New books! Happy day :)

I just received my author copies of Microsoft Office 2013 Plain & Simple, and I love the new look! The cover is vibrant and the interior is easy-to-navigate and pretty. (Okay, I'm a little biased.)

This is an all-new book written on the latest in the long line of Office ancestry. I know chances are good that if you're on this list, you may not be a beginning-level Office user, but if you have a child or parent or relative or friend who is, send them this way! :)

I also was blessed to write Microsoft Office 2013 for Touch Devices Plain & Simple for this release, swiping along with the flow of touch. This one also will be available soon and already has its spot on Amazon. I am grateful that after lo these many years I still enjoy this stuff. In fact, I discovered earlier this week that I'm officially geekier than 4/5ths of the Geek Squad at my local Best Buy. LOL!

If you take a look at the books--or better yet, buy one--and want to leave a comment or a review either here or on Amazon, I'd love it. I do read them all. Usually more than once. And sometimes I send them to other people, too...especially the positive ones. :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Office 2013 :)

Wow, time is flying! This fall has been a busy season and for much of the time I've had my head down writing about Windows 8, Office 2013, or SkyDrive. I've also been teaching graduate-level courses at Earlham School of Religion, which I LOVE. Hopefully in the not-too-far-distant future, you'll be seeing writing from some of my students on Amazon.com and listening to their stories and commentary on NPR! I've been blessed with a wonderful group of talented writing students this semester.

The titles for my next new books, Microsoft Office 2013 Plain & Simple and Microsoft Office 2013 for Tablets Plain & Simple, are already up on Amazon and will be shipping early in 2013! I love writing Plain & Simple books because the approach is holistic and the format is fun to write. And after writing more than 70 technical books through the years, I enjoy the challenge of finding the best/simplest/fastest ways to show new users how to accomplish the Office 2013 tasks they're most interested in mastering.