Authorware 5 Attain Authorized (2nd Edition)

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Summary: They changed the name but didn't update the book.
Review: Although this book says it is about Authorware 5, it is essentially a reprint of the Authorware 4 Authorized book with all traces of Macintosh removed. The book is reasonably good on the basics, but none of the Authorware 5 only features are covered.

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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: Having only a self-acquired knowledge of Authorware (via versions 3 & 4) I needed something to help explain many of the features.

As someone who learns best by DOING I found this book very, very helpful.

There are still many features I have yet to learn, but in doing the exercise in this book I acquired a solid base of knowledge.

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Summary: need more books on Authorware 5 Attain
Review: I am a Multimedia Technology student in Broward Community College. I have taken the Authorware 4 class which I used the book "Authorware 4 Authorized" book (great book in my opinion), but in this fall term, our college will upgrade our computers with Authorware 5 Attain and we haven't found any Authorware 5 book for our Authorware II class. Please help us find a book for Authorware 5 Attain. Thankyou!

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Summary: Authorware 5.1 Review
Review: I bought this book as part of a graduate course in Multimedia. We were to learn how to develop a business application using Authorware Attain 5.1 as a final project for the class. The book goes throught the basics of using Authorware Attain 5.1 but often the explanations are not detailed enough. The author assumes too much knowledge of the software's capabilities in some of the exercises. It appears that the software has a lot of potential but you will not find out all the potential from this book. If you want to learn the basics of Authorware, the book will be helpful. If you want anything beyond the basics, it will not help you.

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Summary: too simplistic -- not worth the money if you're upgrading
Review: I wouldn't recommend buying this book if you're upgrading from A4. This one shows you some of the bells & whistles but never gets down to the more complex stuff.

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Summary: Good for starter
Review: This book starts off with making projects and that's what you'll be doing most of the time. The chapters start off slowly with the absolute basics, and progresses in difficulty later on. Its definitely not a reference book, but more like a tutorial book.

Each chapter presents new features of the program, but not much detail is give regarding the concepts behind those features. However, if you're new to Authorware, then this is definitely a good book to start with, as there aren't many books out there in the market which cover this program anyway.

Some steps are illustrated, and you'll be given instructions in what to do and how to do them to progress further. Unfortunately, its not very comprehensive in its explaination, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure out why some things are done that way.

So, pick it up if you're a beginner and go through it like a tutorial with the program, and it'll commit to memory better. If you want something comprehensive and more in depth, then look elsewhere.

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Summary: Horrible - horrible!
Review: This is a great book for beginners. Kellogg does an excellent job explaining the basics of Authorware. I had no trouble taking what I learned in the book and applying it in my own Authorware projects. What this book doesn't cover are some of the other Authorware issues...like programming Authorware or using Authorware 5's new "Knowledge Objects". However, you will easily learn the basics of Authorware using this book. It's a very good place to start.

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Summary: Great book for beginners
Review: This is a great book for beginners. Kellogg does an excellent job explaining the basics of Authorware. I had no trouble taking what I learned in the book and applying it in my own Authorware projects. What this book doesn't cover are some of the other Authorware issues...like programming Authorware or using Authorware 5's new "Knowledge Objects". However, you will easily learn the basics of Authorware using this book. It's a very good place to start.

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Summary: Authorware 5 Attain Authorized (2nd Edition)
Review: This is the worst book in the world! If you want to learn Authorware, it is impossible to understand what it says.

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Summary: Authorware 5 Attain Authorized (2nd Edition)
Review: This is the worst book in the world! If you want to learn Authorware, it is impossible to understand what it says.