CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Microsoft Word for Windows is synonymous with "ease of
use."

It's well known that in designing WFW 2.0, Microsoft spent a lot of time
identifying the tasks performed most often in Word and then made them
easier to use. But that's not the whole story--not by a long shot.

Word for Windows also means graphics power. Two new books by Ventana Press,
Desktop Publishing With Word for Windows by Tom Lichty and Word For
Windows Design Companion by Katherine Shelly Pfeiffer, are the only
available guides for turning this graphics potential into winning
documents.

"Everybody knows you can't use a word processor for page layout," says
Lichty, an author and lecturer. "Microsoft never bought into this
conventional wisdom. They've given Word for Windows all the word
processing authority you'd expect. But they've also loaded it with more
desktop publishing accessories than a 1973 Coupe de Ville."

In 322 pages and 150 illustrations, Lichty's Desktop Publishing With Word
for Windows explains all the software word processing basics. But he
doesn't stop there. He urges readers on into graphics territory, where
such new tools as Draw, WordArt, Graph and Equation Editor have
transformed Word for Windows into a versatile design engine. Typography,
styles, graphics and printing are covered in a thorough examination, and
scattered throughout the text are design and operating tips that can't be
found anywhere else.

Software basics mastered, Pfeiffer's book can really get the user's
creative juices flowing. In 504 pages and over 200 illustrations, she
demonstrates how to make Word for Windows pay off in appealing
correspondence, forms, ads, flyers, brochures, newsletters, books,
manuals, catalogs and more.

Pfeiffer teaches by example. An assortment of 100 annotated sample
documents provides readers with a wealth of inspiration and design
guidance. Combined, these books give readers both the technical know-how
and the design savvy to push Word for Windows 2.0 to its greatest
potential.

Desktop Publishing With Word for Windows is softcover, 7 3/8" X 9 1/4", 352
pages. ISBN: 0940087-96-0. Word for Windows Design Companion is softcover,
7 3/8" X 9 1/4", 504 pages. ISBN: 0940087-77-4. Suggested retail price for
each book: $21.95 U.S.

All titles are available in fine bookstores and wholesalers, and through
Ventana Press, P.O. Box 2468, Chapel Hill, NC 27515. Phone: 919/942-0220;
FAX: 919/942-1140.

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