Synopses & Reviews
* The new version of Office boasts lots of new features-from enhanced charting and PivotTable capabilities in Excel to an instant e-mail search in Outlook to an improved graphics engine in PowerPoint
* Bestselling computer book author Wally Wang comes to the rescue with this down-to-earth Office guidebook, which has sold more than 2.1 million copies in previous editions
* Covering all five of the major Office applications-Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access-he delivers the basic information people need to use Office efficiently and take advantage of the latest enhancements
* Topics covered include editing and formatting Word documents; navigating spreadsheets and creating formulas in Excel; managing e-mail, organizing contact information, and scheduling in Outlook; adding sounds and pictures to a PowerPoint presentation; and entering information in an Access database
Synopsis
Find and use the features you need right awayCreate great documents, Excel charts, and slide shows, and organize your e-mail
What's new at the Office? A lot, and this book takes you through all the cool changes and enhancements so you can rev up and go. Find your way around the new interface, dress up your documents, create spreadsheets that actually make sense, give presentations that wow your audience, and organize your life.
Discover how to
- Locate commands on the Ribbon
- Use Live Preview
- Stop spam with Outlook
- Format and enhance Word documents
- Work with Excel® formulas
- Store and find data in Access
Synopsis
Explains how to effectively utilize the integrated software package, covering Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access, as well as such important features of Office 2007 as editing and formatting documents, building and navigating spreadsheets, building and modifying a presentation, scheduling appointments, using and retrieving information in a database, and other essentials. Original. (Beginner)
Synopsis
Bestselling computer book author Wang comes to the rescue with this down-to-earth Office guidebook, which has sold more than 2.1 million copies in previous editions.
About the Author
Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of more than 20 For Dummies books. He moonlights as a stand-up comic and has appeared on A&E's An Evening at the Improv.
Table of Contents
Introduction.Part I: Getting to Know Microsoft Office 2007.
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Microsoft Office 2007.
Chapter 2: Editing Data.
Chapter 3: Getting Help from Office 2007.
Part II: Working with Word.
Chapter 4: Typing Text in Word.
Chapter 5: Formatting Text.
Chapter 6: Designing Your Pages.
Part III: Playing the Numbers with Excel.
Chapter 7: The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formulas.
Chapter 8: Playing with Formulas.
Chapter 9: Charting and Analyzing Data.
Part IV: Making Presentations with PowerPoint.
Chapter 10: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation.
Chapter 11: Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation.
Chapter 12: Showing Off a Presentation.
Part V: Getting Organized with Outlook.
Chapter 13: Organizing E-Mail with Outlook.
Chapter 14: Storing Contacts and Organizing Tasks.
Chapter 15: Scheduling Your Time.
Part VI: Storing Stuff in Access.
Chapter 16: Using a Database.
Chapter 17: Searching, Sorting, and Querying a Database.
Chapter 18: Creating a Database Report.
Part VII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using Office 2007.
Chapter 20: Ten Keystroke Shortcuts for Office 2007.
Index.