1.5. About This Book

Office 2011 comes in a shiny, attractive package adorned with application icons. What you won’t find inside, however, is a printed manual. To learn this vast set of software programs, you’re expected to rely on sample documents and built-in help screens.

Although Office Help is detailed and concise, you need to know what you’re looking for before you can find it. You can’t mark your place (you lose your trail in the Help program every time you close an Office program), you can’t underline or make margin notes, and, even with a laptop, reading in bed or by firelight just isn’t the same.