Microsoft Office 2007 In Simple Steps

Description

Use Office 2007 with confidence

Discover everything you want to know about Microsoft Office 2007 in this easy-to-use guide; from the most essential tasks that you'll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you'll encounter.

This practical book will have you achieving immediate results using:

* a friendly, visual approach
* simple language
* practical, task-based examples
* large, full-colour screenshots

Get the most out of Office 2007 with practical tips on every page:

· ALERT! - Solutions to common problems

· HOT TIP - Time-saving shortcuts

· SEE ALSO... - Related tasks and information

· DID YOU KNOW? - Additional features to explore

· WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? - Jargon explained in plain English

CONTENTS:

Top 10 Office 2007 Tips

* Launch an Office application

* Select and edit text

* Insert an image

* Apply a theme

* Create an outline

* Enter values in an Excel worksheet

* Insert a PowerPoint template

* Manage Access database objects

* Add a new contact

* Send an email message

Chapter 1 - Getting acquainted with Office 2007

* Manually activate Office 2007

* Launch an Office application

* Work with the Office program window

* Open a new blank Office file

* Open an existing Office file

* Explore the Ribbon

* Choose menu commands

* Work with toolbars

* Manage the Quick Access Toolbar

* Customise the Quick Access Toolbar

* Choose dialogue box options

* Use the status bar
* Add or remove status bar contents

* Change task panes

* Manage multiple windows

* Create a document from a template

* Save a file

* Save an Office file in a different format

* Find Help while you're working

* Change preferences

* Change views

* Update Office from the Web

* Close a file and exit Office

Chapter 2 - Working with text

* Select text
* Edit text

* Copy and move text
* Use the Office Clipboard task pane

* Find and replace text

*

Correct text automatically

* Check spelling and grammar

* Consult the thesaurus
* Create text boxes

* Translate text

*

Import text files

* Insert a symbol

* Load a custom dictionary

Chapter 3 - Working with art and photos

* Browse Office clip art

* Browse clip art online

* Insert clip art

* Place a picture

* Adjust picture size

* Specify image size

* Add a border to a picture

* Brighten up an image

* Modify a picture's contrast

* Change an image's colour scheme

* Crop and rotate a picture

* Rotate an image

* Create WordArt text

* Format WordArt

* Apply special effects to WordArt

* Create SmartArt graphics

* Draw and resize shapes

* Align and distribute objects

* Manage your images

Chapter 4 - Applying themes and formatting

* Apply a theme to an existing document

* Apply a theme to a new document

* Apply a theme from another document

* Change the default Office theme

* Change theme colours

* Create your own theme colours

* Change theme fonts

* Add special effects to themes

* Create a custom theme

* Rotate and flip objects

* Make an object 3D

* Change stacking order

* Adjust shadows

* Format text in tables

* Use Quick Styles to format a table

* Format numbers in worksheets

* Use the Format Cells dialogue box

* Work with the Format Painter

Chapter 5 - Creating a Word document

* Change document views

* Make text easier to read

* View multiple pages

* View a document map

* Set up the page

* Set page margins visually

* Create an outline

* Add a new page or section

*

Add headers and footers

* Insert page numbers

* Add the date and time

* Find and replace formatting

* Set paragraph tabs

* Change character spacing

* Apply a style set

* Create a style

* Modify a style

* Create bulleted and numbered lists

* Modify bullet or number styles

* Create a table

Chapter 6 - Working with Excel spreadsheets

* Select cells

* Jump to a specific location

* Create labels

* Enter values in a worksheet

* Edit cell contents

* Clear cell contents

* Select rows, columns and special ranges

* Name a worksheet

* Delete a worksheet

* Move or copy a worksheet

* Insert a column or row

* Delete a column or row

* Adjust column or row size

* Divide a worksheet into panes

* Create a basic formula

* Display formulas

* Use formula AutoComplete

* Edit a formula

* Apply conditional formatting

Chapter 7 - Assembling PowerPoint presentations

* Navigate a presentation

* Switch views

* Create a new slide

* Change a slide's layout

* Work with objects

* Insert a template

* Use text placeholders

* Select and modify text

* Create a list

* Take advantage of AutoFit

* Develop an outline

* Duplicate a slide

* Manage slides with Slide Sorter

* Import slides

* Insert a Slide Master

* Insert placeholder content

* Change the page setup

* Adjust slide timing

* Edit slide timing

Chapter 8 - Creating an Access database

* Use a template to create a database

* Assemble a blank database

* Work with the Access window

* Customise Access display options

* Add fields from templates

* Reuse existing fields

* Explore database objects

* Manage database objects

* Create a table with a template

* Enter and find new table records

* Find records

* Create a database query

* Configure and view query results

* Create a form, Part 1
* Create a form, Part 2

* Enter data into a form

* Create a report

* Change page setup

* Back up a database

Chapter 9 - Getting organised with Outlook

* Start Outlook for the first time

* Customise your 'to do' list

* Add a task

* Enter a calendar item

* Navigate through your Outlook data

* Customise the Navigation pane

* View items

* View folders

* Subscribe to an RSS feed

* Add a new contact

* Display and edit a business card

* Create a distribution list

* Create and address an email message

* Attach a file to an email message

* Create a signature file

* Send an email message

* Reading email messages
* Searching your email

Top 10 Office 2007 problems solved

1 &nbsp How do I maintain or repair Office applications?

3 I need to enable Safe mode, what do I do?

4 How do I start user-initiated Safe mode?

5 I need to correct an Excel formula

6 I need to check an Excel worksheet for errors

7 I think my Access database needs repairing

8 I can't send or receive emails

9 How do I repair a damaged document?

10 I need to recover a damaged file