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You're not getting the full benefit from all your hard work if your presentations are ineffective. Now, with the latest version of Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software and practical, authoritative guidance from best-selling author Doug Lowe, you can generate impressive and effective slide shows, create overhead transparencies, and even computer-based presentations. Plus, with PowerPoint 97 For Windows For Dummies, you discover the secrets ... Read More

Now you can have the power of Microsoft Office 97 at your fingertips whenever you sit down to work. In Microsoft Office 97 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference, you find all the tips, shortcuts, and quick solutions you need in order to use the world's leading productivity software suite successfully. In this book, best-selling author Doug Lowe distills all the must-knows of feature-rich Office 97, so that you can easily take advantage of powerful ... Read More

PowerPoint 2002 For Dummies covers the essentials you need to know to create presentation slides, dress them up using templates and graphics, add sound and animation, and make your presentation in a business or Internet setting. Plus, this friendly guide covers the newest features included with PowerPoint including the updated interface. ... Read More

Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies covers the essentials new PC or IE users need to know about hooking up to the Internet for Web browsing, e-mail, and other tasks. This guide includes coverage of getting on the Internet, Web browsing with IE, e-mail with Outlook Express, customizing IE, and creating Web pages. Most important, it covers the enhanced features of the new version including the updated Interface. ... Read More

Nine minibooks provide new and inexperienced Word users with the know-how to optimize the features of the long-anticipated release of the latest version of Word Valuable minibooks cover Word basics; formatting text; various editing techniques; working with letters, envelopes, and labels; adding graphics; Web publishing; advanced document features; customizing Word; and programming Word with VBA Offers insightful information for creating key documents ... Read More

New and inexperienced PowerPoint users will discover how to use the latest enhancements to PowerPoint 2007 quickly and efficiently so that they can produce unique and informative presentations PowerPoint continues to be the world's most popular presentation software This updated For Dummies guide shows users different ways to create powerful and effective slideshow presentations that incorporate data from other applications in the form of charts, ... Read More

Create a shopping cart, online store, and Web forum, or set up a blog ASP.NET 2.0 is a functional programming tool, so why not discover how to use it by actually creating something functional? These aren't useless "Hello World" type examples - you'll build secure e-commerce, community, and back-end applications right from the start. Even before you've finished this hands-on guide, you'll have something to show for your efforts! Discover how to * Understand ... Read More

The bestselling beginning networking book is now updated to cover the latest tools and trends! Fully updated and revised to include the latest trends in networking, this perennial bestseller features updated coverage of broadband technologies, storage, and backup. You'll discover the hottest topics for setting up a network at home or in the office. Popular For Dummies author Doug Lowe knows what the networking beginner is looking for, so to that end ... Read More

10 books in 1 - your key to networking success! Your one-stop guide to the latest updates on networking Packed with new and updated material on Windows Server 2008, the latest Red Hat(r) Fedora(r), Vista, and Office 2007, and the most up-to-date wireless standards, this solitary reference contains everything you need to manage both large and small networks. With these ten minibooks, you'll discover how to make your network share information in the ... Read More

Company just hooked you up to a network and you’re wondering what the heck you’re supposed to do with it? Tired of burning spreadsheets onto CDs just so you can share them with coworkers, and you’re wondering what it’ll take to set up a network in your organization? Been tasked with setting up a network and you don’t have a clue about where to begin? Don’t fret, you’ll find all the answers you’re looking for in Networking for Dummies. Written for ... Read More

Wouldn’t it be a waste to own a Porsche convertible and just drive it to the grocery store at 40 mph? If you have Word 2003, you actually have a high-performance word processing program that can do almost anything you tell it to. Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies helps you put the pedal to the metal and your fingers to the keys and cover a lot of territory fast. It includes information on: The basics, such as editing, saving, and printing ... Read More

Time to make the jump to Microsoft's Office 2000 suite of productivity tools? No time to slog through pages and pages of user manuals? Cut straight to the heart of things with Microsoft Office 2000 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference, your fast and friendly fingertip companion to getting up and running with the latest versions of Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Publisher. Dive right in and emerge with the information you need to ... Read More

Not too long ago (in a galaxy not too far away), the term presentation software meant poster board and marker pens. Times sure have changed. Now, computer presentations are the norm; in fact, you may get some downright dirty looks from your boss if you come into a conference room carrying flip charts or a stack of handwritten transparencies. The term PowerPoint has become synonymous with fancy-schmancy, computer presentations; in fact, PowerPoint ... Read More

You certainly get your money’s worth with Office XP. In one convenient bundle, you get a world-class word processor (Word 2002), a spreadsheet program (Excel 2002), a presentation program (PowerPoint 2002), an e-mail program (Outlook 2002), and a database program (Access 2002). Plus, you get a grab-bag of other useful programs. What a bargain! With its plethora of features and commands, you may not know where or how to start using Office XP effectively ... Read More

Do most slide show put you right to sleep? Do you want to put on a killer presentation that will blow your audience away, but you’re not quite sure how to compose one? With PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, you can make your slides come alive with video, sound, and animations that will leave your audience cheering for more. PowerPoint is one of the standard components of Microsoft Office. With over 120 million users worldwide, it is one of the most popular ... Read More

Una vez que conecta su PC a una red, ya no es una computadora personal. Ahora es parte de una red de computadoras. No necesita tener un doctorado para comprender los beneficios de las redes. De hecho, usted aprendió todo lo que necesitaba saber en kindergarten: Las redes no son más que compartir. Específicamente, las redes no son más que compartir archivos, recursos y programas. ¿Comparte usted información al copiar archivos a un disquete y pasarla ... Read More

Eight minibooks comprising nearly 900 pages give developers the tips and techniques they need to get up and running on the new J2SE 6 (Java Standard Edition 6) and JDK 6 (Java Development Kit 6) This friendly, all-inclusive reference delivers the lowdown on Java language and syntax fundamentals as well as Java server-side programming, with explanations, reference information, and how-to instructions for both beginning and intermediate-to-advanced ... Read More

Diagrams, organizational charts, flowcharts, even floor plans — they’re all types of business graphics. Only one tool does ’em all: SmartDraw. SmartDraw For Dummies shows you how this business graphics software helps you make boring presentations exciting and how to create graphics that can help you sell, manage, inform, motivate, and more. You’ll learn how to set up the program, navigate its somewhat unique interface, and work with SmartDraw’s thousands ... Read More

Eight minibooks cover ASP.NET basics, Web controls, using HTML and ASP, C#, Visual Basic, database programming, using the .NET Framework, and advanced ASP.NET 2 (including themes, custom server controls, and Web parts) The ideal resource for Web programming newcomers as well as the 1.5 million existing ASP developers who want a complete ready-reference that covers the new ASP.NET 2 updates More than double the size of ASP.NET 2 For Dummies ... Read More

What’s a Gigabook? A collection of just about everything you need to know on a topic, all in one convenient place!  Windows XP Gigabook For Dummies takes the best from five other For Dummies books and squeezes out everything but the most important stuff. This single super-sized reference — more than 800 pages’ worth — gives you a go-to guide on everything connected with Windows XP, PCs and peripherals, the Internet, Office 2003, and Money 2004. You ... Read More

Get connected, get clicking, and get what you need from the Internet, whether that’s answers from Google, bargains from E-bay, music from iTunes, or merchandise from the thousands of shopping sites. The Internet Gigabook For Dummies has almost 900 pages jam-packed with information, how-tos, tips, techniques, advice, and short-cuts to help you use the Internet for all it’s worth! Whether you’re an experienced Web surfer or just daring to get your feet ... Read More

“Packed with planting and design ideas that will transform even the humblest of pots into a flower festival.” —Doug Jimerson, Editor in Chief, Garden Escape, www.garden.com “Who better to turn to for everything you need to know about container culture than a guy who has ‘been there, done that’ for a careerful of years?” —Joseph F. Williamson, Former Garden Editor and Managing Editor, Sunset Magazine While historical reports of container gardening ... Read More