Customer Rating: 
Summary: Got me going
Comment: Although I have reasonable skills with programming and web design, there was a lot about SPD and how it works with MOSS that were not obvious to me. I was skeptical about buying a "beginner's" book, but it turned out to be a good choice because it got me going with SPD - it unlocked enough of the secrets so now I can figure out the rest on my own.
If you are in the same situation as I was, i.e. having just gotten SPD and needing to figure out quickly how to make it do all of its tricks, this book will be right for you.
Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent guide
Comment: I purchased this book after attending 3 days of training on SharePoint designer. This book was much more effective than the training (and considerably less expensive). It is a must-have for the beginning user.
Customer Rating: Summary: Practical and Powerful
Comment: Fantastic instructional materials on how to use SharePoint Designer 2007 effectively! I made the mistake early on of buying SharePoint books that focused on infrastructure-related topics on SharePoint. This book provides practical and powerful insights on how to exploit the user-facing capabilities of SharePoint. I was cautious about purchasing a Step-by-Step series book due to my past experiences reading books in the series that had what I believed to be superficial content. This instance broke that mold in style. It was evident that the author not only has book knowledge of the subject, she also has practitioner knowledge. It seemed like she anticipated every question that I had as I read through the book. Excellent work!
Customer Rating: Summary: Good content but one problem...
Comment: I'm a novice to SharePoint Designer so I wanted to find a book that would walk me "step by step" through the process. The content was good but what was frustrating was that the author kept referring to a fictitious company, "Consolidated Messenger..." but the files or links were not available. If a book references files that will enable you to work through scenarios, with accompanying images in the book, the reader should be able to access them.
Customer Rating: Summary: No Practice Site on CD/Unable to do excercises/
Comment: The Microsoft Office Share Point Designer 2007, loooks and feels like the same for the Office 2007, but the drop back is that you can no make any of the excersices due that it use a site that does not exist on the internet for pracice. I do not recomend this book.
I was planning to used it for a Web Designer Class in the university, but I encounter this big problem. It is imposible to learn if you do not have a way to practice the excercises. I was force to use to used the 2003 Front Page program, that is more simple to use for teaching.
My suggestion to Microsoft Press, please create a local site on the CD provide with the book, so beginers like myself can use it.
DO NOT BUY IT.
