This is a a very good book for the beginner to intermediate level student, and it also includes some advanced features of word not found in other books of this kind. The CD also helps tremendously with hands-on exercises that will teach you all you need in order to use the MS word effectively. Unfortunately there is not a word 2007 edition published yet.

If you need to refresh your skills in Word this book is user friendly. Great handy guide and easy to use.

i would recommend this instruction book to anyone like me, a computer novice. summaries at the end of each section, give clear, simple use instructions. index is well done, complete.

i would recommend this instruction book to anyone like me, a computer novice. summaries at the end of each section, give clear, simple use instructions. index is well done, complete.

Errata! Errata! Errata! Some of the most unhelpful errata I've come across. Some of the mistakes are just sloppy, some are sad - how do you mix up whole sections? These were professional printers, right? Where was quality control, editors, proofers? Like a foolish woman marrying a dangerous man, I found all this out AFTER committing to it. No, really.

At first glance I thought this would be an excellent series because everything seemed so concise and well-plotted. That's why I went ahead and bought the PowerPoint 2003 Personal Trainer without working with the Word trainer first. But heavens to murgatroyd!

Sometimes it just leaves you hanging - you'll get a curt "this figure is incorrect" and NOTHING telling you where the correct figure is. For one such piece of errata you are directed to a page within the site where you can print out the correct figure, but that kind of consideration isn't consistent. One piece of errata informs you that the text is cut off ... and doesn't bother to tell you what it was to have said. Sloppy!!

Good thing I backed these books up with the excellent 'Professional Approach' series published by McGraw Hill. I've been able to get Word, PowerPoint, and Excel at good prices through the Amazon marketplace vendors, otherwise these books cost. Sure it takes two hands to lift, but they're thorough and the errata is truly errata, not something the editor should've sent to his staff in a routine memo. The 'Professional Approach' series is not without some fault and I'll comment on them soon, but be very careful with this Personal Trainer series, Word Personal Trainer in particular.

I gave this book two stars because another reviewer likes the programming section. I don't recall errata for this section, so maybe I'm good to go with that. Otherwise, no matter how pretty the pictures, no matter how cool the little interactive thingamajingy - this kind of thing makes me nuts! Its presentation drags it down.

Because I knew I may have a timebomb on my hands with the PowerPoint Trainer I moseyed on over to look for its errata page and it's stated that there is none - yet. Uh oh.

Errata! Errata! Errata! Some of the most unhelpful errata I've come across. Some of the mistakes are just sloppy, some are sad - how do you mix up whole sections? These were professional printers, right? Where was quality control, editors, proofers? Like a foolish woman marrying a dangerous man, I found all this out AFTER committing to it. No, really.

At first glance I thought this would be an excellent series because everything seemed so concise and well-plotted. That's why I went ahead and bought the PowerPoint 2003 Personal Trainer without working with the Word trainer first. But heavens to murgatroyd!

Sometimes it just leaves you hanging - you'll get a curt "this figure is incorrect" and NOTHING telling you where the correct figure is. For one such piece of errata you are directed to a page within the site where you can print out the correct figure, but that kind of consideration isn't consistent. One piece of errata informs you that the text is cut off ... and doesn't bother to tell you what it was to have said. Sloppy!!

Good thing I backed these books up with the excellent 'Professional Approach' series published by McGraw Hill. I've been able to get Word, PowerPoint, and Excel at good prices through the Amazon marketplace vendors, otherwise these books cost. Sure it takes two hands to lift, but they're thorough and the errata is truly errata, not something the editor should've sent to his staff in a routine memo. The 'Professional Approach' series is not without some fault and I'll comment on them soon, but be very careful with this Personal Trainer series, Word Personal Trainer in particular.

I gave this book two stars because another reviewer likes the programming section. I don't recall errata for this section, so maybe I'm good to go with that. Otherwise, no matter how pretty the pictures, no matter how cool the little interactive thingamajingy - this kind of thing makes me nuts! Its presentation drags it down.

Because I knew I may have a timebomb on my hands with the PowerPoint Trainer I moseyed on over to look for its errata page and it's stated that there is none - yet. Uh oh.

I did not receive a CD with the Word 2003 Personal Trainer Book. One of the main reason I chose this book is it comes with a tutorial CD. If you are thinking you will receive a CD double check.

I did not receive a CD with the Word 2003 Personal Trainer Book. One of the main reason I chose this book is it comes with a tutorial CD. If you are thinking you will receive a CD double check.

The Personal Trainer series is golden!! I teach software applications and have found these books to be invaluable. I am not teaching intensive knowledge of the subject, but mainly to people who want to brush up on an application or to those who are not familiar with the programs at all.

The CD topics are comprehensive, interactive, easy to digest, and very informative. I have people who will spend hours on them and come back for more. The CD topics follow the topics in the book. People can use the CDs, the books, or both in conjunction. They are valuable either way.

There are practice files for more in-depth information. These are well presented - very clear and with excellent diagrams.

I have recommended these on a regular basis for other learning centers and to individuals. Even bought a set for myself as, no, I do not know everything!

This review covers the series in general because they are all very well done.

I will admit when I first saw the covers, I thought oh-oh, tacky! But upon opening the books, I found they are great.

Microsoft Word has been with us for over 10 years. Naturally, with each revision, more features are added. So where do you start learning? Well, this book breaks down the effort into small lessons. A single lesson does not seem that hard. The lessons are also buttressed by a review and quiz (with answers) at the end of each chapter.

Hopefully, you should not find anything too difficult here. MS Word fundamentally deals with stuff (text and images) that are WYSIWIG. Relatively few abstractions. The lessons have the virtue that you can perform an operation and usually see its effect immediately in front of you.

The most advanced and abstract idea is at the end - writing and running macros. A chance at programming! Any of you programmer types will dig this. Though what you can fully do with macros is only hinted at.