REDMOND, Wash., June 8, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of more than 20 reference and self-paced learning titles from Microsoft Press, designed to help customers navigate the new world of the Microsoft® Office XP business productivity suite. The books and companion CD-ROMs — which include a new Inside Out series designed for advanced software users – offer comprehensive guidance to help users, developers and information technology professionals at all levels navigate the new features and functionality of Office XP.
“We’re offering these resources to help our customers work smarter and unlock the full potential of Office XP,”
said Matt Sullivan, lead product manager at Microsoft Press.
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From casual beginners to technology junkies, business users to IT professionals, we’ve developed our learning solutions to help everyone get what they need.
“These resources can also play an essential role in building job skills and deployment,”
said Sullivan.
“For example, books within the Step-by-Step series provide intermediate users with easy-to-follow lesson plans that are ideal for self-paced learning and can act as their coach to help them work with confidence. The new Inside Out series, on the other hand, gives advanced users the in-depth information they want so they don’t waste time digging for it. In the end, support costs go down and productivity goes up.”
The titles are available in major bookstores or directly from Microsoft Press ( http://mspress.microsoft.com/officexp ), and include hands-on tutorials packaged with fully functional software for beginning, intermediate and advanced users. Developers and IT professionals will find advanced programming references with source code and in-depth technical resources to help guide Office XP enterprise deployments. Scalable multimedia training is included in some of the titles to help administrators get their users up to speed. All the learning solutions are written in the clear, easy-to-understand style that has come to characterize instructional texts from Microsoft Press.
Resources for Advanced Users
Microsoft Press’ new Inside Out series provides comprehensive references to meet the needs of advanced users. A companion CD extends the learning tools of each title with a searchable eBook, Web tools, utilities, demonstrations and more.
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“Microsoft Office XP Inside Out,”
by Michael Halvorson and Michael J. Young, ISBN: 0-7356-1277-3, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,504 pages with one CD-ROM. -
“Microsoft FrontPage® Version 2002 Inside Out,”
by Jim Buyens, ISBN: 0-7356-1284-6, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,312 pages with one CD-ROM. -
“Microsoft Outlook® Version 2002 Inside Out,”
by Jim Boyce, ISBN: 0-7356-1282-X, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,200 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 18, 2001. -
“Microsoft Access Version 2002 Inside Out,” by Helen Feddema, ISBN: 0-7356-1283-8, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,200 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release Aug. 15, 2001.
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“Microsoft Visio® Version 2002 Inside Out,”
by Resources Online, ISBN: 0-7356-1285-4, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,008 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 27, 2001. -
“Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out,”
by Mary Millhollon and Katherine Murray, ISBN: 0-7356-1278-1, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,200 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 27, 2001. -
“Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Inside Out,”
by Mark Dodge and Craig Stinson, ISBN: 0-7356-1281-1, $44.99 (U.S.), 1,200 pages with one CD-ROM.
Resources for Intermediate Software Users
Microsoft’s Step-by-Step series is written in a modular form, providing easy step-by-step lessons for intermediate software users. A companion CD-ROM for each title contains practice files that are tightly integrated with the book’s lessons.
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“Microsoft Office XP Step by Step,” by Perspection Inc., Online Training Solutions Inc. and Curtis Frye, ISBN: 0-7356-1294-3, $44.99 (U.S.), 800 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 20, 2001.
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“Microsoft Word Version 2002 Step by Step,” by Perspection, ISBN: 0-7356-1295-1, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM.
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“Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Step by Step,” by Curtis Frye, ISBN: 0-7356-1296-X, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM.
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“Microsoft Access Version 2002 Step by Step,”
by Online Training Solutions, ISBN: 0-7356-1299-4, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 6, 2001. -
“Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Step by Step,” by Online Training Solutions, ISBN: 0-7356-1300-1, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 6, 2001.
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“Microsoft Visio Version 2002 Step by Step,”
by Perspection, ISBN: 0-7356-1302-8, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release Aug. 20, 2001. -
“Microsoft Outlook Version 2002 Step by Step,”
by Perspection, ISBN: 0-7356-1298-6, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release July 16, 2001. -
“Microsoft PowerPoint® Version 2002 Step by Step,” by Perspection, ISBN: 0-7356-1297-8, $29.99 (U.S.), 336 pages with one CD-ROM.
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“Microsoft Access Version 2002 Visual Basic® for Applications Step by Step,” by Evan Callahan, ISBN: 0-7356-1358-3, $39.99 (U.S.), 384 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release Sept. 5, 2001.
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“Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Visual Basic for Applications Step by Step,”
by Reed Jacobson, ISBN: 0-7356-1359-1, $39.99 (U.S.), 368 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release Sept. 5, 2001. -
“Developing Add-Ins for Microsoft Office XP Step by Step,” by David Boctor, ISBN: 0-7356-1360-5, $39.99 (U.S.), 576 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release Sept. 5, 2001.
Resources for IT Professionals and Developers
Microsoft Press has also produced the following titles to provide the technical information IT professionals and developers need to get the most out of Office XP:
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“Microsoft Office XP Developer’s Guide,” by Microsoft, ISBN: 0-7356-1242-0, $49.99, 816 pages with one CD-ROM.
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“Developing Microsoft Visio Solutions,”
by Microsoft, ISBN: 0-7356-1353-2, $59.99 (U.S.), 600 pages with one CD-ROM. -
“Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit,”
by Microsoft, ISBN: 0-7356-1403-2, $69.99 (U.S.), 704 pages with one CD-ROM. This one-volume resource kit is designed to help support professionals and administrators deploy, support and maintain Office XP. -
“Building Applications With Outlook Version 2002,”
by Randy Byrne, ISBN: 0-7356-1273-0, $49.99 (U.S.), 650 pages with one CD-ROM. -
“Microsoft Access Version 2002 Core Reference,”
by Rick Dobson, ISBN: 0-7356-1405-9, $59.99 (U.S.), 600 pages with one CD-ROM, scheduled for release June 13, 2001. This book provides developers with the end-to-end guidance and examples they need to create powerfully extensible databases with Access 2002.
Other Titles
Guidance for small-businesses owners who want to create successful e-commerce Web sites using the FrontPage 2002 Web site creation and management tool is available in
“E-Commerce Essentials With FrontPage Version 2002,” by Greg Holden, ISBN: 0-7356-1371-0, $24.99 (U.S.), 336 pages, scheduled for release June 13, 2001.
Custom Books
Also available is the new Custom Books program from Microsoft Press, which offers users and professionals the flexibility to choose individual chapters from various titles and consolidate them into one comprehensive reference. This allows administrators to design a customized manual that covers only what their users need to get up and running. Select Office XP titles will be available for customized books. More information about the Custom Books program is available at http://mspress.microsoft.com/custombook/ .
Availability
Microsoft Press® references and learning solutions products for Office XP will be available in bookstores and software stores throughout North America or directly from Microsoft Press at (800) MSPRESS (677-7377) and http://mspress.microsoft.com/ . In Canada, customers can call (800) 667-1115.
About Microsoft Press
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