VENTANA PRESS WELCOMES NEW MAC USERS

Chapel Hill, NC--Computer hype can lead to hypertension, as the competent
typist who suddenly finds a Mac on the desktop can surely testify. While a
pile of complicated manuals only adds to the discomfort, Ventana Press's
lively new Mac, Word & Excel Desktop Companion offers instant, yet
abiding, relief.

"This book is intended to get readers going with a minimum amount of fuss
and technicalities--and probably contains fewer pages than the manual that
arrives with your VCR," says award-winning author Tom Lichty. Remembering
that Mac users are mere mortals, as much in need of a chuckle as a helping
hand, Lichty peppers his eminently-readable instructions for mastering Mac
essentials with anecdotes about the computer industry.

In three separate sections of step-by-step tutorials, Mac, Word & Excel
Desktop Companion shares tips on

* Sounding out System 7 and 7.1: Finding (and filing) with Finder; weighing
the Options; facts about fonts and managing memory efficiently. 

* Working wizardry with Word 5.1: Formatting without fretting; painless
proofing; and editing with ease. 

* Excelling with Excel 4.0: Entering labels, values and formulas; avoiding
errors (and effort!) with Range, Reference and Fill; graphing progress;
and managing lists. 

* Promoting interprogram rapport: Cutting, copying and pasting between Word
and Excel; problem-free printing; and more!

Mac, Word & Excel Desktop Companion extends Ventana' s popular 3-in-1
Office Companion series into the realm of the Macintosh, showing new Mac
users how to take control of their machines and even enjoy them.

Tom Lichty directs the University of Oregon's microcomputer program. A
noted writer and columnist, he is the author of The Official America
Online Membership Kit & Tour Guide; Desktop Publishing With Word for
Windows (both from Ventana Press); and Design Principles for Desktop
Publishers (Scott, Foresman).

Mac, Word & Excel Desktop Companion is softcover, 370 pages, illustrated.
Suggested retail price: $21.95. ISBN: 1-56604-065-5. For orders only,
phone 800/743-5369.

Ventana Press publishes books that help computer users make the most of
their hardware and software. Bestselling titles include Looking Good in
Print, Third Edition, Voodoo Mac, The Mac Internet Tour Guide, The System
7 Book, Second Edition, The Official America Online Membership Kit & Tour
Guide and The Mac Shareware 500. Additional titles in the Office Companion
series include Dos, WordPerfect & Lotus Office Companion and Windows, Word
& Excel Office Companion. All titles are available in bookstores and
through Ventana Press, P.O. Box 2468, Chapel Hill, NC 27515; 919/942-0220;
FAX, 919/942-1140

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