Office 2007: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2007 M04 27 - 884 pages Quickly learn the most useful features of Microsoft Office 2007 with our easy to read four-in-one guide. This fast-paced book gives you the basics of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access so you can start using the new versions of these major Office applications right away.Unlike every previous version, Office 2007 offers a completely redesigned user interface for each program. Microsoft has replaced the familiar menus with a new tabbed toolbar (or "ribbon"), and added other features such as "live preview" that lets you see exactly what each option will look like in the document before you choose it. This is good news for longtime users who never knew about some amazing Office features because they were hidden among cluttered and outdated menus.Adapting to the new format is going to be a shock -- especially if you're a longtime user. That's where Office 2007: The Missing Manual comes in. Rather than present a lot of arcane detail, this quick & friendly primer teaches you how to work with the most-used Office features, with four separate sections covering the four programs. The book offers a walkthrough of Microsoft's redesigned Office user interface before taking you through the basics of creating text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases with:
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... example , if you're in PowerPoint , options in the Font group of the Home tab let you bold and under- line your text ; options in the Paragraph group let you align your text and format it as a bulleted or numbered list . Command buttons ...
... example , when you want to add an entire paragraph to your selection , press Ctrl while you double - click in the left margin next to the paragraph . So , here are the steps to follow for the example in Figure 2-7 : 1. Drag to select ...
... example , you can set the buttons to browse by headings , pages , or even graphics within your document . These settings make the Browse buttons an extremely powerful navigation feature . It's a shame they're overlooked and underused ...
... example , press Ctrl + H . You have many ways to open the Find and Replace dialog box , as explained in the box on page 57. If your hands are on the keyboard , then Ctrl + H is the fastest . When the dialog box opens , you see tabs at ...
... example, if you're searching for “Madame DeFarge” but you don't know how it's capitalized, then make sure the Match Case checkbox is turned off. That way, Word finds every occurrence even if you didn't capitalize it the same way ...
Contents
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Printing Word Documents | 167 |
Planning with Outlines | 187 |
Adding Charts Diagrams and Tables | 503 |
Delivering Presentations | 533 |
Printing Presentations | 551 |
Images and Transitions | 563 |
Access 2007 | 579 |
Creating Your First Database | 581 |
Building Smarter Tables | 613 |
Mastering the Datasheet | 647 |
Excel 2007 | 197 |
Creating and Navigating Worksheets | 199 |
Adding Information to Worksheets | 229 |
Moving Data Around a Worksheet | 247 |
Managing Worksheets and Workbooks | 265 |
Formatting Cells | 285 |
Viewing and Printing Worksheets | 311 |
Building Basic Formulas | 339 |
Tables and Charts | 365 |
PowerPoint 2007 | 389 |
Creating a Basic Presentation | 391 |
Editing Slides | 425 |
Formatting and Aligning Your Text | 441 |
Formatting and Laying Out Your Slides | 469 |
Editing Your Slideshow | 485 |
Blocking Bad Data | 667 |
Linking Tables with Relationships | 693 |
Reusable Searches | 715 |
Creating Reports | 731 |
Creating Simple Forms | 757 |
Importing and Exporting Data | 777 |
Appendixes | 795 |
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar | 797 |
Getting Help | 803 |
Word 2007 | 813 |
Excel 2007 | 823 |
PowerPoint 2007 | 833 |
Access 2007 | 841 |
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Office 2007: The Missing Manual Chris Grover,Matthew MacDonald,Emily A. Vander Veer Limited preview - 2007 |