New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2003, First Course, Second Edition (New Perspectives (Paperback Course Technology))

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Stimulate your Office course with this Second Edition of New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2003?First Course. This book is bursting with updates and enhancements to provide students with an enriched Office learning experience.

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Greaat book.......2007-01-27

This book was new, wrapped, and clean. The book arrived on time and in great condition. I will order again from this person(company).
Ms. Jackson

basic review of computer applications.......2005-10-01

This is a great book, very user friendly for the novice computer user.

Excellent Book. Highly Recommended!.......2005-05-12

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.

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Comprehensive (New Perspectives)

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Book was in horrible condition.
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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Comprehensive
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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Comprehensive (New Perspectives)
Parsons , Dan Oja , Patrick Carey , and Roy Ageloff
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ASIN: 0619206659

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Part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology for meaningful learning of Microsoft Excel 2003.

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Book was in horrible condition........2006-02-15

The item description said the book was in "pretty good" condition. When i received it three and a half weeks later it was badly water damaged and almost every page was ripped.

Needs Buffing.......2005-12-25

My comments apply both to EXCEL and ACCESS textbook since they follow the exact same style:

1.
Since the heavy text is closely used near a PC, what is needed is some type of new binding, where the specific tutorial a student is working on, can be removed from the main book's binding and when finished it can be returned to the its original spot.

2.
Often the yellow places, where the authors discuss specific intructions or procedure to accomplish a given task, the authors get carried away with adding extra discussions and "warnings" etc that a student forgets what is being discussed at hand.

3.
Most dialog boxes should be in quotes since the authors mention these dialog boxes as if the student already knows of their existence. If placed in quotes, then it alerts the reader to look out for a specif dialog box when they finally do appear on the screen.

4.
Also the authors write in a sort of condensed style by essentially "compressing" two steps into one, such as for typical example:

"Open table Member in the Case 2/Brief folder."

Instead, they should say:
"Open Case 2/Brief folders."
Then
"Open Member Table."

The above authors' writing style chosen by these authors assumes already that the first time student understands right away what is being asked of them to do.

The entier book seems to be written in this style !

5.
The Case studies seem to be error free and have enough hints to help student finish assignments -- which are critical to getting through these books.

6.
All major subsections should begin atop a new page !
Again readers get the feeling they are trying to CRAM as much as possible on one page.

All is now left to do is to go over the entire books and buff out the stuff that makes them foggy.

Apparently the authors have been making constant changes since the original texts first started with in 2000 series and they did finally change some of the more complicated tutorial examples and gray background, but now they must keep buffing these books and make them easier to carry to a PC desk area which is often cramped.

Gerard Sagliocca,P.E.

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Comprehensive.......2005-07-06

This book was OK, It had minor tears on several pages.
other than that it as good.

I had to wait awhile for this book to arrive.

Excellent.......2005-02-25

This is the most well written software learning guide I have ever seen. The structure is logical and easy to follow. The graphics are incredible. Imagine the most well written textbook you have ever read. That's what this book is like. This isn't a how-to book, it's a complete course.

A Spirit of Progress: Art Deco Architecture in Australia

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Delightful Deco dumbed-down
Art Deco Australia Revealed
Heritage - The Real Spirit of Progress

A Spirit of Progress: Art Deco Architecture in Australia
Patrick Van Daele , and Roy Lumby
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ASIN: 9057036711

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Delightful Deco dumbed-down.......2007-09-09

This will most likely be the regarded as the standard work on Deco architecture in Australia if only for Roy Lumby's superb essay in the first sixty-four pages. He manages to pull all the various Deco themes and personalities together so that the reader is left with an understanding of how this particular architectural style evolved across the country.

The bulk of the book uses the excellent color photography (and frequent attractive hand tinting) of Patrick Van Daele. Fortunately as he took all the photos the book has an evenness of color and style which combined with captions make the images work so well. Incidentally the captions provide a lot more information than the name of the building and location.

This is as far as my praise goes though owing to the book's production which is sadly lacking because of an excess of white space and some thoughtless editorial direction. The main problem is that so many of Van Daele's photos have been reduced in size because of some designer's whimsy, leaving empty page space in abundance. A pity because as I've said these are cracking photos. Not only are so many of them too small but where they occur several to a page the silly convention of directions are used: top, left, middle center, bottom right made all the more useless because each caption has a plate number and this would have been all that was needed under each image.

The book's typography uses the very appropriate period typeface Futura but again thoughtless design does the reader no favors. The caption text is in a very light weight, similarly the bibliography and index will have readers straining to read anything in a domestic lighting environment because of tiny type size and thinness. My tip: read this book only in daylight!

I find it very frustrating when a book's first class text and images are devalued because of unprofessional design which contributes to a lack of editorial clarity.

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Art Deco Australia Revealed.......2007-07-16

The first major book on Art Deco to be published in Australia, A Spirit of Progress: Art Deco Architecture in Australia is an outstanding accomplishment for the research of Art Deco in this country, and it is sure to become a classic in its field. From the tasteful abstract cover (a detail from the 1930s King's Cinema) and the volumes overall presentation to the stunning photographs by Patrick Van Daele it is a pleasure to hold and read. A Spirit of Progress is written in an intelligent and erudite manner that is not too dry & academic for the average Art Deco enthusiast like myself.

With each of its eight chapters being devoted to a different building type (office buildings, commercial buildings, domestic architecture, cinemas, ETC) it takes the reader on a pictorial journey that criss-crosses the vastness of Australia. The book includes some stylish examples of Art Deco buildings in major capital cities such as Sydney, Melbourne or Perth and in selected smaller towns and rural cities throughout Australia. In fact A Spirit of Progress is chiefly a photographic survey of some of Australia's finest inter-war Art Deco buildings, some of which have lamentably long since been demolished. Even now in a time when our early 20th century built heritage is more admired and appreciated, some Art Deco styled buildings are still threatened with potential demolition by overzealous developers.

While we have nothing on the scale or grandeur of New York's Empire State & Chrysler Buildings, the refined classicism of London's Broadcasting House or the sophisticated elegance of Los Angeles Bullocks Wilshire or Wiltern Cinema. What we do have is a profusion of moderately scaled Deco structures like pubs, movie palaces, department stores and so on. Art Deco was slow in coming to Australia, reaching our shores in the late 1920s via America, so the large bulk of our Deco buildings were constructed in the 1930s and some as late as the early 1940s. This building boom was due in part to Australia recovering earlier than most other industrialised nations from the devastating effects of the great depression. During this all too brief age of relative peace & prosperity between two cataclysmic World Wars, some of our most recognisable Art Deco structures were built. Sydney has two famous Deco landmarks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932) and the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park (1934). In Melbourne they have the Myer Emporium (1933), Mitchell House (1937) and the Capitol Theatre (1924). We even have some grand Art Deco houses like Everglades (1936) in the Blue Mountains or Burnham Beeches (1933) in the Dandenong ranges, both outside Sydney and Melbourne respectively. My home town of inner Sydney like many other modern metropolises around the world has large numbers of handsome jazz age flats and apartment buildings, some with spectacular harbour views that fetch high prices on today's market.

If like me you have an obsession with Art Deco and are considering visiting Australia, A Spirit of Progress: Art Deco Architecture in Australia would be a perfect companion guide for viewing some of our timeless Deco heritage. I urge you to buy this fabulous volume for it is well worth the price and will give you years of reading and viewing pleasure.

Heritage - The Real Spirit of Progress.......2000-10-09

Superb photographs of Australian 20s and 30s architecture, supported by the very best of architectural comment. Australia's acknowledged expert on 20,s and 30,s architectural and design heritage, Lumby has taken the often regarded 'humdrum' to the very heigths! The VERY BEST! This book is cheap at half the cost!

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2003, Second Course

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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2003, Second Course
Ann Shaffer , Patrick Carey , Roy Ageloff , Joseph J. Adamski , and Beverly B. Zimmerman
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In-depth, case-based, problem solving approach to learning the new features of Microsoft Office 2003. Includes coverage of file management, integration tutorials, and improved readability.

The Merton Annual: Studies in Culture, Spirituality, and Social Concerns, Volume 7 (Merton Annual)

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The Merton Annual: Studies in Culture, Spirituality, and Social Concerns, Volume 7 (Merton Annual)
Victor A. Kramer , Thomas James Merton , Patrick Eastman , Elsie F. Mayer , John S. Porter , Mary Murray , Timothy J. Johnson , Roy D. Fuller , and Elena Malits
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A Companion to Post-1945 America (Blackwell Companions to American History)

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Excellent Compendium of American History Post 1945

A Companion to Post-1945 America (Blackwell Companions to American History)
Jean-Christophe Agnew , and Roy Rosenzweig
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited
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A Companion to Post-1945 America is an original collection of twenty-six essays by key scholars on the history and historiography of the period. As the twenty-first century begins, post-World War II scholarship joins the historical canon with a wealth of new material. The contributors to this volume are the most prominent scholars in their respective fields, and each essay analyzes and categorizes the historical literature of the post-1945 period over a wide variety of topics. The coverage includes family, the media, ethnicity, labor, social movements, politics, and foreign policy. Each essay contains a select bibliography to guide further research, and the volume includes a review section that focuses on eight popular and influential historical works.For students, historians, and general readers of modern American history, this book is a milestone that will set the standard for post-World War II American historiography.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Compendium of American History Post 1945.......2007-08-10

I read this book for a graduate class in American history. My understanding of American history during the period 1945 to 2000 has become enlightened and better informed by several of the readings in this book. The two areas of American history that the book has expanded my understanding pertains to America's actions as a world leader, and more especially, America's domestic struggles. In some instances, the book was pivotal in settling previously held beliefs about historical facts, and in other instances, the book broke new ground in exposing history that had not been researched until recently.

1945 was a watershed year for American history and foreign policy. The recent victory gained in World War II left America as a one of two super power nations on the world stage. America also found itself as the leader of the free world and in political tension with the Soviet Union. Several actions by the world's two super powers caused them to enter into an era known as the Cold War, which lasted until 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall. Part III "Politics and Foreign Policy" finally settled the question of how pervasive Soviet espionage had become in the federal government prior to and after World War II. The authors' use of recently released secret documents from archives in the U.S. and the former Soviet Union made it possible to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) helped the Soviets to infiltrate some of the highest places of decision-making within the government of the U.S. One example of a CPUSA member's complicity in nefarious spying activity for the Soviet Union was Alger Hiss, who had been a highly placed member of the State Department in the 1940's. "In the late 1940's and early 1950's, the internal threat posed by the American Communist Party, both as a subversive political force and an auxiliary to Soviet espionage, loomed large."

In the realm of America's domestic policy, I found that many of the book's readings pertaining to the civil rights struggle in America and the civil unrest during the 1960's changed my understanding of what really took place during those turbulent times. Prior to the course, most of my knowledge of these events were based on my observation of them on television at the time, or totally unknown to me. Several readings that I found informative dealt with Mexican American and Native American civil rights struggles and how these groups took unorthodox positions to fight for their rights. One reading that was most illuminating explained how the Mexican American community, in league with other civil rights organizations, successfully lobbied for the state government of Texas to pass a resolution in 1943 that essentially recognized them as Caucasians. The courts would later find that the resolution was unenforceable as law. However, the fact that Mexican Americans would take the unusual step of asking to be recognized as Caucasians instead of demanding that they be treated as equals to Caucasians, was counter intuitive to the civil rights struggles that Black Americans took leading up to and through the1960's. Another reading showed how Mexican Americans finally coalesced under the "Chicano" banner largely due to police brutality in Los Angeles in the riots of the late 1960's and early1970's.

In the field of Native American history one reading dealt with tribal identities and lands, was new history to me. Once again, the reading showed a history counter intuitive to conventional belief about Native Americans anathema to life on the reservation. In 1953 the U.S. House of Representatives, in an effort to extend full civil rights and benefits of citizenship to Native Americans, passed a resolution that would ultimately strip them of their tribal affiliation and sovereignty. Essentially, this resolution forced tribal leaders to fight for their people's cultural uniqueness and acceptance as Native Americans separate from America's "melting pot."

I also found most illuminating Part II on "Movements." The readings did an excellent job explaining the transformation of cultural and political attitudes of Americans from the 1960's. The book astutely proved that activism did not die in the 1960's. Instead, it took a slower more peaceful pace and in some instances, a turn to the right politically. The readings proved that the protest movements and events of the 1960's changed American history and have left their indelible imprint on the nation to this day.

As a graduate student, I recommend this book for anyone interested in American History, and Cold War History.

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Introductory

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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Introductory
Parsons , Dan Oja , Patrick Carey , and Roy Ageloff
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Part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology for meaningful learning of Microsoft Excel 2003.

Developing Effective Websites: A Project Manager's Guide

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Basic and abstract
Straightforward; sticks with sound PM principles

Developing Effective Websites: A Project Manager's Guide
Roy Strauss , and Patrick Hogan
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Is your website project out of control?

Every website project needs a manager. Developing Effective Websites describes Internet technologies in plain language and helps you see beyond your expertise to the big picture. It does this by drawing on established software project and management principles.

Like any project, effective management of website development starts by understanding and balancing the constraints of time, resources, and tasks. You can deliver your project on time and on budget, by following a process that includes:

· Analyzing the requirements of users and your market
· Developing a workplan for the site and breaking it down to tasks
· Scheduling with Gantt and PERT charts and measuring slippage for more accurate revisions
· Estimating cost by the budget-first or design-first methods
· Using the team development process and covering all the necessary roles
· Aligning contractor and client interests to create a win-win relationship
· Following an iterative development process for designing, prototyping, and building out
· Applying software testing principles to website development
· Making hosting decisions and planning for maintenance

Practical techniques for managing a variety of projects from simple presentations to consumer web sites and applications (e-commerce, web-based training)

New chapters on web development tools & technologies and hosting options & solutions

Based on real-world experiences and current development techniques

Customer Reviews:

Basic and abstract.......2003-07-03

I was a bit dissapointed with the book, it speaks in very general and abstract rather than actual terms. A fairly good introduction to who does what in a web project but did not provide any new 'truth', action points or an implementable project plan. The book is ok as basic introduction into the world of project management but if you have experience in managing web projects the book won't tell you anything new (except what people are getting paid on average).

Recommend Kelly Goto's Web ReDesign, Workflow that works for those who are looking for a book to compliment their current planning.

Straightforward; sticks with sound PM principles.......2001-10-04

If you are managing small-to-medium web projects, or are managing vendors who are implementing a small-to-medium site, this is an ideal book. What I like about this book is that it sticks to the basics and doesn't pretend to be a "silver bullet" or "killer methodology".

What it does do is step you through web site development, starting with the most important part: requirements, and from there through the development and management of a project plan. Here is where the book shines because the project planning starts with a work breakdown structure (WBS), which is essential to a viable project plan. Only after the WBS has been developed does the author cover scheduling. This is a refreshing change from other "project management" books that [erroneously] jump right into scheduling. Another strong point is the author covers cost estimation in a thorough manner.

This book is also complete from a workflow perspective in that roles and responsibilities of the project team are defined, and all project milestones are covered, including testing and maintenance, which are not always covered in web project books in any great detail. I especially like the way the author addresses contractor/customer relationships. If you are reading this as either a customer or a consultant this part of the book will prove valuable for advice and insights. Another key point that I like is the iterative development approach taken. This reflects the way most web projects proceed, although some books portray such projects as a linear waterfall process that leads to false project assumptions.

This book and "Web Redesign: Workflow That Works" by Kelly Goto and Emily Cotler complement one another. I recommend getting both if your budget allows it. If you are faced with a large-scale web project this book may not fit your needs as well as "Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites" by Ashley Friedlein. Regardless, this book is well written and is a refreshing change from many I've read because it's based on tried and true project management principles that have been closely integrated into the workflow of website development.

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Very Comprehensive

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New Perspectives on Microsoft Excel 2000, Comprehensive Enhanced
June Jamrich Parsons , Dan Oja , Roy Ageloff , and Patrick Carey
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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Comprehensive, Second Edition (New Perspectives (Paperback Course Technology))

ASIN: 0619044276

Book Description

Microsoft approved study guide for the Microsoft Office Specialist certification program (Excel 2000 expert level). Covers the basic to more advanced features of Excel 2000 — from creating, editing, and formatting a document, to customizing Excel and integrating it with other programs.

Customer Reviews:

Very Comprehensive.......2002-08-21

I used this book for a class and it took me from not knowing a thing about Access to being able to create my own fully functional databases!

Email Address???.......2002-01-23

Does your book include the CD it comes with the textbook?

New Perspectives on Microsoft Excel 2002 - Comprehensive

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THE BOOK TO HAVE
Badly needs reorganizing
Terrible Self-Help Book
Comprehensive

New Perspectives on Microsoft Excel 2002 - Comprehensive
Dan Oja , Patrick Carey , and Roy Ageloff
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Part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology for meaningful learning of Microsoft Excel 2002.

Customer Reviews:

THE BOOK TO HAVE.......2007-03-08

THESE ARE THE MOST AWESOME BOOKS FOR LEARNING THE OFFICE PROGRAMS..

Badly needs reorganizing.......2003-12-02

A comprehensive but terribly organized book. It is of little use to someone trying to teach himself/herself, and the poor quality of the index makes it useless as a work of reference.

Avoid it.

Terrible Self-Help Book.......2003-09-15

Maybe if you have an instructor holding your hand you can figure out how to use the information in this book. Don't buy it if your trying to learn it yourself, what a waste of $.

Comprehensive.......2003-04-12

Designed for classroom learning, this book covers many if not all Excel skills. This book definately covers everything for the core exam and even the expert exam. What this book or any book can't do is simulate test taking strategy. Though material is comprehensive, the index is not intuitive or helpful compared to other books. In other words, if you want to find a topic, unless you've gone through the entire book already, its difficult to find what you're looking for. These topics could be covered in more than one chapter making your search more aggravating. All the pages are in color and displays many helpful charts and diagrams. There is no CD-ROM but you can access downloadable files from the publisher's website.

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