Description: The third edition of this “quick reference” book includes Word for Microsoft 365 *and* Word for the Web. Not “an everything you need to do anything in Microsoft Word”, but an easy-to-understand for what MOST of us need to be a knowledgeable user of the latest Microsoft Word.
Review:
Titling any “how to use this software” book that even suggests you can accomplish that in 30 minutes can be risky. Can the author actually pull it off? The “30 minutes” idea (in my humble opinion, of course) is the “new” Quick Reference of my working years. There’s many a person who has multiple “quick reference” books still on their shelves.
The IMPORTANT key to a “30 minute” book is **UPDATES**!! Software is updated all the time as technology improves. If a quick reference/30 minute book is not updated every few years, it becomes less and less useful. The 2nd edition was published on June 26, 2019. Since a book starts several months before the publish date, it has been three years between 2nd & 3rd editions.
What appealed to this reviewer before I even flipped the first page, the book covers Word for Microsoft 365, the Word I moved to a couple of years ago, BUT my Microsoft Word “knowledge” was the 2010 version. Microsoft Word in 30 Minutes is not trying to be an “everything and I mean everything” book. The author, Angela Rose, provides what you need to know and how to accomplish it. The examples are clear — not tiny little images.
I have been working with word processors (that’s what we called them in the Olden Days) since the 1980s. And I have a “Word” genealogy project1 underway right now. My test for this book was easy-to-understand instructions for building a Table of Contents and an Index. Have creating endnotes or footnotes changed in the recent Word versions?
All of my “wishes” were granted and you can bet this reviewer is going to be using those in the coming weeks. Yes, I recommend Microsoft Word in 30 Minutes (3rd edition).
I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Microsoft Word in 30 Minutes (3rd Edition) via NetGalley from the publisher, i30 Media Corp., Independent Book Publishers Association. A positive review was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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