Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft FrontPage 2000 in 24 Hours

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Summary: 24 hours is not enough
Review: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft FrontPage 2000 is a combination of good and bad. The major flaw here is although the book is labeled for beginners, it assumes the reader understands 'computerese'. Terms such as HTML and ISDN are not spelled out, much of the jargon is left unexplained. A novice to this program would be lost before finishing the first chapter. Another problem with this book is the lack of examples and/or exercises as the chapter progresses. FrontPage, like most computer programs,is not something to read about. Learning will come easier if the information is presented in a hands-on approach. In this regards Sams Teach Yourself FrontPage in 21 days has a better format. On the good side, the flow of the chapters are nicely sequential, each building on the previous. One could get a web site up and operating by the time the book is completed. Overall there are better choices in books, although this one may be adequate if a live teacher were around to help decode the jargon.

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Summary: Same feeling as the previous review
Review: The book itself seems to be compiled in 24 hours

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Summary: OK, but not all it's cracked up to be.
Review: The book would probobly help more if you have some general experience in Frontpage. If you are looking for a vague reference manual, this book is perfect. As a computer graphics and design professional I had most of the terminology and basic functions down, but what I found was that the book assumes you know a decent amount of information before hand. Most of the problems stem from abbreviated chapters (10-12 pages in an hour and most of that is graphics) and assuming you know how to get around(ie: go to the themes menu without telling you where this menu is located.) I know the program will do what I want, but this book doesn't tell me how to get specific things such as importing more file types than .gif, .jpg, and .png. I want to know how to integrate my Flash files and Swish files and how to get plugins to work. Also, it is assumed that graphics layout will be centered around text, when most of the pages I am building involve more layout and less text. If I didn't have a clue what the difference between a .jpg and a .gif was, this would be helpful. The book kind of dissapoints me in that some things are covered for basic beginners and others assume a working knowledge of the program. I would recommend another book more suited for beginners if you are beginning, or something more suited for intermediate users if you are intermediate. Either way this book is probobly not the best for anybody out there. Also the web with the sample files is not there anymore...

Rating:
Summary: OK, but not all it's cracked up to be.
Review: The book would probobly help more if you have some general experience in Frontpage. If you are looking for a vague reference manual, this book is perfect. As a computer graphics and design professional I had most of the terminology and basic functions down, but what I found was that the book assumes you know a decent amount of information before hand. Most of the problems stem from abbreviated chapters (10-12 pages in an hour and most of that is graphics) and assuming you know how to get around(ie: go to the themes menu without telling you where this menu is located.) I know the program will do what I want, but this book doesn't tell me how to get specific things such as importing more file types than .gif, .jpg, and .png. I want to know how to integrate my Flash files and Swish files and how to get plugins to work. Also, it is assumed that graphics layout will be centered around text, when most of the pages I am building involve more layout and less text. If I didn't have a clue what the difference between a .jpg and a .gif was, this would be helpful. The book kind of dissapoints me in that some things are covered for basic beginners and others assume a working knowledge of the program. I would recommend another book more suited for beginners if you are beginning, or something more suited for intermediate users if you are intermediate. Either way this book is probobly not the best for anybody out there. Also the web with the sample files is not there anymore...

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Summary: Unfriendly
Review: This book was extremely confusing. For someone who has no experience in Web page design, this book gives very little step-by-step instruction. Books that give instructions and then show what the work should look like, are far more helpful for the novice. I am not a novice in using other page editing programs, and if this program is as unfriendly as this book makes it seem, I won't be using it FrontPage.