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AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual is a complete manual that is well written and is never a chore to read. Since it is not an Apple book, it can and does call a bug a bug, and tells you how to fix it. It tells you how the program works, and includes step by step tutorials to help you do it. Reading The Missing Manual, I learned how to do things that I was not able to figure out by myself.

The Missing Manual books, like AppleWorks 6, are designed to enhance working with them. AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual opens flat and stays open so you can read it while working on your Macintosh.

The authors, Jim Elferdink & David Reynolds, credit David Pogue as being the greatest editor a first time author could hope for. My expectations were high when I saw the name Pogue on the cover. I was not disappointed. I have read and used The Missing Manual, and I recommend it.