Ako ste čitali moje recenzije, možda ste primijetili da sam veliki obožavatelj tiskanog softverskog priručnika i da nisam nimalo oduševljen datotekama pomoći i priručnicima u .pdf formatu. I spomenuo sam da su Microsoftovi^(Microsoft) priručnici nekada bili među najboljima. Microsoftovi^(Microsoft) tiskani priručnici više ne postoje, ali su se udružili s O'Reilly Media kako bi popunili prazninu knjigama, a njihova serija Plain & Simple dostojan je nasljednik onih finih priručnika iz prošlosti.

Koristim Microsoft Word od verzije 3.0 za DOS , tako da sam tijekom godina vidio dosta velikih poboljšanja. Kako se Word širio i ugrađivao u Office s Excelom^(Excel) , Powerpointom^(Powerpoint) i drugim programima, dodavalo se sve više značajki, a čitanje uputa za korištenje tih značajki postalo je sve potrebnije. Office 2010 najbogatija je verzija do sada, a knjiga koja ga može učiniti " Plain & Simple " vrijedna je pogleda. Drago mi je što mogu izvijestiti da je Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simpleje upravo ono što njegov naslov kaže da jest. Sada, nakon što sam to rekao, moram pojasniti da cilj serije knjiga Plain & Simple nije ulaziti u duboke tehnološke detalje i objašnjavati zašto sve funkcionira. Svrha je knjiga pomoći ljudima da se osjećaju sigurnije u korištenju softvera i da svoj posao obave što učinkovitije. Nakon što se korisnik osjeća ugodno sa softverom, vjerojatno će imati pitanja o tome zašto stvari funkcioniraju na način na koji rade. Za takve vrste odgovora postoje druge knjige koje govore detaljnije. (Tako su bili postavljeni mnogi Microsoftovi^(Microsoft) priručnici – postojala bi jedna prilično kratka knjiga koja vas je pokrenula i još jedna velika debela knjiga koja vam daje sve tehnološke detalje koje možete poželjeti.)

Knjiga obećava "Ne govori računalo" i izravan pristup, bez objašnjenja zauzima više od dvije stranice. Definitivno ispunjava to obećanje. Sve je jasno i dobro ilustrirano screenshotovima, a stranice su šarene i lijepo raspoređene za čitanje. Postoje savjeti^(Tips) koji će vam olakšati neke od stvari koje radite, a Vidi također^{(See Also)} veze na informacije na drugim stranicama. Autor je odabrao neke od zadataka koje ćete najvjerojatnije obaviti sa svakom od komponenti sustava Office i daje jasne, korak po korak ilustrirane upute za svaku od njih.

Postavljanje temelja

Do sada su mnogi ljudi radili s Microsoftovim^(Microsoft) proizvodima dovoljno da su upoznati s osnovama – izrezivanje, kopiranje, lijepljenje, otvaranje, spremanje i tako dalje – ali Office uključuje puno više od toga, a većina onoga što radi je izložena na vrpci^(Ribbon) na vrhu zaslona. Vrpca može izgledati zastrašujuće za ljude koji se s njom prvi put susreću^(Ribbon) (znam to iz iskustva iako koristim Word od verzije 3.0 za DOS !) Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple prelazi na posao s jasno ilustriranim i objašnjenim odjeljak na vrpci^(Ribbon), koja bi trebala odnijeti misterije i pokazati koliko može biti korisna. Isto se može reći i za odjeljke koji se bave galerijama, popisima^{(Galleries, Lists,)} i Backstage Viewom^{(Backstage View)} , a svi se pojavljuju u svakom od zasebnih programa koji čine Microsoft Office 2010 .

Pravo na posao u Office 2010

Moram priznati da sam bio zbunjen kad sam vidio poglavlje pod nazivom "Uobičajeni zadaci^(Tasks) u uredu^(Office) " koje se ne bavi tekstom ili izračunima, već ukrašenim fontovima, ilustracijama i fotografijama. Namjera mu je demonstrirati alate koji su zajednički svim Office aplikacijama, ali ne bi li bilo logičnije ilustracije raditi s dokumentom za obradu teksta, a ne s isječcima? Jedan pogled na sadržaj pokazao bi da Word dobiva više pažnje od ostalih elemenata sustava Office 2010 . Međutim, nakon tog odstupanja, knjiga se odmah baci na posao.

Postoje tri verzije sustava Office 2010 ( Professional Plus 2010 , Professional 2010 i Home and Business 2010 ) s različitim komponentama, a Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple detaljno govori o većini njih. Word ima tri odjeljka; Excel, Powerpoint i Outlook imaju po dva odjeljka; Publisher, Access i OneNote imaju po jedan odjeljak. Specijalizirani alati InfoPath, SharePoint i Communicator koji se nalaze u Professional Plusu^{(Professional Plus)}verziju, dobiti kratke opise uključene u druga poglavlja. Objašnjenje svake komponente programa Office 2010 počinje s osnovama, a zatim prelazi, korak po korak, na složenije zadatke. Do trenutka kada ste vidjeli osnove temeljito objašnjene, definitivno ste stekli samopouzdanje da nastavite dalje. Knjiga ne troši puno vremena na prolaženje kroz stvari o kojima većina korisnika Windowsa^(Windows) već zna, što znači da ima više prostora za usredotočenje na poučavanje čitatelja kako izvući maksimum iz softvera. Kao i kod drugih knjiga iz ove serije, Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simplemože se čitati bilo kojim redoslijedom, a može se koristiti i kao priručnik za svakoga tko želi znati kako nešto funkcionira. Međutim, budući da se svaki odjeljak temelji na informacijama iz prethodnih odjeljaka, preporučam da pročitate cijelo poglavlje posvećeno programu koji učite, od početka do kraja.

Učinite Office 2010 jedinstvenim vašim... i tako ga i zadržite

Budući da ne rade svi na isti način, i budući da se radno okruženje sustava Office može prilagoditi svakom korisniku na mnogo načina, odjeljak o prilagodbi i osiguranju Officea^{(Customizing and Securing Office)} sigurno će se intenzivno koristiti. Samo odlučivanje što radite, a što ne želite na vrpci^(Ribbon) lako bi vam moglo zauzeti puno vremena, bez ovog jasno ilustriranog vodiča pri ruci. Isto tako^(Likewise) , odjeljci koji se bave zaštitom, obnavljanjem i digitalnim potpisivanjem datoteka bitan su referentni alat. Rad s Officeom^(Office) definitivno nije jednostavno pitanje instaliranja programa i pravog pristupa na posao – jasno razumijevanje stvari kao što su AutoSave i AutoRecovermogao bi uštedjeti mnogo muke zbog eventualno izgubljenog ili izbrisanog rada. Samo to bi bilo vrijedno cijene knjige.

Presuda

Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple je jasno napisan, jasno ilustriran, korak po korak vodič za sve što će gotovo svi morati znati da bi bili uspješni s Microsoft Officeom 2010^{(Microsoft Office 2010)} . Microsoft Office je rastao tijekom godina i postao mnogo sofisticiraniji softver, nudeći značajke i za početnike i za napredne korisnike. S ovakvim knjigama, početnici će biti sigurni da nastavljaju isprobavati nove stvari, a napredniji korisnici mogu pronaći načine da lakše izvode zadatke koje su već savladali.

Book Review - Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple

Іf you've been reading my reviewѕ, you may have noticed that I аm a big fan of the printed sоftware manual and not at all еnthusiastic aboυt help files and manuals in.pdf format. And І've mentioned that Microѕoft's manuals used to be among thе best. Microsoft's printed manuals аre no more, but they've joined with O'Reilly Media to fill the gap with books, and their Plain & Simple series is a worthy successor to those fine manuals of the past.

I've been using Microsoft Word since version 3.0 for DOS, so I've seen quite a few major improvements over the years. As Word expanded and was incorporated into Office with Excel, Powerpoint and other programs, more and more features were added, and reading the instructions for using those features became more and more necessary. Office 2010 is the most feature-rich version yet, and a book that can make it "Plain & Simple" is well worth a look. I am happy to report that Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple is exactly what its title says it is. Now, having said that, I need to make clear that the aim of the Plain & Simple series of books is not to go into deep technological detail and explain why everything works. The books' purpose is to help people feel confident about using the software and to get their work done as efficiently as possible. Once the user feels at ease with the software, it's likely he or she will have questions about why things work the way they do. For those kinds of answers, there are other books that go into more detail. (That's the way many Microsoft manuals were laid out—there would be one fairly short book that got you started, and another big fat book that gave you all the technological detail you could possibly want.)

The book promises "No computer speak" and a straightforward approach, with no explanation taking up more than two pages. It definitely delivers on that promise. Everything is clear and well illustrated with screenshots, and the pages are colorful and nicely laid out for reading. There are Tips to help make some of the things you do easier, and See Also links to information on other pages. The author has selected some of the tasks you're most likely to do with each of Office's components and gives clear, step-by-step illustrated instructions for each.

Laying the foundation

By now, many people have worked with Microsoft products enough to be very familiar with the basics—cut, copy, paste, open, save and so forth—but Office includes a lot more than that, and much of what it does is laid out on the Ribbon at the top of the screen. The Ribbon can look intimidating to people encountering it for the first time (I know this from experience even though I've been using Word since version 3.0 for DOS!) Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple gets down to business with a clearly illustrated and explained section on the Ribbon, which should take away the mysteries and show how useful it can be. The same can be said of the sections dealing with Galleries, Lists, and the Backstage View, all of which appear in each of the separate programs that make up Microsoft Office 2010.

Getting right to work in Office 2010

I must admit I was puzzled to see a chapter titled "Common Tasks in Office" that dealt not with text or calculations but with embellished fonts, illustrations and photos. It's meant to demonstrate the tools that are common to all Office applications, but wouldn't it have been more logical to do the illustrations with a word processing document rather than with clip art? One look at the table of contents would demonstrate that Word gets more attention than the other elements of Office 2010. After that diversion, though, the book gets right down to business.

There are three versions of Office 2010 (Professional Plus 2010, Professional 2010, and Home and Business 2010) with different components, and Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple goes into detail about most of them. Word has three sections; Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook each have two sections; Publisher, Access and OneNote have one section each. The specialized tools InfoPath, SharePoint, and Communicator, found in the Professional Plus version, get brief descriptions included in other chapters. Each Office 2010 component program's explanation begins with the basics and then moves along, step by step, to the more complex tasks. By the time you've seen the basics thoroughly explained, you've definitely gotten the confidence to move on. The book doesn't spend a lot of time going through things most Windows users already know about, which means there's more space to concentrate on teaching the reader how to get the most out of the software. As with other books in this series, Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple can be read in any order, and it can be used as a reference book for anyone who wants to know how something works. However, since each section builds on the information in previous sections, I'd recommend reading the entire chapter devoted to the program you're learning, beginning to end.

Making Office 2010 uniquely yours... and keeping it that way

Since not everyone works the same way, and since the Office' working environment can be custom-tailored to each user in so many ways, the section on Customizing and Securing Office is bound to get heavy use. Just deciding what you do and don't want on the Ribbon could easily occupy a lot of time, without this clearly illustrated guide close at hand. Likewise, the sections dealing with protecting, recovering, and digitally signing files are an essential reference tool. Working with Office is definitely not a simple matter of installing the program and going right to work—a clear understanding of things like AutoSave and AutoRecover could save a lot of anguish over possibly lost or deleted work. That alone would be worth the cost of the book.

Verdict

Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple is a clearly written, clearly illustrated, step by step guide to everything nearly everyone will need to know to be successful with Microsoft Office 2010. Microsoft Office has grown over the years and has become much more sophisticated software, offering features for both the beginner and the advanced user. With books like this, beginners will be confident to keep trying new things, and more advanced users may well find ways to make tasks they've already mastered easier to do.

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