Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 2007 All in One (Paperback)

by Greg Perry (Author)

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Product Description

One Book…All the Answers

 

In just a short time you will be up and running with Microsoft Office 2007, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote.

 

Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation, allowing you to learn the essentials of Office 2007 from the ground up.

 

Thorough instructions walk you through the most common tasks and show you extra features that make your Office 2007 documents stand apart from the crowd.

 

Notes present interesting pieces of information, extra features you can use, and warnings to protect your data.

 

Tips offer extra advice or teach an easier way to do something.

 

Learn how to…

• Leverage New Features to Do More Work in Less Time
• Master Office 2007’s New Ribbon
• Use Live Preview to See How Changes Will Affect Your Documents
• Create Online Web Pages from Your Office Documents, Worksheets, and Presentations
• Apply a Consistent Theme to All Your Documents, Worksheets, and Presentations
• Format Word Documents to Grab Attention Without Taking Away from the Message You Want to Convey
• Perform Mail Merging with Ease
• Set Up Powerful Worksheet Page Formats
• Drop Audio and Video into Your PowerPoint Presentations
• Organize Your Email to Work Smarter
• Locate Outlook Contacts on a Global Map
• Maximize Note Taking with OneNote

Part I: Introducing Microsoft Office 2007 1

Chapter 1: Start Here      3

 

PART II: Writing with Word   29

Chapter 2: Learning Word’s Basics      31

Chapter 3: Making Your Words Look Good    69

Chapter 4: Adding Lists, Tables, and Graphics          107

Chapter 5: Using Word’s Advanced Features 147

 

PART III: Working with Excel Worksheets        201

Chapter 6: Getting to Know Excel       203

Chapter 7: Working with Excel Data    243

Chapter 8: Formatting Worksheets with Excel         273

Chapter 9: Creating Advanced Worksheets   303

Chapter 10: Using Excel as a Simple Database        329

 

PART IV: Impressing Audiences with PowerPoint      347

Chapter 11: Learning About PowerPoint        349

Chapter 12: Adding Flair to Your Presentations        371

Chapter 13: Making More Impressive Presentations          393

 

PART V: Organizing with Outlook    429

Chapter 14: Introducing Outlook         431

Chapter 15: Making Contact      475

Chapter 16: Living with Outlook 497

 

PART VI: Enhancing Your Work with Other Office Features 517

Chapter 17: Making Notes with OneNote      519

Chapter 18: Automatic Office    541

Chapter 19: Sharing Data Among Office Applications         563

Chapter 20: Combining Office and the Internet        581

 

About the Author

Greg Perry has been a leader in computer education for twenty years, having taught at the college level and written enough books and articles to be called “the most proficient computer author on earth.” In addition to writing about computers, he speaks, consults, and writes about other topics, including real estate and the government. He and his wife Jayne now offer unique training and insights for new and advanced eBay users and run an eBay consignment business out of their rural, countryside home.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (November 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672329018
• ISBN-13: 978-0672329012
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #717,274 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Sams Teach Yourself Series.

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bloated, July 18, 2007

By	P. Fuller - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Vista All in One (Paperback)

I was thinking of giving this just three stars, but after using Vista for a month, the book does seem to be complete and fairly accurate, so I didn't want to ding it too badly.

Now for the bad part. For one, the book is way too big at 750 pages. As someone with a good knowledge of XP and a few days poking around in Vista before I started the book, the "hey, I didn't know that" moments were few and far between. But even for a book aimed at novices this one is too bloated. Just one example, though there are plenty more - most of p. 492 describes six categories of non-system programs. The categories seem to be of the authors making and there's no indication that they are of any practical value, and certainly not when using Vista.

The other issue, minor and understandable but annoying nonetheless is the relentless promoting of Vista. Discussing Media Player, a third of the way through the book, the author says "at the risk of letting this turn into something that sounds like a Microsoft-paid commercial". In my mind it had reached that point on page 1 with the sentence, "Windows Vista is cool." It continued on page after page. I realize this book wasn't intended to be either an exposé or a dry college textbook, and that badmouthing Vista would hardly help the authors book sales, but a little detachment would be nice.

The author's contention (highly suspect to begin with) that the book is designed for users from beginner to advanced doesn't hold up. For a novice user, this is probably a good book. The advanced user should be prepared to wade through 735 pages of dross for their 15 pages of gold.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vista User, February 12, 2008

By	J. Wirth - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Vista All in One (Paperback)

Windows Vista Operating System is fraught with errors and inconsistancies and this book is a real help in navigating the system if you must move to Vista. I have purchased five Vista books from Amazon all of which have varying views and depths of coverage of various Vista functions and have found multiple sources to be almost necessary if you expect to administer the system and use common functions. This book has good detail in most examples and has broad coverage but does not cover some basic functions to sufficient depth for someone new to the Vista OS. In fairness, none of the other books I purchased are as complete as needed either.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, July 12, 2007

By	A. Ortiz - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Vista All in One (Paperback)

This book is excellent, refreshed plenty of tricks and made tasks very easy to go through.