Wallace Wang

I've read only 3 "Dummies" books before, none of them on the subject of computer/tech, and they were good primers for the reader who wants an introduction to a subject. I should have remembered that frame of reference when I borrowed this from the library.

I'm pretty comfortable with Work and Excel, having used them since 1995, and am a more recent user of Access. We upgraded to Office 2010 about 2 weeks ago through a student promotion so I was looking for a book that addressed some of the newer features of Office. The book covered all the very basic things: creating a document, naming a file, all the very basic functions that a new user would need to know. Thus, it wasn't for me.

While the information was solid, I think the presentation was not as ideal for the novice user of Office, for whom the book was written. It's not necessarily the author, I think it's the Dummies series parameters: the italized font and b&w photos make are not as reader-friendly as some other series for computers that I've seen.

To sum up: if there were no other choices of manuals for Office out there, this would be ok for the beginner user.… (mere)