Andy Barkl, Technical Reviewer
"The author’s humor and his ability to keep the reader’s attention are masterful."


Book Description
Best-selling author Dan Gookin, accomplished at writing instructional books that are actually fun to read, exposes the best (and worst) of Office in this book for people who want to work faster, easier and smarter. Let Dan candidly share his tips, tricks, shortcuts and "here's something really stupid and how to work around it" observations. This all-inclusive book covers four core Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) on three distinct versions of Office (Office 2003, Office XP, and the still popular Office 2000). Filled with easy-to-follow instructions, Dan Gookin’s Naked Office propels you from being a typical ho-hum user to a more advanced, in-charge user. Topics include: Where the Hell Are My Margins?; The Great American Novel Template; Letting Excel Be a Database of Sorts; Fighting Spam and Unwanted E-mail; and Basic Propaganda Tricks.


From the Back Cover
Salve For Your Office Headaches! Is it the best thing since sliced bread? A bug-riddled piece of junk? Here, best-selling author Dan Gookin skillfully navigates between these two extremes, laying bare the best and worst of Office in order to help you achieve a single, all-important goal: working faster, easier, and smarter. You’ll harness the real power of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook while avoiding their pitfalls—and you’ll discover the ways they actually can be made to work together as a truly integrated suite. Dan Gookin’s Naked Office means the end of Office-inspired headaches. (Well, the vast majority of them, anyway. He’s not a miracle-worker, after all.) Expert Instruction to Change Office Life as You Know It (for the Better) Making a paragraph look the way you want it to look Understanding how styles work and making them work for you Locking a document to prevent changes, and tracking changes made by others Using Excel as a database—and not just for numbers Unraveling formulas and remembering what goes where Organizing e-mail with Outlook Getting the most out of Outlook’s scheduling abilities Unlocking the mechanics and philosophy of PowerPoint presentations Oh, and of course—much, much more


About the Author
Dan Gookin has been writing computer books for nearly 20 years now. His popular, informative, and entertaining tomes have sold millions of copies and have been translated into dozens of languages. The reason? We're not sure but there is a naked man on the cover.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Is it the best thing since sliced bread? A bug-riddled piece of junk? Here, best-selling author Dan Gookin skillfully navigates between these two extremes, laying bare the best and worst of Office in order to help you achieve a single, all-important goal: working faster, easier, and smarter. You'll harness the real power of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook while avoiding their pitfalls -- and you'll discover the ways they actually can be made to work together as a truly integrated suite. Dan Gookin's Naked Office means the end of Office-inspired headaches. (Well, the vast majority of them, anyway. He's not a miracle-worker, after all.)

SYNOPSIS

Best-selling author Dan Gookin, accomplished at writing instructional books that are actually fun to read, exposes the best (and worst) of Office in this book for people who want to work faster, easier and smarter. Let Dan candidly share his tips, tricks, shortcuts and "here's something really stupid and how to work around it" observations. This all-inclusive book covers four core Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) on three distinct versions of Office (Office 2003, Office XP, and the still popular Office 2000). Filled with easy-to-follow instructions, Dan Gookin￯﾿ﾽs Naked Office propels you from being a typical ho-hum user to a more advanced, in-charge user. Topics include: Where the Hell Are My Margins?; The Great American Novel Template; Letting Excel Be a Database of Sorts; Fighting Spam and Unwanted E-mail; and Basic Propaganda Tricks.