Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser: Get Up and Running with Office 2010 and Office 2007 (The Third Age Trust (U3A)/Older & Wiser)

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2010
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Are you new to Microsoft Office software? Looking for instructions that aren't full of complicated computing terms? Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser can answer all of your queries with its straightforward advice and easy-to-follow layout on using both Office 2010and Office 2007. 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

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Are you new to Microsoft Office software? Looking for instructions that aren't full of complicated computing terms? Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser can answer all of your queries with its straightforward advice and easy-to-follow layout on using both Office 2010and Office 2007. 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

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 15 Oct 2010
ISBN 10: 0470711965
ISBN 13: 9780470711965

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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).

Author Bio

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.