Sample chapters

Managing Appointments, Events, and Meetings in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Step by Step, you will record different types of information in your Outlook calendar, scheduling an appointment and an event on your own calendar and then scheduling a meeting with another person. You will learn methods of determining meeting times during which other people are available. Then you will learn about responding to, updating, and canceling meeting requests.

Securing and Sharing Information in Microsoft Office Access 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Access 2007 Step by Step, you will explore ways to protect data from accidental or intentional corruption, and ways to make it difficult for unauthorized people to gain access to private information. Then you will learn about ways of sharing databases among team members and backing up a shared database.

Using Subroutines and Functions in Microsoft VBScript

• Dec 29, 2006
• In this chapter from Microsoft VBScript Step by Step, learn how to work with subroutines, create users and log results, work with functions, use ADSI and Subs, and create users.

Demystifying the Black Art of Software Estimation: What Is an "Estimate"?

• Feb 22, 2006
• When executives ask for an "estimate," they’re often asking for a commitment or for a plan to meet a target. In this chapter from Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, Steve McConnell explains that the distinctions between estimates, targets, and commitments are critical to understanding what an estimate is, what an estimate is not, and how to make your estimates better.

When Use Cases Aren't Enough

• Dec 20, 2005
• In this chapter from More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice, Karl Wiegers shares his perspectives on when use cases work well, when they don’t, and what to do when use cases aren’t a sufficient solution to the requirements problem.

Code Complete: Design in Construction

• Jun 9, 2004
• Small projects benefit from careful design just as larger projects do, and recognizing design as an explicit activity maximizes the benefit you will receive from it.

Setting Up the Document Structure in HTML5

• Jan 26, 2001
• In this chapter from HTML5 Step by Step, you’ll learn how to structure a document with the correct underlying tags. You’ll learn how to specify the type of HTML you are writing and how to create Head and Body sections as well as learn how to create paragraph and line breaks, specify a page title, enter hidden keywords by which your page can be found in search engines, and publish a test page to a Web server.

Bit by Bit by Bit

• Oct 11, 2000
• In this chapter from Code, Charles Petzold explains what's so special about the binary number system.