BKW6FWES.RVW   950418
 
"Word 6 for Windows Essentials", Geoffrey Mandel, 1994, 1-56609-106-3,
U$29.95/C$41.95
%A   Geoffrey Mandel
%C   2414 6th St., Berkeley, CA   94710
%D   1994
%G   1-56609-106-3
%I   Peachpit Press
%O   U$29.95/C$41.95 510-548-4393 fax: 510-548-5991 800-283-9444
%O   trish@peachpit.com gary@peachpit.com
%P   458
%T   "Word 6 for Windows Essentials"
 
When reviewing books, you very quickly learn that you really cannot judge a
book by its cover.  So, when presented with a jacket blurb that asks, "Wouldn't
it be nice to have a book about Word 6 that's *written* the way you *think*?"
(emphasis theirs), the automatic response is, "Yeah, right!", a curled lip, and
all defenses up.  When the author starts out by boasting about how poorly most
letterhead is done, and how much better it is after he has set up some
templates, I'm pretty much ready to pan the book on that basis alone.
 
[I will now digress.  My wife, in one job, was noted for the amazing stuff she
could turn out on a typewriter.  As her machine was successively upgraded,
there was much fighting over which of the other office staff got her old
machine.  The victor each time, was chagrined to find that it was the operator,
and not the tool, that made the difference.]
 
Therefore, all of that having been said:
 
THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT!
 
Well laid out.  First page of chapter one is a double-page layout, full-sized
(almost) keyboard, where you can actually list what the various keys do.  An
icon (a circled mouse with a line through it) for non-rodent keyboard
shortcuts.  Good formatting and use of space.  Good text.  The templates (also
supplied on disk) are dispersed throughout the book, following chapters in
which the appropriate tools have been discussed.
 
Good book.  Mandel knows his stuff and knows how to write, as well.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKW6FWES.RVW   950418

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