Adobe(R) GoLive(R) 4.0 Classroom in a Book

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Summary: Ok for Beginners, Terrible for anyone else
Review: ... if you are just getting into computers, the web, webdesign or graphic design and are a complete and utter beginner, or youhave a hard time learning new software -- this book is for you. Its a very gentle start on the program and after wards you can create a web site. You can also learn to maek a basic web page for free on the web... and save the money. If you have had any experience with design software & windows and have made an attempt to read the manual than skip this book. it useless for anything but the bare basics. It should ahve been included as a quick start guide instead.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: All I know is, I recieved the manual along with the software and all but tossed it out of the window because I am throughly convinced that Adobe intends for us to run out and purchase ANOTHER book JUST to get started. Regardless, the Classroom in a Book took me step-by-step without the hangups, and I needed to use GoLive IMMEDIATELY for a project--I was in full swing after just four chatpers. I would highly recommend it to a beginner like myself.

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Summary: Look elsewhere
Review: As with most tutorials, this one suffers miserably from being completely linear, and completely based on your working with their site, not yours. If you have a simple question about a simple operation in the software, it is just about impossible to find the information you need and get a simple answer. I find it worse that useless, it is infuriating.

Rating:
Summary: Look elsewhere
Review: As with most tutorials, this one suffers miserably from being completely linear, and completely based on your working with their site, not yours. If you have a simple question about a simple operation in the software, it is just about impossible to find the information you need and get a simple answer. I find it worse that useless, it is infuriating.

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Summary: Great for Beginners!
Review: Before I started using Adobe Go Live Classroom in a Book I had no knowledge at all about building a web site. I found the book very helpful since I was starting from a blank slate, but if you have any knowledge of web design at all I wouldn't recommend this book. It quite often refers to the users manual for more in depth description and the lessons often left me with a lot of unanswered questions. Overall, it proved to be very helpful for me though. I am confident that I could now build my own web site, though it would not be a very complex project! I would recommend this book as a starting point to anyone who would like to learn the basics, but plan on investing in a more advanced book later on to learn the more intricate details of the program.

Rating:
Summary: Great for Beginners!
Review: Before I started using Adobe Go Live Classroom in a Book I had no knowledge at all about building a web site. I found the book very helpful since I was starting from a blank slate, but if you have any knowledge of web design at all I wouldn't recommend this book. It quite often refers to the users manual for more in depth description and the lessons often left me with a lot of unanswered questions. Overall, it proved to be very helpful for me though. I am confident that I could now build my own web site, though it would not be a very complex project! I would recommend this book as a starting point to anyone who would like to learn the basics, but plan on investing in a more advanced book later on to learn the more intricate details of the program.

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Summary: Adobe GoLive 4.0 Classroom in a Book
Review: For learning the basics of GoLive, this book is a good start. The lessons are clear and relatively easy to follow. I personally would like the book to be much more in depth, as there are many features of the program that are not covered. GoLive is a complex program with great capabilities and this book is only a cursory introduction to it. Other Classroom in a Book tutorials I have used were more thorough so hopefully this book will evolve with the succeeding versions of GoLive.

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Summary: Very useful
Review: For the beginner this is a very useful book. I understood it completely with no problems. As far as the Win and Mac displays go, I had no problem with this. The book made a lot of sense. The only problem I did have was saving the files as directed. You have to change the files from read only in order to save. I would recommend it to any one that is new to GoLive.

Rating:
Summary: Very useful
Review: For the beginner this is a very useful book. I understood it completely with no problems. As far as the Win and Mac displays go, I had no problem with this. The book made a lot of sense. The only problem I did have was saving the files as directed. You have to change the files from read only in order to save. I would recommend it to any one that is new to GoLive.

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Summary: Don't believe the hype!
Review: I bought this book based upon the user responses before me. This book is perfect for the web designer who lives in the Ice Age and has never used an Adobe product before. The contents of this book are already known by most sixth graders. If you are a pre-sixth grader in modern times and think Adobe is ONLY a building material, this book is perfect for you!