Authorware 5 Attain Authorized (2nd Edition)

By Orson Kellogg

The Macromedia Training from the Source series is based on training developed by Macromedia for its own authorized trainers. The books comprise project-based lessons with companion CD-ROMs that guide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020135411X
• ISBN13: 9780201354119
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Macromedia Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.9" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book for beginners

This is a great book for beginners. Kellogg does an excellent job explaining the basics of Authorware. I had no trouble taking what I learned in the book and applying it in my own Authorware projects. What this book doesn't cover are some of the other Authorware issues...like programming Authorware or using Authorware 5's new "Knowledge Objects". However, you will easily learn the basics of Authorware using this book. It's a very good place to start.

Good for starter

This book starts off with making projects and that's what you'll be doing most of the time. The chapters start off slowly with the absolute basics, and progresses in difficulty later on. Its definitely not a reference book, but more like a tutorial book.Each chapter presents new features of the program, but not much detail is give regarding the concepts behind those features. However, if you're new to Authorware, then this is definitely a good book to start with, as there aren't many books out there in the market which cover this program anyway.Some steps are illustrated, and you'll be given instructions in what to do and how to do them to progress further. Unfortunately, its not very comprehensive in its explaination, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure out why some things are done that way.So, pick it up if you're a beginner and go through it like a tutorial with the program, and it'll commit to memory better. If you want something comprehensive and more in depth, then look elsewhere.

Good for Novice, average for intermediates.

I got this book for my multimedia class and find a great start up for a novice like myself...3 months later, having picked up references and experimenting the software itself, when I go back to look up some less frequently used content, I find myself unable to look throught the book! The book was designed in a flow of learning topiccs such that you are unlikely to refer to a specific function using this book.

Pretty good for the first time user

Being a new user to Authorware Attain 5, this book helped me to get the basics down in preparation for an Intermediate Authorware class. The examples were good and the tips helpful. Another volume to this discussing Knowledge Objects would be even more helpful though. A good beginning point.

Excellent for the first-time user.

Kellogg's Authorware book is perfect for the first-time user. Anyone who has had experience with high-end Windows applications will appreciate the step-by-step construction of the tutorial's lessons. I look forward to a tutorial of this quality teaching me about Knowledge Objects.