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- Microsoft Publisher
- The Official Software Companion
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- Instruction, Techniques, and Design Advice for Desktop Publishing with
- Microsoft Publisher
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- With Microsoft Publisher and MICROSOFT PUBLISHER, the official software
- companion from Microsoft Press, anyone running the Microsoft Windows
- operating system on a PC can design and produce professional-quality
- publications with no prior experience.
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- In this step-by-step, example-packed guide, author Luisa Simone shows how
- the new Microsoft Windows-based desktop publishing software package is a
- cost-effective business communications tool. Everyday documents can be
- exciting. New letterhead and business forms can give a company a fresh,
- new image. Small businesses can save money by designing their own print
- ads. And promotional newsletters can be created in a snap.
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- Sample projects presented within the context of a small business include:
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- ∙ A promotional newsletter with photos and graphics
- ∙ An original logo
- ∙ Professional-looking letterhead
- ∙ Eye-catching advertisements
- ∙ Customized business forms
- ∙ An elaborate, well-designed catering menu
- ∙ A small mail-order catalog
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- MICROSOFT PUBLISHER is divided into four parts. Part I is an overview of
- how the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Publisher work
- together. After mastering the basics, readers learn about Microsoft
- Publisher's built-in word processing features, drawing tools, and PageWize
- the mini programs in Publisher that create professional-looking documents
- based on information the user provides.
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- In Parts II and III, readers learn how to design a variety of publications
- from scratch, incorporating the general rules of good design found within
- the pages of the book. With these hands-on exercises, budding desktop
- publishers can import graphics, convert files from other applications, and
- apply their own special effects and accents.
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- The appendixes in Part IV offers a quick lesson in installing Microsoft
- Publisher, tables of keyboard alternatives, tips and guidelines for
- printing with Publisher, and a handy glossary of desktop publishing terms.
- A comprehensive index helps users quickly find information on any
- Microsoft Publisher topic in the book.
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- Luisa Simone is a New York-based consultant, teacher, and journalist
- specializing in computer graphics. She is a contributing editor to PC
- Magazine, writing about desktop publishing programs, presentation graphics
- packages, illustration software, and multimedia computing.
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- MICROSOFT PUBLISHER joins Microsoft Money and Microsoft Works for Windows
- in The Official Software Companion Series--books from Microsoft Press that
- cover the Microsoft Solution Series software.
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- The Apple Macintosh Book, 4th ed.
- The Computer Book Classic on Apple Macintosh Computing
-
- Published in 1984 to accompany the dramatic introduction of the first Apple
- Macintosh THE APPLE MACINTOSH BOOK, by Cary Lu, soon became the computer
- book "for the rest of us" Critics were quick to praise the author's style.
- Readers snapped up subsequent editions as Lu carefully chronicled the
- evolution of the Apple Macintosh family of personal computers in three
- best selling editions.
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- Now thoroughly updated once again, THE APPLE MACINTOSH BOOK, 4th ed., from
- Microsoft Press, continues to be a superb introduction to Apple Macintosh
- technology--as valuable to owners of previous editions as it is to new and
- potential Macintosh owners.
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- This all-around guide provides the latest information on new and emerging
- developments such as System 7; compares all Apple Macintosh models,
- including the new Classics, Quadras, and PowerBooks; covers the
- LaserWriter IIf and IIg printers and other peripherals; and analyzes Mac
- software and programming issues. Readers will find well-written,
- straightforward information about:
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- ∙ How the Apple Macintosh works
- ∙ Choosing the right Apple Macintosh
- ∙ Selecting and configuring disk drives, large screens,
- and printers
- ∙ Getting the most out of the system
- ∙ Working with word processing, graphics, spreadsheet,
- communications, and desktop-publishing software
- ∙ Sharing data among Macs and with IBM PC compatibles
- ∙ How multimedia works and why everyone is talking about it
- ∙ Future directions in Apple Macintosh computing
-
- An appendix lists technical specifications for the most popular Macintosh
- models, and a comprehensive glossary and index helps readers quickly find
- information on any topic in the book.
-
- Included in the purchase price of THE APPLE MACINTOSH BOOK, 4th ed., is a
- free update. Details about this special offer can be found in the back of
- the book.
-
- Born in Qingdao, China, Cary Lu grew up in California and received an A.B.
- in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in
- biology from the California Institute of Technology. In addition to making
- short films for Sesame Street, Lu has been associate producer for NOVA and
- the science and technology advisor for Children's Television Workshop. He
- was founding managing editor of High Technology magazine and is currently
- technology editor for Inc. magazine.
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- Microsoft Press, the trade book division of Microsoft Corporation,
- publishes a wide range of quality books on computer programming, software
- and hardware, and other topics of importance to the computer industry.
- Microsoft Press books are widely recognized as authorized editions for the
- MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft languages, and
- software applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
- Microsoft Press books are distributed to book and software retailers
- worldwide. Consumers in the United States may also order directly from the
- publisher at 1-800 MSPRESS.
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- Microsoft Corporation develops, markets, and supports a wide range of
- software for business and professional use, including operating systems,
- network products, languages, and applications, as well as books, hardware,
- and CD-ROM products for the microcomputer marketplace.
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