First Look 2007 Microsoft® Office System (Bpg Other) (Paperback)

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What’s inside the newest release of the Microsoft Office system? How will the new interface change the way you work and make you more self-sufficient and effective? How can your business put the new workflow capabilities to work right away in this new world of work? With FIRST LOOK MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007, well-known author and columnist Katherine Murray gives you an exclusive introduction to the next generation of Microsoft Office. You’ll get an expert overview of new and enhanced applications, features, and capabilities in addition to advance insights and straight talk from the Office product group, Discover the new user interface and revolutionize the way you use Office; learn about the Live Preview feature that allows you to see how a format will look before you make a change; introduce yourself to the new collaboration products and services, including Microsoft Office Live Meeting and Microsoft Office Groove. In addition, learn about enhancements to existing ! Office applications, including new graphics capabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint®, easier database creation with Microsoft Office Access, easier time-management capabilities in Microsoft Office Outlook®, and improved charting capabilities in Microsoft Office Excel®. It’s an exclusive, guided preview for business decision makers, early adopters, and users—and anyone else who wants to start planning and hit the ground running with the next generation of Office.

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Key Book Benefits:

- Offers an expert overview and exclusive insights from a well-known author who works closely with the Microsoft Office product team - Delivers an introduction to the new user interface and reveals how it will revolutionize the way you use Office - Offers an introduction to new collaboration products such as Live Meeting and Groove - Includes information about application enhancements for Microsoft Office Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (July 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735622655
• ISBN-13: 978-0735622654
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #732,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's an overview book., June 4, 2007

By	Mathew A. Shember (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Don't pick up this book thinking it will teach how to use office 2007. This is more of a large sales brochure for what is new in office 2007.

If you are wondering if you should upgrade your user community, then it could help as it will give you an idea as to what has changed. This is a major release and it will involve some learning by the user base.

There are an ample amount of screen shots to get an idea of the new UI. The book does walk you through some very basic stuff. However, I should say again this is not a "Howto" book.

The "search inside" link above has the contents so I will not list them here. What I found a little useful was the discussion about onenote and office grove as I did not know them.

Each product section has a small interview with the product managers. I found them a little boring and skipped them after I read the first two.

Visio and sharepoint are very lightly mentioned.

Overall, this is an ok overview book but it is not something you will want to give long term shelf space. I am not going to keep the book as I think it's served it's purpose after one reading.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars do you really need to upgrade to this 2007 version?, September 12, 2006

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Murray skims through the many incremental changes in MS Office 2007. Given that Microsoft has hundreds of programmers that maintain their Office suite, it should be no surprise that the book has plenty of new material.

But if you are going to read this book, you should mentally step back and ask yourself if the upgrade's changes will actually be used by you. The bulk of the book deals with incremental refinements. Chances are that the existing MS Office you're already using is plenty adequate.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not What Expected, March 1, 2007

By	Orlando Zamora - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book wasn't what I thought it would be. If you just want information about office 2007 then i guess its ok. If you want something to actually show you all the features with some tutorials then buy something else.