about the book

Once you get to know Microsoft Office Essentials you'll want to keep it within easy reach of you computer...

what's inside

• Microsoft Office Manager and Shortcut Bar
• Word's formatting tools -- templates, styles, and wizards
• Word to create newsletters, reports, etc.
• Word and Excel together, capitalizing on the strengths of both
• Excel to create simple workbooks for such tasks as balancing your checkbook or preparing a budget
• Excel to display your data with charts
• Powerpoint to develop a presentation that combines words and clip-art images

about the reader

Ronny Richardson, now a faculty member at Southern Polytechnic State University, was formerly a financial analyst at a Fortune 100 company where he developed and maintained thousands of spreadsheets, large and small. He has written 20 computer books, including several best sellers.

about the author