Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Step by Step [Paperback]

Rick Jewell (Author), John Pierce (Author), Barry Preppernau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 20, 2008

Experience learning made easy quickly learn how to use Office Groove 2007 to dynamically and effectively collaborate with team members. Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips and learn how to work better together. You ll learn the basics for getting started, including how to manage your Groove 2007 accounts and contacts and how to create new workspaces. After you re up and running, you'll discover the communication features of Groove 2007, and see the benefits of tight integration with Office Communicator and Windows LiveTM Messenger. You ll learn how to manage your messages and chat in real time, and how to manage your appointments and notes. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with hands-on practice files, a complete eBook, a bonus quick reference to the new user interface, and more!

Key Book Benefits

Learn how to use Office Groove 2007 by taking just the lessons you need or by working from cover to cover you set the pace

Includes coverage of the fundamentals, including setting up workspaces, managing your communications, and managing meetings and notes

Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on, skill-building exercises

Includes a companion CD with practice files and other resources

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Rick Jewell is a support engineer for Microsoft Corporation where he worked on the 2007 Microsoft Office system since Beta and created training materials for Groove 2007. He has 12 years of experience in customer support and education in the technology industry from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

John Pierce was a Microsoft employee for nearly 12 years and now enjoys being a freelance writer and editor. He is the author of Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Track, the coauthor of Microsoft Small Business Kit, and has contributed to numerous other books about Microsoft software.

Product Details

• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (January 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735625239
• ISBN-13: 978-8120334540
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,127,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last!!, January 30, 2008

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Mr. M. Ryan "Mark" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Step by Step (Paperback)

Groove has been around for about 7 years now and since it was bought by Microsoft in 2004 has enjoyed increasing popularity and usage. What was always missing was a resource that allowed "Joe/Jane user" to really understand how to get the best out of this intriguing application.

Well, now you can quickly and easily make your self an expert or just a very competant user; thanks to this book. I have used Groove for a while and found some of the concepts a bit difficult to grasp. Groove is different and having an expert guide like this has helped me to open up a whole new world of possibilities and opportunites to use the tool to it's full extent.

If you have Groove (or are thinking aboout it) this is a MUST have!

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers only basic built-in functions, August 25, 2008

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Chris Thompson (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Step by Step (Paperback)

This book is an overview of Groove for people that have never used it and need to learn how to use it out-of-the-box.

I was hoping that this book would go into more detail on how to customize Groove using the Forms tool, but the book doesn't discuss the Form tool at all.

So far I have been unable to find any books that describe how to use the Groove Platform API to truly customize Groove to an organization's specific needs.

5.0 out of 5 stars "MSGroove" Springboard, June 17, 2008

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William L. Mcnulty (White Sands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Step by Step (Paperback)

Groove

What is it?

A Tool Box for Project Managers or Information Managers

How does it do it??

Groove is set up with 10 to 15 tools that will assist in the process of infomation transfer. Each tool is explained to the "T", about not only how, but when & where the tool should be used.

Features glore.

The tools in MSGroove provide methods to track your meeting schedules, Meeteing Decisions, Meeting Notes and share the Project folders (Files), pictures, track issues, Alerts, project calendars, Integration of InfoPath forms, instant messages and the list goes on and on.

One important aspect is that the engineers realized you may need to use a specific tool over and over. Example is the calendar tool. You can create numerous calendars, for example, one calendar for each of your sub-contarctors, entering all the dates of expected work or information, then you can combine all the calendars into one complete calendar or combine any number of calendars together, somewhat like an overlay system adding one at a time to see if problems exist. Very Cool.

One small problem is that the sketch pad for doing your drawings needs to have an eraser for sketch errors

Groove can be a very powerful tool for any project PM or information manager. Combining this Program with "MS PROJECT" on the larger project side, provides complete project shareware anywhere.

Finally a ((secured workspace)) to share important information with your partners & Employees in business. Not only can you share information, you can also allocate responsibilities and see the follow up, through the use of the Alert system. This program works on a server or on any stand alone PC to PC. If your looking for better ways to control project information, this is your baby and Rick, John & Berry will take you through the information Step by Step.

My hat is off to the engineers of MS Groove.

Great Job Bill>"M"