Reviews (2)

basic review of computer applications
This is a great book, very user friendly for the novice computer user.

Excellent Book. Highly Recommended!
I just finished using this book in a self-paced, college course. It's an excellent one.I never had any trouble following the step-by-step instuctions and I rarely had to ask my instructor for any help. The only drawback is if you want to go back and do any of the exercises over again months later as a review, you can't, because you need the data files from the course. I guess I could have saved all of them but that would have taken about 30 floppy disks which is the only option I had. The Access database alone is huge. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Software - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - Accounting Packages    5. Computers / Business Software / General    6. Microsoft Office   

Reviews (8)

Good book , worth to read
This book is designated as the textbook for our master's level management modeling class. The author concerntrated on the application of Microsoft Solver to solve various of optimazation problems that we freqently faced in the real business opreations. Overall, this is good book for entry-level management modeling study.

Well Written, Clear, and To The Point
Yes, this book is expensive. Yes, the subject matter is rather dry. But if you don't expect dry subject matter, what are you doing in graduate school?
Solid text that really teaches decision analysis
Since Lotus 1-2-3 burst onto the scene almost thirty years ago, spreadsheet software has been a vital tool in aiding business decision-making.There are many books offering instruction in learning to use a spreadsheet.Some books promise to teach business processes but end up delivering a course on basic spreadsheeting with only a passing nod to the business processes the student was expecting to learn.Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Decision Support Systems For Business    6. Information Management    7. Management Science    8. Microcomputer Spreadsheet Software    9. Spreadsheets - General    10. Business information systems    11. Management & management techniques    12. Management decision making    13. Mathematics / Applied    14. Spreadsheet software   

Reviews (3)

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS 10 Visual QuickStart Guide
This books makes learning the workings of Microsoft Office 2004 super easy. The photos and instructions take the reader step-by-step through the inner workings of the program. A must for the beginner and a resource for the experienced user. Learn Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Entourage and more by using this guide any way you wish.

Gets You Started Quickly
Aimed at the beginning and intermediate user of Microsoft Office for Macintosh, this book is part of the Visual Quickstart Guide. The philosophy of the series is to use a lot of photographs so that you can see what the screen should look like as you do various tasks during the learning process.
Excellent quick guide to Microsoft Office
This 453-page book is written for beginning and intermediate users of Microsoft Office 2004. It blends short, well-written sections on the various parts of Office 2004 with screen shots and other graphics that show you visually how to do things.This is a winning combination and makes learning about Office 2004 easy and fun.I also was pleased to find short "tips" following the various discussions that further enhanced your ability to use the feature being discussed.
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Subjects:  1. Apple And Macintosh Programming    2. Business    3. Business Software - MSOffice    4. Computer Books: Operating Systems    5. Computer programs    6. Computers    7. Computers - Integrated Software    8. Integrated software    9. Mac OS    10. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    11. Microsoft Office    12. Operating Systems - Macintosh    13. Operating Systems - Windows    14. Computers / Business Software / General    15. Macintosh OS   

Reviews (5)

Useful to have on hand
I just got a new computer and needed a new Dummies book because I'm a dummy.I have already used this book to solve several problems.Windows XP is quite different from Windows 98 so this is a must have on my desk.Easy to use.

INDISPENSIBLE
Don't know what I would do without a book like this, there are no others available.

Great Book!
Being a total dummy about computers, I bought this book so I could learn to use the Word program included on it.It's just wonderful.You can go page by page for a testbook-lesson esperience, or just look up what you need to do in the index.I would buy this book again if this one were destroyed.I recommend it to you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Computers - Word Processing    4. Microcomputer Word Processing Software    5. Microsoft Word    6. Word Processing - General    7. Word Processing - Word    8. Word processing    9. Computers / Word Processing / General   

Subjects:  1. Business Software - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - Accounting Packages    5. Computers / Business Software / General    6. Microsoft Office   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Management - General    4. Mathematics    5. Probability & Statistics - General    6. Statistics    7. Business & Economics / Statistics    8. Business mathematics    9. Probability & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Business Software - MSOffice    2. Computer Books And Software    3. Computer programs    4. Computers    5. Computers - Integrated Software    6. Data Transmission Systems - Electronic Mail    7. Electronic mail systems    8. Microcomputer Communication Software    9. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    10. Microsoft Outlook    11. Personal information managemen    12. Personal information management    13. Programming - Software Development    14. Time management    15. Computers / General    16. Home Computing   

Reviews (8)

Great book to start getting organized
This book gives you great ideas about how to get organiazed and get things going. The only thing is that you will really need to use and get along MS Outlook pretty well, else you'll miss some of the tips and tricks in the book.
Take Back Your Life!
I'm not even to the end of the book and I already have my e-mail box emptied to zero, all my documents and files organized on my computer into an easy reference system so I know what information I already have. I am going to apply the same principles to my paper files this week. I had so much information stored and coming in that it is a huge relief to gain control over it all! All because I applied what I learned from this book.

Stong Emphasis on Up Front Planning
I am a veteran Franklin Covey planner user and consider myself very well organized and a strong time manager.Our company recently made the move to outlook, and I purchased this book hoping to get some tips on how to make the most of planning with outlook from someone who had a time management orientation.What I didn't expect was to learn anything more about time management.Boy was I wrong!Sally provides some real eye openers about spending more time up front planning tasks to get to "Strategic Next Actions" - tasks you can actually do without any dependencies.She also packs in excellent tips on setting up a reference system, handling email, and using the outlook task categories to their full potential.
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Subjects:  1. Computer programs    2. Computers    3. Computers - Communications / Networking    4. Data Transmission Systems - Electronic Mail    5. Electronic Mail    6. Information Storage & Retrieval    7. Microcomputer Communication Software    8. Personal information management    9. Time management    10. Computers / General   

Reviews (8)

Excellent book
This book is definitely very advanced and is very clearly written. The approach will: Fasten your seatbelts...
I'll make two separate sets of comments - one for professors and one for students. Confusing and Poorly Written
Had to buy this book for my class.On the surface it looked OK -- plenty to screenshots and examples, but the problems arise when you try to read the long paragraphs.Language could have been clearer.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Software - General    4. Business/Economics    5. Decision Making & Problem Solving    6. Decision Support Systems For Business    7. Entrepreneurship    8. Management    9. Management - General    10. Management science    11. Mathematical models    12. Spreadsheets - General    13. Excel    14. Management decision making   

Reviews (9)

Good book except a few errors and hpyes...
This book contains a lot of errors which should be corrected, and many pro-microsoft or authors' commercial tool hypes (which costs you your time). Some contents are repeating and it may take for you to finish the book longer than it should, but nicely written and well explaining a variety of topics. Basically this is a good book with few minor problems. With the same money, however, I am afraid that taking another Excel book could be a better choice.

Lot of good usage information
I found the book to meet the needs that I had to get a better understanding of some of the more capable functions in Excel.In particular, I was looking for more insight in the use of Pivot Tables which it provided although it stopped short of going sufficiently deep in the use of functions and formulas within Pivot Tables which would have been helpful.I particularly liked that it came with a CD that could be loaded on my laptop great when you don't have the book readily at hand.There were a few editing errors with items refering to the wrong figure or table, but not difficult to figure out which was the right referrence, just a minor annoyance.

Excellent In-Depth Resource
This book could not be more comprehensive. If you need to go deep and want to have a paper-based book to do it with (versus online help/tutorals), this is the one to have on your desk. A chapter each week will help you me much more productive. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Computer Books And Software    3. Computer programs    4. Computers    5. Computers - Spreadsheets    6. Electronic spreadsheets    7. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    8. Microcomputer Spreadsheet Software    9. Microsoft Excel (Computer file    10. Programming - Software Development    11. Spreadsheet software    12. Spreadsheets - Excel    13. Spreadsheets - General    14. Computers / General    15. Home Computing   

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Absolutely Great!
Advanced Modeling is a fantastic book, and pretty easy to follow with relatively few coding errors.There are some books out there that have errors in the code that they use, which makes it difficult or someone to learn the techniques.Even for those without a solid background in VBA, this book can benefit you to start learning how to code properly.Anyone who is relatively proficient with Excel can definitely gain a new trick or two from reading this book.All you really need to start using this book is a basic understanding of finance concepts (e.g. portolio theory, capital budgeting, binomial options pricing, Black-Scholes, etc.).The techniques that are taught are also useful in other modeling exercises, and not necessarily just for finance-related topics.

A Cookbook for Financial Modellers
Yes, the book won't teach you CAPM, Black-Scholes, or much financial theory.But there is NO shortage of those books.There is a shortage of books with real-world Excel solutions to applying financial theory to data.I've had this book for a couple of years and have probably only used 10% of it, only because I don't have time, real business need, to do the rest.I sometimes take it to bed to read and dream of having the time to try out some of their other models.That's the only thing I can add to the other reviews here, the amount of love and passion for the subject put into this book.There's not one extra padded word or graphic in this book.Yes, if there was one book I'd have to take to a desert island with Excel and some financial data this would be it.

Not really satisfying
One of the main points of programming books is to help the reader understand the models being programmed.On this count, "Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA" fails miserably.There is very little explanation of the financial concepts and models.Anyone hoping to learn finance from this book will be very disappointed.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Applied    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Economics - General    7. Finance    8. Financial Economics (General)    9. General    10. Mathematical Models In Economics    11. Mathematical models    12. Microsoft Excel (Computer file    13. Microsoft Excel (Computer file)    14. Microsoft Visual Basic for app    15. Microsoft Visual Basic for applications    16. Business & Economics / Finance    17. Excel    18. Investment & securities   

Reviews (6)

outlook 2003
Very user friendly.I learned several tips that will be very helpfull.

Computer Dummy
No Surprises here. It is exactly what you would expect for a Dummies book! I have been an outlook user for a long time and I know how to do much more than before!

Techie Help
Several years ago, before I retired, I used Outlook at my office and was quite comfortable with it.When I became a Comcast customer, they do not "support" Outlook so I used Outlook Express.When I was able to download Outlook, I needed a refresher course in operation and info on the upgraded version that I now had.This book helped in several ways, and I continue to use it as a reference book.It is easy to read and understand. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Software - PIMS    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer programs    4. Computers    5. Computers - Communications / Networking    6. Data Transmission Systems - Electronic Mail    7. Electronic Mail    8. Groupware - General    9. Information management    10. Microcomputer Communication Software    11. Microsoft Outlook    12. Networking - General    13. Personal information managemen    14. Personal information management    15. Time management    16. Computers / Data Transmission Systems / Electronic Mail    17. Electronic mail (email)    18. Integrated software packages   

Reviews (4)

Beyond Awesome, really!
I am a business consultant that works with Microsoft, HP, Oracle, HP, Xerox etc. and teaches how to conduct sales presentations to CXOs for a living. I cansay that this book has taken the look, feel and ease of creating a first class executive level business case to a level I could have not imagined. At first it is quite daunting and overwhelming.But I had to get some business cases together for 50 marketing professionals in Sydney on a special workshop and I crashed into it.The MODD system once you "get it" is easy, fast and addictive. I ripped through Excel, PowerPoint and Word integrated data and information in no time flat with the MODD tools.It scared me it worked so well.This stuff is like awesome and it is refreshing to actually see a program work without a hitch. ( I wonder how they did that?)Krieger has made me look really, really good. Go for it!

Great integration of programs, Excellent CD
I have trained over 3,000 people in Microsoft Word. None of them had ever heard of or used styles. Styles are necessary if you're going to use Word correctly. So, I bought this book for two reasons. First, I find that a woman writes a better book about learning software. I think women authors seem to explain software in better detail, especially for beginners. Second, the back cover describes a CD that has "Dozens of professional designs and layouts." I like examples for learning.
Extremely Helpful for Creating Documents + Great Tools
This book is like having an assistant to help with my documents. I create a lot of my own documents at work, and they have to look good. The book is a true help with that, not to mention the tools that come with the book. And, I can't believe how many how-to articles and tip sheets come along with the tools on the CD. Those articles are so great for quick and practical answers to the whatever I need to get done - I use them all the time.
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Subjects:  1. Business    2. Computer Books: Languages    3. Computer software    4. Computers    5. Computers - Other Applications    6. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    7. Microsoft Office    8. Microsoft Office (Computer sof    9. Microsoft Office (Computer software)    10. Miscellaneous Software    11. Programming - Software Development    12. Microsoft    13. Spreadsheets - Excel    14. Microsoft PowerPoint   

Reviews (5)

Invaluable Resource
This book has been every thing I had hoped it would be...an invaluable reference to have at one's elbow for quick help!

TIP S & TRICKS
I thought I was an Office guru (I use the software suite daily), but even I found numerous helpful tips and tricks to increase my office automation efficiency. For Dummies books are a great reference series and this one did not let me down. It is a little light in the Access area for my needs, but it draws the reader/student step-by-step through creating/using with each of the Office programs. So simple to read, follow, and understand, I've incorporated it into my 12-year old's homeschool curriculum and he loves it. Well worth the price.

A superb book, easy to read and understand
I found this book to be a real treasure -- easy to read, easy to look up information in, and easy on the eyes. For once in a computer book, the screen shots are clear and cogent to the text.
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Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business Software - MSOffice    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer programs    5. Computers - Integrated Software    6. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    7. Microsoft Office    8. Computers / Business Software / General   

Reviews (4)

Zero PowerPoint
I think if you have used PowerPoint for a month, you'll figure out most of the stuff in this book. That's for those who want the content. If you want a funny read, then get this book.

PowerPoint 2003 for Dummies
I had no prevoius experience with PowerPoint. I needed this Dummies book. I have learned a lot of information that experienced users had no knowledge of. Great Book for Beginners.

Review: Power Point 2003
A very good reference tool for the beginner Power Point user.Illustrations and follow along directions VERY useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Software - Powerpoint    2. Business presentations    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer Graphics - General    5. Computer graphics    6. Computer programs    7. Computers    8. Computers - Other Applications    9. Graphic methods    10. Microcomputer Graphics    11. Presentation Software    12. Computers / Desktop Applications / Presentation Software    13. PowerPoint   

Reviews (7)

All Around the Mountain...
This book is mind-numbing, as are statistics in general.The authors used a lot of words to communicate their message, taking you "all around the mountain" to get where you need to be.You must do a lot of filtering while reading to get to the subject matter and understand the concepts.

Great Author, Great Teacher
I actually have one of the authors as my teacher.He does a great job with the writing of this book and brings that exactly to the class room.Very easy to understand. Great software.

horrible
this is one of the worst books I have ever encountered.if you actually want to LEARN statistics or any kind of math analysis, stay clear from this book.Conceptual explanation of the material is ABSENT.you will not learn anything except how to follow certain directions on excel.if you want to be more than just a low level manager who just follows directions, but one who actually wants to MAKE directions, then this book is not for you.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Statistics    5. Business & Economics / Statistics   

Reviews (5)

Great Tool
I don't use Excel all the time. But when I do I don't have time to troubleshoot problems.
Review From A Psychology Student
I'm a soon-to-be-graduating Psychology student at the University of Washington and I am writing this review from the perspective of some one using excel in Social Sciences.
Great quick reference
I am an infrequent Excel user, so I needed a good reference book that is well indexed.That's exactly what I got with Excel 2003 QuickSteps.It's easy to find what I need when I want it.It's very well illustrated and contains a lot of great tips.The author does an excellent job of explaining the material. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business Software - MSOffice    3. Computer Books: Spreadsheets    4. Computer programs    5. Computer software    6. Computers    7. Computers - Accounting Packages    8. Electronic spreadsheets    9. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    10. Microcomputer Spreadsheet Software    11. Operating Systems - Windows    12. Programming - Software Development    13. Spreadsheets - Excel    14. Spreadsheets - General    15. Computers / Spreadsheets / General    16. Excel   

Reviews (1)

Great Book, For Those Who Are New To Computers!
This is a great textbook!This book is very easy to follow, as it has provided step-by-step instructions on how to do each of the chapters in this book and of Office XP.It also has a chapter review section with more exercises. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Software - MSOffice    2. Computer Books: Word Processing    3. Computers    4. Computers - Integrated Software    5. Word Processing - General    6. Microsoft Office    7. Word processing software   

Reviews (3)

Worthless........for some
Stupid book, stupid class, waste of time.Unless you are totally, 100% computer illiterate.I have a friend from Arkansas named Shawn, who didn't even know how to turn the computer on (literally), who used this book and is now typing his own personal letterheads and using all the Microsoft programs taught in this book to their full extent.He woulda given it 5 stars if maybe I found some use for it other than starting fires, making patties, disposable coasters, etc. Exploring Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, v. 1
Well laid out, high physical quality, effectively written text good for teaching pure beginners how to use this tool [and even v.1 has some tips for those who are experienced] with lots of useful exercises.What limitsthis to 3 stars is the fact that OUTLOOK 2000 is not covered in any waywhatsoever, despite the fact that it is an essential part of OFFICE whichis heavily used in many organizations.The index also proved lacking whenI wanted to find out about 'speaker's notes' in POWER POINT.

Highly Recommended
Very comprehensive coverage of Office 2000 application. I get stuck on something, there is an answer! It saves so much of my time! Try it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business Software - General    3. Business Software - MSOffice    4. Computer Bks - Integrated Software    5. Computer Books: Operating Systems    6. Computer programs    7. Computers    8. Computers - Integrated Software    9. Electronic spreadsheets    10. General    11. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    12. Microsoft Access    13. Microsoft Excel (Computer file    14. Microsoft Office professional    15. Microsoft PowerPoint (Computer    16. Microsoft Word    17. Office Automation    18. Word processing    19. Business & Economics / Information Management   

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A Good Start
This manuel was an excellent start for some of us "dummies" out there.Though I have signed up for a Project Class to be taken in person, this book as definately helped me to get by with a little help from the Dummy Writers.
a real dummy review
great, worked for me.use this and the on line tutorial

Great place to start
Facing the new year with numerous relatively small projects that I felt were out of control, I resolved to take action. I believed that my planning tasks were unlikely to tax the abilities of Project 2003, and was not really interested in knowing every detail of the software. I picked up this book, and was able to read the sections of interest--about 75% of the content--on a flight from Atlanta to San Jose. I was not disappointed. By the evening of January 10, my three most pressing projects were organized, resources were assigned, and realistic finish dates had been determined. The book gave me the information I needed to get results without false starts. While the attempts at folksy humor can be a tad annoying, the prose is generally clear and understandable. I doubt this is the book for you if you are managing a major project with dozens of people. However, if your projects are jobs like press releases, webinars, and minor software releases, you will likely be well served by it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Software - General    2. Computer Books And Software    3. Computer programs    4. Computers - Accounting Packages    5. Industrial Project Management    6. Microcomputer Application Software    7. Microsoft Project    8. Programming - General    9. Project Management    10. Computers / Business Software / General    11. Microsoft Office    12. Project management software