Microsoft Office 2007 For Dummies [Paperback]

Wallace Wang (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470009233 | ISBN-13: 978-0470009239 | Publication Date: December 26, 2006 | Edition: 1

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

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...I found it a very useful book and intend keeping it on the corner of my desk." (ARP Webbers Newsletter, Winter Edition)

From the Back Cover

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

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (December 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470009233
• ISBN-13: 978-0470009239
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I may be the only computer book author who hates computers. I love what computers can do but I hate the fact that they're so complicated, hard to use, unreliable, and downright troublesome. Besides writing computer books, I also enjoy performing stand-up comedy just to do something creative that involves human beings as opposed to machines.

I've been involved in computers, stand-up comedy, teaching, writing, and game designing for most of my life. In the computer industry, I've written over 50 computer books. Initially I focused primarily on Microsoft products such as Visual Basic and Microsoft Office. Later I switched focus to the Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad as I've watched the trend of computing shift from the PC/Microsoft dominated world to the mobile/Apple-influenced world. I've also shifted my programming focus from Delphi/Pascal and Visual Basic to Objective-C and LiveCode (a HyperCard clone) to create Macintosh and iPhone/iPad programs.

In the stand-up comedy world, I've been performing stand-up comedy for over 20 years, having appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and SiTV's "Latino Laugh Festival" along with appearing at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas. Currently I'm focusing my comedic writing skills towards occasional comedy performances but mostly towards screenwriting. You can read my screenwriting blog at The 15 Minute Movie Method (www.15minutemoviemethod.com). I've collected the best ideas from my screenwriting blog and condensed them into an e-book also called "The 15-Minute Movie Method," which is available as an e-book.

In 1992, I got my first cat and after reading a basic cat care book, I found that none of the advice offered had any basis in reality for dealing with the quirks and whims of a real cat. Based on that experience, I wrote a parody of a cat care book called "How to Live with a Cat (When You Really Don't Want To)." This book is now available as an e-book.

In the teaching world, I've taught at community colleges around San Diego as well as teaching at the University of Zimbabwe in Africa. Currently I teach an online Microsoft Word course through a company called Ed2Go.

In the writing world, I've written for several magazines including Computer Power User (CPU), Boardwatch Magazine, and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. I also write a weekly Macintosh column in an online computer magazine called ComputorEdge (www.computoredge.com). In addition, I've ghost written several books for real estate experts, stock day trading specialists, and network marketing millionaires. In 2008, I also helped San Diego State University's film department win their first student Emmy when they filmed my sitcom pilot, "Three of a Kind."

In the game designing world, I've created and published a game in 1983 called "Orbit War," which was published by Steve Jackson Games (the game is now out of print). The game simulated low orbital combat between satellites. I'm currently designing educational games for teaching various college level topics such as organic chemistry, calculus, and geometry.

I'm interested in always learning something new and combining my various skills and experience to stay ahead of changing technology and I enjoy writing about complex topics and making them easy to understand.

Customer Reviews

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47 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Quick and Easy Way to Learn the New Features, February 1, 2007

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2007 For Dummies (Paperback)

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.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Office 2007 - Dummies, February 26, 2008

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Mary E. Reschke - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2007 For Dummies (Paperback)

This book is absolutely wonderful - I know Office 2003 - and found 2007 confusing - purchased the book - all went well and now I am teaching others - my family and friends. The persons who write this book are the best. Thank you!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction To Office 2007, September 4, 2009

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Michael Taylor "Michael Taylor" (Indian Trail NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2007 For Dummies (Paperback)

"Microsoft Office 2007 For Dummies" is a good introduction for anyone wanting a basic knowledge of the Office 2007 Suites. The book is also appropriate for readers wanting to expand their Office 2007 knowledge.

The books around 50-70 pages on Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, and Access. The information is to the point and the text is easily readable.

Some folks may take issue with the rather bland black and white illustrations. However, that may be one reason why the book is reasonably priced compared to other similar titles.

A good reference. Read, enjoy, and learn!

Recommended.