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Office 2007: The Missing Manual

By Chris Grover, Matthew MacDonald, E. A. Vander Veer
First Edition April 2007
Pages: 879
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-51422-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596514228

Book description

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news for longtime users who never knew about some amazing Office features because they were hidden among cluttered and outdated menus.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:

Clear explanations
Step-by-step instructions
Lots of illustrations
Plenty of friendly advice

It's a great way to master all 4 programs without having to stock up on a shelf-load of different books. This book has everything you need to get you up to speed fast. Office 2007: The Missing Manual is truly the book that should have been in the box.

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"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
-- Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post

"The quality of Office 2007: The Missing Manual is right up there with the other books in this series and certainly with the Office "big four" that have already been published. The only difference you can expect in using this book is not having to refer to four separate tomes and being able to treat Office as a single "thing" rather than four individual (though interacting) applications. Want to learn Office 2007 and use only one book? Then this is the book for you. Could you find out more about each app by owning their "dedicated Missing Manuals"? Sure. It just depends on the level of detail you need. Have a look at this and the other Missing Manual reviews...then make a decision as to which book(s) you need."
-- James Pyles, MCSE World

"Office 2007: The Missing Manual covers the latest, extensive upgrade to the Microsoft Office Suite: an extensive revamp which makes this Office 2007: The Missing Manual a "must" even for owners of previous Office editions...Serious computer libraries will find these valuable references."
-- James Cox, The Bookwatch

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