Publisher: Microsoft Press Released: January 2007 Pages: 384
Here’s WHAT You’ll Learn - Easily navigate the new user interface
- Create documents, Web pages, and other publications
- Organize your e-mail, calendar, and tasks
- Build spreadsheets to manage and analyze data
- Build a simple database
- Design and deliver a slide show presentation
Here’s HOW You’ll Learn It - Jump in wherever you need answers
- Easy-to-follow STEPS and SCREENSHOTS show exactly what to do
- Handy TIPS teach new techniques and shortcuts
- Quick TRY THIS! exercises help you apply what you learn right away
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Chapter 1 About This Book -
No Computerspeak! -
A Quick Overview -
What’s New in Office 2007? -
A Few Assumptions -
A Final Word (or Two) -
Chapter 2 Working in Office -
What’s What in Office? -
Dialog Box Decisions -
Using the Ribbon -
Using Menus and Toolbars -
Using Only the Keyboard -
Moving and Copying Content -
Getting Help -
Saving Your Work -
Office’s File Formats -
Chapter 3 Common Tasks in Office -
Working with Old Documents -
Inserting Special Characters -
Inserting Pictures -
Changing the Size of a Picture -
Editing a Picture -
Adding Shapes -
Adding Clip Art -
Formatting a Shape -
Inserting the Date and Time -
Creating Stylized Text -
Inserting a Relational Diagram -
Researching a Subject -
Chapter 4 Viewing and Editing Text in Word -
What’s Where in Word 2007? -
Creating a New Document -
Composing Different Types of Documents -
Word’s Views -
Reading a Document -
Editing Text -
Finding Text -
Replacing Text -
Correcting Your Spelling and Grammar -
Correcting Text Automatically -
Adding Page Numbers -
So Many Ways to Do It -
Marking and Reviewing Changes in a Document -
Comparing Documents Side by Side -
Chapter 5 Formatting in Word -
Controlling the Look: Themes, Styles, and Fonts -
Setting the Overall Look -
Formatting Text -
Using Any Style -
Changing Character Fonts -
Setting Paragraph Alignment -
Adjusting Paragraph Line Spacing -
Indenting a Paragraph -
Formatting with Tabs -
Adding Emphasis and Special Formatting -
Copying Your Formatting -
Creating a Bulleted or Numbered List -
Formatting a List -
Creating a Table from Scratch -
Using a Predesigned Table -
Creating a Table from Text -
Adding or Deleting Rows and Columns -
Formatting a Table -
Improving the Layout with Hyphenation -
Laying Out the Page -
Changing Page Orientation Within a Document -
Flowing Text into Columns -
Creating Chapters -
Wrapping Text Around a Graphic -
Creating a Running Head -
Sorting Your Information -
Reorganizing a Document -
Chapter 6 Working with Special Content in Word -
Inserting a Cover Page -
Numbering Headings -
Adding Line Numbers -
Inserting Information with Smart Tags -
Inserting an Equation -
Adding a Sidebar or a Pull Quote -
Inserting a Watermark -
Creating Footnotes and Endnotes -
Inserting a Citation -
Creating a Table of Contents -
Printing an Envelope -
Printing a Mailing Label -
Mail Merge: The Power and the Pain -
Creating a Form Letter -
Finalizing Your Document -
Chapter 7 Working in Excel -
What’s Where in Excel? -
Entering the Data -
Editing the Data -
Excel’s Eccentricities -
Using a Predefined Workbook -
Formatting Cells -
Changing the Overall Look -
Formatting Numbers -
Moving and Copying Data -
Adding and Deleting Columns and Rows -
Creating a Series -
Hiding Columns and Rows -
Formatting Cell Dimensions -
Organizing Your Worksheets -
Setting Up the Page -
Printing a Worksheet -
Adding and Viewing Comments -
Chapter 8 Analyzing and Presenting Data in Excel -
Creating a Table -
Cell References, Formulas, and Functions -
Doing the Arithmetic -
Summing the Data -
Creating a Series of Calculations -
Making Calculations with Functions -
Troubleshooting Formulas -
Sorting the Data -
Filtering the Data -
Separating Data into Columns -
Creating Subtotals -
Summarizing the Data with a PivotTable -
Displaying Relative Values -
Automatically Highlighting Certain Data -
Customizing Conditional Formatting -
The Anatomy of a Chart -
Charting Your Data -
Formatting a Chart -
Customizing a Chart -
Reviewing the Data -
Chapter 9 Creating a PowerPoint Presentation -
What’s Where in PowerPoint? -
Creating a Presentation -
Inserting a Table -
Converting Text into a SmartArt Graphic -
Converting Text into WordArt -
Including a Slide from Another Presentation -
Inserting Multimedia -
Formatting a Slide -
Animating Items on a Slide -
Customizing Your Animation -
Adding an Action to a Slide -
Editing a Presentation -
Repeating Content on Every Slide -
Adding Transition Effects to Slides -
Modifying the Default Layout -
Creating a Photo Album -
Chapter 10 Presenting a PowerPoint Slide Show -
Adding Speaker Notes -
Printing Handouts -
The Perils of Presentation -
Running a Slide Show -
Running a Slide Show with Dual Monitors -
Customizing the Presentation -
Recording a Narration -
Timing a Presentation -
Creating Different Versions of a Slide Show -
Creating a Show for Distribution -
Taking Your Show on the Road -
Using Navigation Buttons -
Creating Pictures of Your Slides -
Reviewing a Presentation -
Changing Slide-Show Settings -
Chapter 11 Working with Messages in Outlook -
What’s Where in Outlook Messages? -
Sending E-Mail -
Receiving and Reading E-Mail -
Replying to and Forwarding a Message -
Sending or Receiving a File -
Formatting E-Mail Messages -
Managing Messages -
Signing Your E-Mail -
Setting Up RSS Subscriptions -
Reading RSS Items -
Setting Up E-Mail Accounts -
E-Mailing Your Schedule -
Understanding E-Mail Encryption -
Chapter 12 Organizing with Outlook -
What’s Where in Outlook? -
Keeping Track of Your Schedule -
Sharing Calendars -
Viewing Your Group’s Schedule -
Scheduling a Meeting -
Managing Your Contacts -
Keeping Track of Your Tasks -
Assigning Tasks -
Tacking Up Notes -
Creating and E-Mailing Contact Business Cards -
Customizing Outlook -
Chapter 13 Creating a Publication in Publisher -
What’s Where in Publisher? -
Creating a Publication from a Design -
Creating a Publication from Scratch -
Adding Text -
Flowing Text Among Text Boxes -
Tweaking Your Text -
Adding a Table -
Repeating Objects on Every Page -
Modifying a Picture -
Formatting an Object -
Adding a Design Object -
Arranging Objects on the Page -
Stacking and Grouping Objects -
Flowing Text Around an Object -
Reusing Content -
Inserting Your Business Information -
Creating a Web Site in Publisher -
Double-Checking Your Publication -
Sending a Publication as E-Mail -
Printing Your Publication -
Chapter 14 Working in Access -
What’s Where in Access? -
What is a Relational Database? -
Using an Existing Database -
Creating a Database from a Template -
Adding a Table to a Database -
Modifying a Table -
Adding Data to a Table -
Access File Formats -
Importing Data -
Exporting Data -
Defining Relationships Among Tables -
Creating a Form -
Creating a Report from the Data -
Extracting Information from a Database (Queries) -
Analyzing Data with a PivotChart -
Collecting Data Using E-Mail -
Customizing Access -
Chapter 15 Exchanging Information Among Programs -
Inserting Excel Data into a Document, Publication, or Presentation -
Inserting an Excel Chart into a Document, Publication, or Presentation -
Analyzing a Word Table in Excel -
Using Word to Prepare PowerPoint Text -
Preparing PowerPoint Handouts in Word -
Inserting a PowerPoint Slide Show into a Document, Worksheet, or Publication -
Using Publisher to Present a Word Document -
Using Word to Prepare Publisher Text -
Using Word to Present Access Data -
Analyzing Access Data in Excel -
Adding Excel Data to an Access Database -
Using Access Data in a Mail Merge -
Using Your Contacts List in a Mail Merge -
Creating PDF or XPS Documents -
Creating an Image of Your Work -
Viewing and Annotating a Scanned Image or a Fax -
Converting a Scanned Document into Text -
Scanning a Document -
Managing and Editing Your Pictures -
Linking to a File or to a Web Page -
Managing Pictures, Videos, and Sound Files -
Chapter 16 Customizing and Securing Office -
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar -
Customizing the Window -
Customizing Your Editing -
Changing Your User Information -
Customizing the Spelling and Grammar Checkers -
Customizing Your Spelling Dictionaries -
Changing the Location and Type of Saved Files -
Safeguarding a Document -
Protecting a Document, Workbook, or Presentation with a Password -
Signing a Document or Workbook with a Visible Signature -
Signing a Document, Workbook, or Presentation with a Digital Certificate -
Controlling Macros, Add-Ins, and ActiveX Controls -
Downloading Add-Ins and Other Free Software -
Adding or Removing Office Components -
Checking the Compatibility -
Fixing Office -
Appendix About the Authors -
Appendix Choose the Right Book for You -
Published and Upcoming Titles |
- Title:
- 2007 Microsoft® Office System Plain & Simple
- By:
- Jerry Joyce, Marianne Moon
- Publisher:
- Microsoft Press
- Formats:
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- Print
- Ebook
- Safari Books Online
- Print:
- January 2007
- Ebook:
- November 2009
- Pages:
- 384
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-7356-2273-9
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-7356-2273-6
- Ebook ISBN:
- 978-0-7356-9024-0
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-7356-9024-3
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Jerry Joyce Jerry Joyce has had a long-standing relationship with Microsoft: He has been the technical editor on numerous books published by Microsoft Press® and has written manuals, help files, and specifications for various Microsoft products. As a programmer, he has tried for many years to make using a computer as simple as using a toaster but has yet to succeed. -
Marianne Moon Marianne Moon has worked in the publishing world for many years as proofreader, editor, and writer - sometimes all three at once. She has been editing and proofreading Microsoft Press® books since 1984 and has written and edited documentation for Microsoft products including Microsoft Works, Flight Simulator, Space Simulator, Golf, Publisher, the Microsoft Mouse, and Greetings Workshop. |
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