference, Match & Trig, Statistical and Text Functions), and then lists and describes the details of every one of them.

If you ALREADY KNOW WHAT that you need to use an Excel function, this reference will tell you HOW to use it.

This is the dictionary of Excel Functions which are the heart of Excel. This is one of those rare books ( like a dictionary ) that is not diminished by the lack of an index.

The table of contents lets you find everything.

Recommended for financial programmers, engineers and scientist

Even though on-line help (prevalent in most computer applications today) has its advantages, it is good to know that there is help in a book format that is much more detailed, well-organized, and better illustrated. It is rare that I encounter a problem with Microsoft Word that is not addressed in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.

I found this book very helpful, easy to follow and not compicated in their directions. I would highly recommend this book for the novice or those that have extended experience with the Mac or Office and the price is a bargain.

The In a Snap books do not presume that you are a Dummy or an Idiot. They presume that you are a smart person, not afraid of computers, but that you need to learn how to use something new, like a piece of software on your computer. Further they assume that you want to get started without having to pour through all the 1500 pages or so in the guru level book. This book takes the Office 2004 software package for the Mac computer and gives it the In a Snap approach.

In evaluating books on Office, I always look first to see if they discuss Pivot Tables in the section on Excel. A surprising number of books don't, or give them very short treatment. In this book the index sends you to page 263, that puts you right in the middle of a discussion on pivot tables. Flipping back a page or three gets you to a section called Find Relationships Between Data. What an excellent idea, that's what a pivot table really is, but doesn't have the problem of the dumb name Pivot Table. The discussion is as good as I've seen anywhere in explaining what you can use them for.

The next thing I found was inside the front cover where they have a "Contents at a Glance." This sends you to, not the page number - that's the function of the index, but to a section identified by its own numbering system. Really a handy way to get where you want to jump in to solve the problem you're having at the moment.

Groove

What is it?
A Tool Box for Project Managers or Information Managers
How does it do it??
Groove is set up with 10 to 15 tools that will assist in the process of infomation transfer. Each tool is explained to the "T", about not only how, but when & where the tool should be used.
Features glore.
The tools in MSGroove provide methods to track your meeting schedules, Meeteing Decisions, Meeting Notes and share the Project folders (Files), pictures, track issues, Alerts, project calendars, Integration of InfoPath forms, instant messages and the list goes on and on.
One important aspect is that the engineers realized you may need to use a specific tool over and over. Example is the calendar tool. You can create numerous calendars, for example, one calendar for each of your sub-contarctors, entering all the dates of expected work or information, then you can combine all the calendars into one complete calendar or combine any number of calendars together, somewhat like an overlay system adding one at a time to see if problems exist. Very Cool.
One small problem is that the sketch pad for doing your drawings needs to have an eraser for sketch errors
Groove can be a very powerful tool for any project PM or information manager. Combining this Program with "MS PROJECT" on the larger project side, provides complete project shareware anywhere.
Finally a ((secured workspace)) to share important information with your partners & Employees in business. Not only can you share information, you can also allocate responsibilities and see the follow up, through the use of the Alert system. This program works on a server or on any stand alone PC to PC. If your looking for better ways to control project information, this is your baby and Rick, John & Berry will take you through the information Step by Step.
My hat is off to the engineers of MS Groove.
Great Job Bill>"M"

Groove has been around for about 7 years now and since it was bought by Microsoft in 2004 has enjoyed increasing popularity and usage. What was always missing was a resource that allowed "Joe/Jane user" to really understand how to get the best out of this intriguing application.

Well, now you can quickly and easily make your self an expert or just a very competant user; thanks to this book. I have used Groove for a while and found some of the concepts a bit difficult to grasp. Groove is different and having an expert guide like this has helped me to open up a whole new world of possibilities and opportunites to use the tool to it's full extent.

If you have Groove (or are thinking aboout it) this is a MUST have!

A great book for the beginner to more advanced "Groover". The screen shots are very helpful as is the commentary. The book is easy to read and follow. A must buy!