This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

Microsoft's Office 2008 is packed with new tools that will help users work smarter and more efficiently, such as the new Elements Gallery, Word's publication-layout tools, Excel's ledger sheets (templates for common financial tasks), Entourage's improved Exchange Server support, and My Day for tracking appointments and to-do items. In this latest, updated edition of the bestselling Visual QuickStart Guide for Microsoft Office, veteran author Steve Schwartz guides the user along with clear, concise instructions and loads of visual aids that make learning easy and painless.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Essential Office Techniques

Part 2: Microsoft Word
Chapter 2: Introducing Word 2008
Chapter 3: Document Formatting
Chapter 4: Text Formatting
Chapter 5: Adding Graphics
Chapter 6: Creating Tables
Chapter 7: Working in Other Views
Chapter 8: Other Word Features

Part 3: Microsoft Excel
Chapter 9: Spreadsheet Essentials
Chapter 10: Modifying Worksheets
Chapter 11: Formulas and Functions
Chapter 12: Working with Lists
Chapter 13: Charts and Graphs
Chapter 14: Database Techniques
Chapter 15: Data Analysis
Chapter 16: Sharing Workbooks

Part 4: Microsoft PowerPoint
Chapter 17: Creating a Presentation
Chapter 18: Charts and Tables
Chapter 19: The Presentation

Part 5: Microsoft Entourage
Chapter 20: Introducing Entourage
Chapter 21: Email
Chapter 22: Address Book
Chapter 23: Calendar
Chapter 24: Tasks
Chapter 25: Notes
Chapter 26: Newsgroups
Chapter 27: My Day
Chapter 28: Entourage and Exchange Server

Part 6: Integrating Applications
Chapter 29: Combining Office Data
Chapter 30: The Project Center
Chapter 31: Office 2008 and the Internet

Index

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 3 Ratings

Definitely need this! - 2008-09-16
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Microsoft has outdone itself yet again. Both the 2007 Office for PC and the 2008 Office for Mac have unraveled much of what was good, clear, intuitive, and simple in the earlier versions and tangled it all up into arcane and hidden "toolboxes". For example, in Word, I had to look up ( ! ) how to change margins -- 'Page setup' just doesn't do it any more. Same for headers and footers -- the problem there was to look up how to get out of them. Unbelievable. And this is, thank God, for a Mac -- I can't even imagine dealing with Office 2007 AND Vista at the same time! God. I need an aspirin just thinking about it. So this manual is absolutely necessary if you want to write a document and actually have some control over formatting. I don't use Excel but I hear tell the new respective versions are also completely screwed up -- er, I mean, 'improved.' And, needless to say, don't even try to use the 'Help' menu -- completely useless. The manual is a must. Don't 'upgrade' without it.

Microsoft Office 2008 - 2009-06-12
Reviewer Rating:
Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

I was looking for a book that was easy to find answers to my questions, and this was an excellent choice. I don't like plowing through paragraphs of information. I prefer visuals and step by step instructions. It's a fabulous resource.

"From PC Word to MAC Word...a journey in practice" - 2009-09-28
Reviewer Rating:
I am fairly comfortable in the basic use of Word on my old PC. This book helps me to make the transition to Word on MAC. It could have more details in some of the more advanced uses of Word,but perhaps I need lessons for these rather than the written word. Of those books and manuals I looked at in the bookstore, before ordering from Amazon, this book seems to be the best buy and easiest to use.

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