Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Using the Best Program for the Graphic Task

Provided that Office Excel 2007 is installed on your computer, you can create Excel charts directly in Word (or PowerPoint). You can also create powerful new SmartArt diagrams in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. However, if you have access to all three of these 2007 release programs, there are some good reasons not to use Word for these tasks.

Essentially, there’s nothing wrong with creating graphics right in your Word documents, and much of the direction that you’ll find in other chapters for creating these graphic types will apply just as well if you choose to create them in Word. However, you always get added benefits when you use the best program for the task at hand, and graphics provide some of the best ...