Adobe PageMaker 7.0 - Illustrated (Illustrated (Thompson Learning))

This book is great!!! Downloading the necessary files has never been so easy.The instructions to go the site to download the files is in the book. This guy under me is telling a lie. You don't need the instructor files. That's for instructors ONLY. You download the STUDENT files on the site. These are the files you need. That is all. This book is very clear. I learned how to create my own brochures, .pdf manuals, reports, etc., just by using this book. I will be learning Flash MX using the Illustrated Series. Don't give this book a one just because you and your professor don't know how to access the internet. I suggest you and your instructor take an Intro course in computer science first before using this book.

Reviewer: John R Iler Jr from Bethesda, MD, USA
This book needs a CD. I purchased the book to learn PageMaker, but was referred to a website to download the required files. Some of the files were downloadable, but the instructor files were not accessable -- and these files are necessary for completing the assignments.
Unfortunately, this book is used by many instructors. My instructor has been promising us the files for weeks on disk, but so far hasn't delivered.

If you want to learn PageMaker, buy Classroom in a Book by Adobe and save yourself a lot of heartache (It's got a CD with everything you need). Besides, Mr. Proot's style of instruction is less than clear, and while this download the files yourself approach may save the author some $$$ in not having to include a CD, it's a very weird way of doing business. The book is a ripoff. Big time.

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