Chapter 1: Introduction

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Overview

Microsoft Word has the market on Word Processing software. I have heard that its share is ninety percent. The rest is made up of WordPerfect and several free or very inexpensive alternatives.

This book is for the ninety percent who use Microsoft Word, whether by choice or at gunpoint.

This entire book, except its cover, was written and designed using all of the proper layout procedures in Microsoft Word. I’d like to think that, with the help of this book, you could just as easily create a document like it.

Though Word 97 is great if you still have it, our primary focus is on versions Word 2000 and 2002/XP. For your information, the versions are referred to as described in the following table. I’ve included older versions for reference only.

Name

Office Version

Number

Word 6

Office 4.3*

Unknown to me

Word 7

Office 95

7.0

Word 97

Office 97

8.0

Word 2000

Office 2000

9.0

Word 2002/XP

Office 2002/XP

10.0

Word 2003

Office 11

11.0

Office 4.3 came with Access 2.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, and Word 6.0. With the release of Office 95, the version numbers began coinciding through all of the applications.

I’ve just reviewed Word in Office 2003. Like Office 97, I believe many people will stick with Office 2000 or 2002/XP for quite some time.

I am of the opinion that some of the features introduced with Office 2002/XP are a waste of time; there are many other features they could have provided. I don’t like the Task Panes or the Smart Tags, they just fill up my work area, and I want the old Mail Merge Wizard back!

I personally run Office 97 SR-1, Office 2000 SR-1, and Office 2002/XP. I’ve just installed the Office 2003 beta so I could give you some insight into its new features. I’m afraid there’s nothing great as far as word processors and desktop publishers go.

In general, I prefer to use the Office 2000 applications for my own work. I prefer it so much that I’m flipping back and forth between Word 2000 and Word 2002/XP to take screen shots of the dialogs as they appear in 2002/XP, and double-checking all of the menu and toolbar options.

Word 2003 brings in XML and expands on a few other features that most of us hard-core Word users may never use.

There, I’ve finally had my say in front of lots of people. Fair enough.

I’ll admit that I like Windows XP Pro’s performance over any other prior version, but why-oh-why can’t I get it to keep my folder settings? I’ve set my view to Classic Windows, and every one or two months, I’ve got the XP style again. What gives?

Ok. I’m done venting.

Unless you are a fairly new Word user, I don’t suggest you read this book from beginning to end. I certainly did not write it that way. Instead, browse through the Table of Contents and/or Table of Tips and start using some of the information immediately!

Please enjoy. I hope you learn at least one very cool thing from this book, or avoid making one fatal mistake. That ought to be enough to make it pay for itself.

I invite you to email me with any and all comments about this book. I will do my best to answer each and every email.

WordBook@TheOfficeExperts.com



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Dreamboat on Word
Dreamboat on Word: Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003 (On Office series)
ISBN: 0972425845
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 130
Authors: Anne Troy

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