Errata

Microsoft® Office Word 2007 Step by Step

Errata for Microsoft® Office Word 2007 Step by Step

The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed

**NOTE**

If for any reason you are unable to install the practice files from the CD, the files can also be downloaded from the web at http://examples.oreilly.com/9780735623026-files/.

Microsoft Press  Nov 11, 2005 
Printed
Page CDROM

04_Bookmarks.docx file will not open in Word 2007
The Chapter 8 practice file 04_Bookmarks.docx from the installed sample files produces and error when opening in Word 2007. A replacement file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
04_Bookmarks.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/3/c/f3c2047e-ab37-4412-9025-d6a17dc76ba2/04_bookmarks.exe
Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010 
Printed
Page xxix
Step 2

Delete the word "Install". Step 2 should read:
2. Click Practice Files.

Nellie McKesson
Nellie McKesson
 
Sep 30, 2011  Aug 26, 2011
Printed
Page xxx
Step 5

Change "Choose Destination Location" to "Custom Setup" to match the CD interface.

Step 5 should read:
5. Click Next on the Custom Setup screen, and then click Install on the Ready to Install the Program screen to install the selected practice files.

Nellie McKesson
Nellie McKesson
 
Sep 30, 2011  Aug 26, 2011
Printed
Page 12

Ctrl+End should be Ctrl+Home
On page 12, in the table that displays how to use your keyboard to move your insertion point the Press column for "To the beginning of the document" is incorrect.



Change:

"Ctrl+End"



To:

"Ctrl+Home"

Microsoft Press  Jul 13, 2010  Apr 01, 2011
Printed
Page 12
Table

Up one screen should be Page Up

Down one screen should be page Down

Note from the Author or Editor:
In the second to last row of the table on page 12 of the book, change Page Down to Page Up. In the last row of the same table, change Page Up to Page Down.

Stephen Thompson  Sep 26, 2010  Apr 01, 2011
Printed
Page 56

Shelly should be Shelley
On page 56, Step 9 contains an incorrectly spelled name that does not match the name used in the sample file document.

Change:
"9. Press Space, and then type Shelly will not be avalable May 10-15 followed by a period."

To:
"9. Press Space, and then type Shelley will not be avalable May 10-15 followed by a period."

Note from the Author or Editor:

Error corrected. Will be fixed in next printing.

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010  Apr 01, 2011
Printed
Page 236

Ctrl+Enter should be Enter
On Page 236, Step 14 includes incorrect information about which keys to press to create a paragraph.



Change:

"14. Type Index, press Enter, apply the Heading 1 style to the new heading, press Ctrl+Enter, and then press Enter again."



To:

"14. Type Index, press Enter, apply the Heading 1 style to the new heading, press Enter, and then press Enter again."

Microsoft Press  Jul 13, 2010  Jan 01, 2007
Printed
Page 283

inserted should be marked and additional information needed
On page 283, the first bullet point is incorrect.Change:"Insertions and deletions are inserted in the text in your assigned color and are
underlined."To:"Insertions and deletions are marked in the text, in your assigned color. Insertions are underlined, and deletions are crossed out."
Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate
books. All comments and corrections listed above are ready for
inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a later printing
of this book, it may already contain most or all of the above corrections.

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010  Jan 01, 2007