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Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual [Paperback]

Mark Holt Walker (Author), Franklin Tessler (Author), Paul Berkowitz (Author)
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0596008201 978-0596008208 February 16, 2005 1

Microsoft Office is the number-one selling software for the Mac; the Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage applications are more dominant in the Mac world than they are among PC users. And Microsoft has greatly improved and enhanced Office 2004 to take advantage of the latest Mac OX features. In short, Microsoft Office for the Mac is wildly popular and better than ever.

But as incredible and powerful it is, the Office 2004 suite comes without a single page of printed instructions. That means you're left to forge your own path through its countless innovative and useful new features and tools--until now.

Office 2004 for Mac: The Missing Manual is the manual that should have been in the box. It's the map that clearly and easily guides both beginners and veterans through this new suite. Mark H. Walker, Franklin Tessler, and Paul Berkowitz deliver all the practical information you need to master the basics and make the most of all four Office 2004 programs--Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage. It's four books in one!

According to Microsoft's own research, the average Office user taps into less than fifteen percent of the suite's features. With first-rate writing, a handcrafted index, and the trademark humor and clarity of every Missing Manual, Office 2004 for Mac: The Missing Manual will change that. Because this isn't an authorized book, Walker, Tessler, and Berkowitz candidly point out which features are gems in the rough worthy of your focused attention--and which are junkware that you best continue to overlook.

Whether you're an Office beginner eager to master one or all of the applications in the suite or a longtime Office user looking for detailed coverage of what's new (and what's removed) in Office 2004 and hoping to implement power-user techniques for better and more efficient work, this funny and friendly, comprehensive guide will prove indispensable.


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  • Paperback: 752 pages
  • Publisher: Pogue Press; 1 edition (February 16, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0596008201
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596008208
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Beware the mistakes, December 21, 2005
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I am a big fan of the Missing Manual series. Previous books have given me lots of insights into my installed software and have made my computing time much more efficient. I therefore approached this book with much enthusiasm. Office is such a gargantuan program, with tons of bells and whistles, that Microsoft itself estimates that most users take advantage of less than a third of its capabilities.

However, the book is a major disappointment, because of its many mistakes and poor organization. Most of the mistakes are ones you can work around--for example, on page 8 the topics covered by appendixes A and B are reversed--but the sheer number of such mistakes makes reading the book a major distraction. Every few pages I find myself going to the Missing Manuals web site to report yet more errata, such as incomplete or wrong instructions, figures that do not agree with the text or figure captions, incomprehensible writing, seeming confusion between the Mac and PC versions of the program, etc. And I agree wholeheartedly with a previous reviewer who complained about the inadequate index.

It looks as though O'Reilly Publishers did not do an adequate proofing of the book, but instead rushed it out as soon as possible. That is too bad, because I will now be much more hesitant to purchase another Missing Manuals title.
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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Switcher says:, March 11, 2005
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This is the first book I have read from the Missing Manual Series, and I will look for them in the future. I switched from a PC to a Mac last month and use Office daily. There have been several items I have not been able to figure out in the Office 2004 for Macintosh, but this book has now explained those issues, and introduced previously unknown functions to me. The book assumes one is familiar with Office and targets the changes and upgrades since 2000. This is not a "dummy" book, the five star rating is well deserved in that all concepts are illustrated with screenshots, and explained in prose in great detail. While the book was tedious at times if the material was not new, it was easy to follow when the information was new.
The highlights of the book were the introduction chapter outlining the changes in Office 2004, and the last chapter introducing using Microsoft Office as a Whole with applescripting and the project gallery. I found this book to be helpful to users familiar with PC lingo as well as Mac language. I did not find the usual "Non-Apple bashing" throughout the text, only a few references, but each illustrating the value of a Mac over a PC in this instance of an Office application. There were several examples of how Office 2004 was improved from Office 2003 (PC) and the previous version for Mac.
The new Notebook layout and audio notes were illustrated for student application in Word and the Project Center in Entourage introduces offers space saving ideas for the Mac user. The idea of using Entourage as the Office icon on the dock that allows access to all Office applications, is one improvement I incorporated after reading this book. For users who enjoy Office at home and at work, those who enjoy words just as much as icons, this is the book for you to read. It is a stand alone reference book for those using Office 2004, and a book highlighting the Office applications for those who are considering purchasing Office 2004 for Mac.
The www.missingManual.com is available for those seeking (the missing manual) written information for Office 2004. In each application there are samples illustrating the how-to's of the application, but if it's written words you want, you will have to go to the help files. They are downloadable from the website for printing.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, December 25, 2005
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This book was a disappointment. I had expected a reference of the caliber of David Pogue's Mac OS X Tiger manual. Among problem areas: a hard-to-navigate and incomplete index, fuzzy photo insets, and incorrect cross-references. The manual has the feel of something put together in a hurry without proper proof-reading, and borrowing heavily from canned sources. I learned some things but had to work harder to glean the information than I should have. I would not recommend this manual, unless it's the only game in town. I don't think it is.
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crusader kings, audio notes, navigation pane, formula palette, project properties, active graphics, edit account, merge field, slide navigator, note flags, online status, slide layout, memo pad, compatibility report, action buttons, duplicate menu bar, project watch folder, flippy triangle, exclude dictionary, dialog box extras, new custom dictionary, default email program, smart button, selection strip, reviewing toolbar
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Formatting Palette, Address Book, Project Gallery, Project Center, Page Layout, Data Merge Manager, Notebook Layout, Page Setup, Office Notifications, Microsoft Office, Document Map, Microsoft Word, Format Cells, Print Preview, Slide Sorter, Add Objects, Clip Gallery, Chart Wizard, Online Layout, Mark Walker, Palm Desktop, Internet Explorer, List Wizard, News Preferences, Replace All
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