I don't know about you but when I need to learn about a new piece of software, my old-fashioned side is comforted by a printed-on-paper book to explain how it all works.

This new Classroom in a Book boasts that it is the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to master Adobe GoLive 5.0 but is it?

Well, along with the papery thing, users also get a CD that includes folders containing all the electronic files for the lessons.

The Classroom in a Book series is apparently the world's best-selling series of software training workbooks.

It offers an official training in web-site management and page creation. It has been developed by Adobe experts and has subsequently been tested in Adobe classrooms.

There are 13 lessons, including sections on installation, toolbars, palettes, working with text and tables, laying out web pages, using smart objects and creating links.

Then it gets serious and shows you how to work with frames, create rollovers and animations, and whisks you into a world where you might want to use JavaScript, cascading style sheets, and live motion animations with QuickTime movies. Crikey.

Every other page has a clear diagram showing what should be on-screen if you're following the book correctly.

It's fool-proof as long as you are confidently computer literate.

Price: £33.99.

Contact: 0121 778 3333.

Feel good factor: 8 out of 10.