Office 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer Tech))

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 432 pages
• Published by: For Dummies December 26, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470009233
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470009239
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Book Description
Find and use the features you need right away

Create 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(r)
• Format and enhance Word documents
• Work with Excel(r) formulas
• Store and find data in Access

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Find and use the features you need right away

Create 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

Reader Reviews
The biggest changes in Office 2007 seem to be the new GUI (Graphical User Interface) which Microsoft calls the Ribbon. This is a complete change from the earlier GUI which we have all come to know and love. The Ribbon organizes the commands into what Microsoft calls contextual tabs. Each tab has a logical grouping of commands. This is not unlike the way you used to click on the Edit or View command and then got a list of commands, but in 2007 there are far more commands that you can reach without having to go to subsidiary menus. The Ribbon is, of course, the result of many hours of definition, testing before audiences and of course a lot of programming effort. There's the old saying that 'user friendly is programmer difficult.' The ribbon is a common interface that is used in all of the Office applications, so learning about it is mandatory for using Office 2007. Of course there are an awful lot of new features added to each of the applications. It's easier to get a 'Live Preview' of what you are doing in word. It's easier to do Pivot Tables in Excel, and so on. These applications have been around so long that they are not getting big massive upgrades. I frankly don't know what more they could add. Of course this is a 'For Dummies' book. This means that the writing is good, the proof reading catches all the mispellings, and there's even a bit of humor. Comment | | (Report this)