WordPerfect For Linux For Dummies

By Margaret Levine Young, David C. Kay and Jordan M. Young.
November 1999, 402 pages, US$19.99. C$26.99, £18.99 ISBN 0-7645-0657-9

For novice WordPerfect users, or those who are moving to the Linux version, this is the book for you. It leads you through the ins and outs of WordPerfect 8 for Linux and helps you steer clear of techie stuff you don't need to know.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing WordPerfect for Linux
Chapter 1: WordPerfect Basics
Chapter 2: Using the Mouse and Keyboard
Chapter 3: Cruising the Document
Chapter 4: Fooling with Blocks of Text
Chapter 5: Text Improvements

Part II: Prettying Up Your Text
Chapter 6: Charming Characters
Chapter 7: Sensational Sentences and Poignant Paragraphs
Chapter 8: Perfect Pages and Dashing Documents
Chapter 9: The WordPerfect Secret Decoder Ring
Chapter 10: Documents with Style

Part III: Things You Can Do with Documents
Chapter 11: On Paper at Last -- Printing Stuff
Chapter 12: Juggling Documents on Your Screen
Chapter 13: Juggling Files on Your Disk

Part IV: Creating Documents That Don't Just Sit There
Chapter 14: Chasing Your Words Around on the Page
Chapter 15: Say It with Pictures
Chapter 16: Creating Your Own Junk Mail
Chapter 17: Recipes and Templates for Popular Documents
Chapter 18: Spinning Web Pages

Part V: Oh, Help!
Chapter 19: Training WordPerfect to Act Your Way
Chapter 20: Don't Panic! Read This Chapter!

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 21: The Ten Commandments of WordPerfect
Chapter 22: Ten Awesome Tricks
Appendix: About the CD (which contains WordPerfect 8 for Linux)