Web Publishing Step by Step - Softcover

ActiveEducation; Activeeducation (Firm); Microsoft Press

 
9780735611566: Web Publishing Step by Step

Synopsis

Here's a powerful two-in-one solution for learning how to use the Web publishing tools and features in Microsoft Office 2000 Premium, including Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and PhotoDraw "TM" 2000. "Microsoft Web Publishing Step by Step" combines two effective learning tools in one package so users can choose the teaching method that best meets their needs. The book delivers task-oriented, self-paced learning in Microsoft's proven Step by Step methodology. And the multimedia training component on CD-ROM helps users learn by doing, either in a realistic software-simulation environment or by using actual Office 2000 programs and features.

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Review

Web Publishing Step by Step is a self-study course on delivering on-line content using Microsoft's FrontPage 2000 and PhotoDraw 2000. "Complete Self-Pacing Training" is what the cover boasts and if you're familiar with Microsoft's wizards and software then you'll soon be up and running intranet and Internet sites. Most things are covered here: graphics, frames, Web site structure, navigation, forms, uploading files, multimedia, hints on design and even the arcanely named cascading style-sheets. Do not fear--you will not have to dirty your hands with code or HTML: this is a straightforward guide that's as simple as it can get. The final chapter is about integrating Word, PowerPoint, Access and Excel documents into your site.

There's an accompanying training CD-ROM covering the subjects of each chapter through interactive tutorials as well as providing sample files to experiment with. You follow the lessons through working with dummy windows that teach you where to point and click. It won't be to everyone's taste: the interface looks clunky and occasionally feels patronising. For those with sound cards there's also an audio track. Web Publishing Step by Step is pitched at small office and home office users who are total novices at Web design but are familiar with Office 2000 and need to run a small internet or intranet site. As an introduction to Web publishing it works for the tools covered but anyone with professional ambitions is best advised to learn Dreamweaver or Go-Live. --John Cranmer

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