Mid ka mid ah buugaagta^{(Missing Manuals)} taxanaha ah ee qodobbada ugu xooggan waa inay si qurux badan u sharraxaan wax kasta oo ku saabsan maadooyinkooda. Halku-dhiggoodu waa “Buugii ay ahayd in uu sanduuqa ku jiro,” taasina waa sax. Inta badan buugaagtani waa tixraacyo aad u wanaagsan oo loogu talagalay maadooyinkooda, oo ay qoraan dad si cad u ah khabiiro iyo sida loo sharaxo wax kasta si aan u fahamno kuwa aan khubarada ahayn. Waxaan iibsaday dhowr buug oo kuwan ka mid ah sanadihii la soo dhaafay (xaqiiqda, waxaa jira afar ka mid ah xafiiska aniga oo ila jooga markaan qorayo tan). Markaa markii la i siiyay fursad aan dib ugu eego Xafiiska 2013: Buugga Maqan^{(Office 2013: The Missing Manual)} , waxaan ku bilaabay rajooyin sare. Ma^(Were) la kulmay rajadaydii? Aan^(Let) ku aragno dib u eegistan.

Bartilmaameedka buuggu

Si ka duwan buugaag kale oo aan akhriyay dhawaan, midkan waxa loogu talagalay wadarta dadka cusub iyo dadka ka soo cusboonaysiinaya daabacaadyadii hore. Taasi waa arrin aad u adag in la isku dheellitiro sababtoo ah waa in loo helo sharraxaad ku filan kuwa cusub, laakiin ma ahan mid aad u badan in dadka horay wax uga yaqaan mawduuca ay caajisaan oo ay warwareegaan. Waxaan u maleynayaa, dhammaan, dhammaan, qorayaashu waxay qabteen shaqo wanaagsan oo ay ku socdaan xadhigga adag. Qorayaashu waa Nancy Conner iyo Matthew MacDonald .

Buuggu wuxuu si faahfaahsan u sharaxay codsiyada Xafiiska^(Office) ee ay dad badani u badan tahay inay isticmaalaan: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, iyo Access . Waxa kale oo jira cutubyo si aad ah uga sii tafatiran oo ku saabsan Publisher, OneNote, SkyDrive iyo Web Apps -ka bilaashka ah . Waxaa jira tixraacyo kooban oo kooban oo ku saabsan Office 365 , laakiin haddii aad rabto nooc kasta oo sharraxaad dhammaystiran daabacaaddaas Xafiiska^(Office) , waxaad u baahan doontaa inaad raadsato buug kale. Waxaan soo jeedin lahaa Microsoft Office-kayaga Inside Out ee dhawaan dib loo eegay: 2013 Edition^{(Microsoft Office Inside Out: 2013 Edition)} , kaas oo qabta shaqo adag oo sharraxaya Office 365 . Habkan waxaan u arkay mid la yaab leh. Maxaad u sharaxdaySkyDrive iyo Web Apps laakiin aan Office 365 ahayn ? Xiiseyn darteed, waxaan ka dhex baadhay Amazon si aan u eego haddii uu jiro Office 365 gaar ah: Buugga Maqan^{(Office 365: The Missing Manual)} — oo aanu jirin. Baadhitaanku wuxuu soo saaray buuggan, kaasoo wax yar ka sheegaya mawduucan.

Sharaxaada abka

Mid kasta oo ka mid ah shanta qaybood ee sharxaya apps-yada waaweyn ee Office waxay leeyihiin qaab isku mid ah: Hordhac aasaaska dhammaystiran, kaas oo inta badan loogu talagalay dadka cusub (laakiin ka kooban macluumaadka ku saabsan sifooyinka ku cusub Xafiiska^(Office)2013 in dadka kor u qaadaya ay ogaadaan) oo ay ku xigto cutubyo sharaxaya amarrada muhiimka ah iyo xirfadaha qofku u baahan yahay inuu ogaado si uu ugu raaxaysto isticmaalka app-ka su'aasha, iyo dhamaystirka cutubyo badan oo u go'an maadooyinka xiisaha weyn u leh isticmaalayaasha horumarsan. Sida dhammaan buugaagta dabeecaddan, cutubyada waxaa loo akhriyi karaa hab kasta ama waa la boodi karaa gebi ahaanba, taas oo ku xidhan baahida akhristaha shakhsi ahaaneed. Habaynta mawduucyada min fudud ilaa kuwa kakan, waa inay u fududaato ku dhawaad ​​qof kasta inuu si toos ah u aado macluumaadka ay uga baahan yihiin buugga. Halkan, tusaale ahaan, waa shaxda tusmada daabacaadda e-buugga ee Word .

Waxaan go'aansaday inaan tijaabiyo buugga anigoo akhrinaya tilmaamaha isticmaalka Muuqaalka^(Outlook) . Waxaan u isticmaalay Outlook shaqo aan haystay qiyaastii 2000, maan jeclayn oo ma taaban tan iyo markaas. Waxaan xiisaynayay inaan arko inta aan xusuustay, iyo inta la beddelay sannadihii la soo dhaafay-iyo haddii Outlook ay fududahay in la isticmaalo hadda Microsoft waxay haysatay sannado ay ku shaqeyso oo ay horumariso. Qorayaashu waxay ku bilaabayaan iyagoo leh Outlookmaahan kaliya iimaylka mar dambe, taasina xaqiiqdii waa run. Iyadoo aan isticmaalay dhowr ka mid ah sifooyinka kale ee hore (sida jadwalka, maadaama ay ahayd shaqadayda daabacaadda iyo dhajinta jadwalka waaxda toddobaad kasta) Wax badan kama aanan qaban xiriirka, liiska shaqada, qoraalada ama galalka. Dhammaan sifooyinkaas waxay si muuqata uga duwan yihiin Muuqaalka 2013^{(Outlook 2013)} , markaa waxaan si taxadar leh u akhriyay cutubyada Muuqaalka^(Outlook) ka hor intaanan bilaabin inaan ka shaqeeyo barnaamijka. Waxaan dib u eegis ku sameynayaa daabacaadda e-book-ga, markaa markii aan bilaabay ku celcelinta, waxaan dib iyo gadaal u rogi karaa barnaamijka iyo buugga marka loo baahdo.

Xafiiska 2013: Buugga Maqan^{(Office 2013: The Missing Manual)} kuma jiraan faylalka ku celcelinta sida buugaagta kale ee la midka ah ay sameeyaan, laakiin taasi uma arag inay dhibaato tahay. Tilmaamuhu aad bay u cad yihiin oo way fududayd in tallaabo-tallaabo loo raaco, qoraalkana waxa lagu dhex daray talooyin iyo tilmaamo badan oo waxtar leh iyo talooyin loogu talagalay boggaga kale ee buugga si loo helo macluumaad dheeraad ah. Tani waxay ahayd fikrad aad u wanaagsan, oo fududaysay in la helo macluumaad dheeraad ah ama la sii wado, iyadoo loo eegayo baahida akhristaha. Markii aan raacay waxa si dhakhso ah ii muuqatay in aan lahaan lahaa aragti aad u wanaagsan oo Outlook ah haddii (a) Muuqaalka 2000^{(Outlook 2000)} uu ahaan lahaa mid qani ah sida Muuqaalka 2013^{(Outlook 2013)}iyo (b) Waxaan lahaan lahaa buug sidan oo kale ah si aan u sharaxo dhammaan intii aan keligay isku milmi lahaa. In kasta oo aan ka shaqayn jiray maktabad, buugaagtii waagaas aad uma ay fiicnayn. 🙂

Gabagabadii

Xafiiska 2013: Buugga Maqan^{(Office 2013: The Missing Manual)} waxa uu dhigayaa dheellitir wanaagsan oo u dhexeeya bixinta macluumaad ku filan bilowgayaasha iyo bixinta macluumaad faahfaahsan oo ku saabsan sifooyinka horumarsan ee isticmaalayaasha horumarsan. Qorayaashu si cad ayay u garanayaan mawduucooda waxayna u sharxi karaan qof kasta. Waxa jira lifaaqyo laga heli karo onlayn oo ka kooban xidhiidhiyo badan oo faa'iido leh. Ku tijaabinta Xafiiska^(Office)app-ka oo aanan la socon, waxaan u arkay hab-raacyada inay fududahay in la raaco, sawiraduna ay cad yihiin. Ugu dambayntii waxaan u arkay inay tahay wax aad u wanaagsan oo lagu daro khaanadda buugaagtayda. Taasi waxay tidhi, si kastaba ha ahaatee, si aad u daboosho qolka adag ee noocan oo kale ah buuggu waa inuu ahaadaa mid dheer (1051 bog oo daabacaadda ebook ah, oo ay ku jiraan 28 bogga index) waxayna daboolaysaa codsiyo ka badan inta dad badani u baahan doonaan inay isticmaalaan, markaa waxaa laga yaabaa inay noqoto. Si sahlan loo gato buugaag codsi gaar ah u leh ama aan si faahfaahsan sidan u sii faah faahsanin ee ku saabsan sifooyinka horumarsan.

Xukun

Sidaan sheegay, waxaan u helay buugan inuu yahay tixraac aad u wanaagsan oo sharxaya wax kasta oo qof kastaa rabo inuu ka ogaado Xafiiska 2013^{(Office 2013)} . Laakiin nolosha dhabta ah, qof kastaa uma baahna faahfaahintan badan. Way fiicnaan lahayd wakhtigaaga inaad ka hubiso buugga maktabadda xaafaddaada oo aad aragto sida uu kuugu habboon yahay. Haddii aadan waqti u haynin, hubi cutubkan bilaashka ah (PDF soo dejinta)^{(free chapter (PDF download))} , si aad u hesho xoogaa dhadhamin ah.

Book Review - Office 2013: The Missing Manual

One of the Missing Manuals series of books' greatest strong points is that they explain pretty much everything about their subjects. Their slogan is "The book that should have been in the box," and that's accurate. Most of these books are excellent references for their subjects, written by people who clearly are experts and who know how to explain things so that we non-experts can understand them. I have bought several of these books over the years (in fact, there are four of them in the office with me as I write this). So when I was given the opportunity to review Office 2013: The Missing Manual, I started out with high expectations. Were my expectations met? Let's see in this review.

The book's target audience

Unlike some other explain-it-all books I've read recently, this one is aimed at both total newcomers and people upgrading from previous editions. That's a tricky thing to balance because there has to be sufficient explanation for the newcomers, but not so much that people who already know something about the subject will get bored and wander off. I think, all in all, the authors did a good job of walking that tightrope. The authors are Nancy Conner and Matthew MacDonald.

The book explains in great detail the Office applications that more people are likely to use: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. There are also chapters that go into much less detail about Publisher, OneNote, SkyDrive and the free Web Apps. There are a few brief references to Office 365, but if you want any kind of thorough explanation of that edition of Office, you'll need to seek out another book. I would suggest our recently reviewed Microsoft Office Inside Out: 2013 Edition, which does a dandy job of explaining Office 365. I found this approach somewhat surprising. Why explain SkyDrive and Web Apps but not Office 365? Out of curiosity, I browsed Amazon to see if there were a separate Office 365: The Missing Manual—and there isn't. The search turns up this book, which says very little about that subject.

Explaining the apps

Each of the five sections explaining the major Office apps has the same structure: An introduction to the absolute basics, which is mostly designed for newcomers (but contains information about the features that are new to Office 2013 that people who are upgrading should know about) followed by chapters that explain the essential commands and skills one needs to know to be comfortable using the app in question, and finishing with multiple chapters devoted to subjects of great interest to advanced users. As with all books of this nature, the chapters can be read in any order or skipped entirely, depending on the individual reader's needs. With the arrangement of topics from simple to complex, it should be easy for nearly everyone to go straight to the information they need in the book. Here, for example, is the e-book edition's table of contents for Word.

I decided to test out the book by reading the instructions for using Outlook. I had used Outlook at a job I had circa 2000, didn't like it much and hadn't touched it since. I was curious to see how much of it I remembered, and how much has been changed over the years—and if Outlook was easier to use now that Microsoft has had years to work on it and improve it. The authors start out by saying that Outlook isn't just for email any more, and that's definitely true. While I had used a few of the other features before (like the calendar, since it was my job to print out and post the departmental calendar every week) I hadn't done much of anything with contacts, the task list, notes or the folders. All of those features are noticeably different in Outlook 2013, so I read through the Outlook chapters carefully before I began to work my way through the program. I am reviewing the e-book edition, so once I started practicing, I could flip back and forth between the program and the book easily when necessary.

Office 2013: The Missing Manual doesn't include practice files like some other similar books do, but I didn't find that to be a problem. The instructions are very clear and it was easy to follow through step by step, and the text is interspersed with many helpful tips and hints and suggestions for other pages in the book to turn to for more information. This was a great idea, and made it easy to find more information or just keep going, according to the reader's needs. As I followed along it was quickly apparent that I would have had a much more favorable impression of Outlook if (a) Outlook 2000 had been as feature rich as Outlook 2013 and (b) I'd had a book like this to explain it all instead of having to just muddle through on my own. Even though I worked at a library, the how-to books in those days weren't nearly as good. 🙂

Conclusions

Office 2013: The Missing Manual strikes a good balance between providing enough basic information for beginners and providing detailed information on advanced features for more advanced users. The authors clearly know their subject and can explain it to just about everyone. There are appendices available online that contain plenty of useful links and extras. Putting it to the test with an Office app that I wasn't up to date with, I found the instructions easy to follow and the illustrations clear. In the end I found it to be a very good addition to my bookshelf. That said, however, to cover such a complex suite this completely the book has to be long (1051 pages in the ebook edition, including a 28 page index) and it covers more applications than many people will need to use, so it might be easier to buy books that are application specific or that don't go into such extensive detail about the advanced features.

Verdict

As I said, I found this book to be an excellent reference that explains just about anything anyone would want to know about Office 2013. But in real life, not everyone will need this much detail. It would be well worth your time to check the book out of your local library and see how well it suits you. If you don't have the time for that, check this free chapter (PDF download), to get a bit of a taste.

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