Advanced Microsoft Office Documents Inside Out [With CDROM]

by Stephanie Krieger

Dig deep into Microsoft Office Word 2007, Excel2007, and PowerPoint 2007--and create robust documents that deliver results. This book is packed with advanced timesaving tips and troubleshooting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073562285X
• ISBN13: 9780735622852
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 671 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Learn to unleash the power of 2007

This is a great book for those who are convinced that software should be able to do more and documents should be smarter and take less time to write. I stumbled across the increased functionality of fields then wanted to learn more. This book has been a rich resource to learn the increased functionality of Office 2007. I am primarily using Word 2007 to develop smart document to be used by teams. This book is helping me see how to make the documents work `smarter' and hopefully decrease the time spent in documentation with the use of a wide range of tools now available in Word 2007. I am not a patient learner. I want to jump to just show me. This book is organized such that I can grab a `tidbit' go out and use it then I am hungry to come back and learn more. Whether I skim a section or have the highlighter and notebook out I am learning lots that I can apply right away. While you don't have to be a Word Wiz to use this book it helps to have a basic understanding of how 2007 functions. The author does a good job at the beginning of each section to list what she feels users need as a foundation to move forward in each chapter. The Inside Out series of books have been one of the better series I have found.

Very detailed

If you need to know everything including programming this is the book to get. Very detailed information with examples that you can try.

More than just a "How To"

As a Microsoft Office programs training instructor in my own business, and a part-time Office Programs Instructor for two local Community College Workforce Dept's., I find the Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out to be a very comprehensive book that is very helpful to even experienced users, as well as new users. The written and graphic details are very simple, yet concise, and make the learning process much easier. It is a book that I not only recommend to my students and clients, but, it also has a home on my own desk.

In one word - praesto

Stephanie understands MS Office software. But, better than that, she understands people. People want results. People need properly created documents. People need help. Ms. Krieger's other book was a knock-out (Microsoft Office Document Designer). In less than 200 pages, she addressed the task of proper document design. In this book, she takes this to a much higher level. As a full-time software trainer, I have seen that people only use a small percentage of the features that programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint offer. Is this due to a lack of ability? No, it's due to a lack of knowledge. Stephanie's book will provide the reader with the knowledge required to assemble a "proper" document. Filled with advice, information, and the perfect mix of programs, the pages glow with a light that removes the sometimes dark areas of document creation. For users of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint who do not read this book, they will continue to struggle, using "band-aids" to hide the cuts and bruises their documents contain. For those who read and apply the information in Stephanie's book, they will not need a trip to the emergency room to save their creation.

Ask not what your software can do, ask what you can do with your software.

Whom would your boss rather have on staff: an expert on Microsoft Office System 2007 or an expert on creating effective, easy-to-manage office documents? Stephanie Krieger's new book is based on the arresting and gratifying notion that what your boss wants and needs is someone who can create effective, easy-to-manage documents (including worksheets and presentations), because such documents are the foundation of an effective organization. Does this mean that Krieger's book gives short shrift to the capabilities of the new Microsoft Office System 2007? Not at all. It just means that the book offers effective ways to think about documents, worksheets, and presentations while showing how best to create and manage them with the Microsoft Office System 2007. The fact that the word "Advanced" appears in the title is not an accident. The book doesn't tell how to save or print documents or check spelling. Instead, it tells how to plan documents and how to stay in control of them. It discusses special considerations governing documents that will be distributed electronically. It describes how work teams can effectively collaborate on documents. Within this conceptual framework, it offers detailed overviews of features that are new to the applications in Microsoft Office System 2007, plus step-by-step procedures for using those features to improve personal and organizational efficiency and the quality of documents. The book exhibits respect for the reader throughout. Each advanced section starts by declaring what the reader needs to know ahead of time in order to benefit from that section. Cross-references (to other locations within the book and to other resources found elsewhere) are provided for readers who need more information. An abbreviated, high-level table of contents appears at the beginning of the book, followed immediately by a more detailed table of contents. A specialized index of troubleshooting topics is found at the back of the book, just before the main index. A fully searchable electronic version of the text is provided on an accompanying CD that also includes recorded webcasts by the author and numerous other resources. Experienced users of Office who are new to the Microsoft Office System 2007 will appreciate the book's focus on new features. They needn't worry about becoming bogged down in discussions of features already familiar to them from previous releases of Office. The book covers the new Open XML file formats, the new Ribbon interface, the new graphics engine, and the new Themes for managing the look and feel of documents across applications and across document sets. The chapters on Word 2007 cover new tools for managing and applying styles, new tools for working with graphics, new Quick Parts for rapid assembly of new documents, and new Content Controls for displaying data pulled from external sources or entered by the user. The chapters on Excel 2007 cover new tools for formatting worksheets, new charting capabilities,