Ruth Maran (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has over 10,000,000 books in print and translated into 26 languages. She is part of the award--winning maranGraphics family. Her end user and programming books alike are best sellers and have appeared on the Publishers Weekly best seller list. Some of her best selling titles include Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows XP, Master VISUALLY Windows XP, and Windows XP Simplified, all of which are on Bookscan's Top 50 Computer list.

GETTING STARTED. 1. Getting Started. USING WORD. 1. Getting Started. 2. Save, Open and Print a Document. 3. Edit a Document. 4. Format Text. 5. Format Pages. USING EXCEL. 1. Getting Started. 2. Save and Open a Workbook. 3. Edit a Worksheet. 4. Using Formulas and Functions. 5. Format a Worksheet. 6. Print a Worksheet. 7. Working With Charts. USING POWERPOINT. 1. Getting Started. 2. Edit Slides. 3. Add Objects to Slides. 4. Enhance a Presentation. 5. Fine--Tune a Presentation. USING PUBLISHER. 1. Getting Started. 2. Save, Print & Open a Publication. 3. Enhance a Publication. 4. Create and Work With Objects. USING OUTLOOK. 1. Exchange E--mail. 2. Manage Information. 3. Outlook With Business Contact Manager.