Office 2011 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

by Chris Grover

Overview

Office 2011 for Mac is easy to use, but to unleash its full power, you need to go beyond the basics. This entertaining guide not only gets you started with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the new Outlook for Mac, it also reveals useful lots of things you didn't know the software could do. Get crystal-clear explanations on the features you use most -- and plenty of power-user tips when you're ready for more.

• Take advantage of new tools. Navigate with the Ribbon, use SmartArt graphics, and work online with Office Web Apps.
• Create professional-looking documents. Use Word to craft beautiful reports, newsletters, brochures, and posters.
• Crunch numbers with ease. Assemble data, make calculations, and summarize the results with Excel.
• Stay organized. Set up Outlook to track your email, contacts, appointments, and tasks.
• Make eye-catching presentations. Build PowerPoint slideshows with video and audio clips, animations, and other features.
• Use the programs together. Discover how to be more productive and creative by drawing directly in Word documents, adding spreadsheets to your slides, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449302719
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/17/2010
Series:	Missing Manual Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	816
File size:	35 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Christopher Grover has worked as a technical writer, advertising copywriter, and product publicist for more than 25 years. His freelance articles have been published in a variety of magazines from Fine Homebuilding to CD-ROM World. He's also the author of Word 2007: The Missing Manual and Flash CS5: The Missing Manual.

Table of Contents

• The Missing Credits
  
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  
• Part 1: Word
  
  • Chapter 2: Word Basics: Opening, Editing, Saving, Printing
    
  • Chapter 3: Advanced Editing in Word
    
  • Chapter 4: Setting Up Documents and Pages
    
  • Chapter 5: Printing Documents, Envelopes, and Labels
    
  • Chapter 6: Working with Long Documents
    
  • Chapter 7: Moving Beyond Text: Publishing Layout View
    
  • Chapter 8: Working Collaboratively
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 2: Outlook
  
  • Chapter 9: Outlook: Email and Life Management 101
    
  • Chapter 10: Managing Your Contacts
    
  • Chapter 11: Calendar: Meetings, Tasks, and Notes
    
  • Chapter 12: Customizing Outlook and Managing Data
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 3: Excel
  
  • Chapter 13: Basic Excel
    
  • Chapter 14: Building Advanced Workbooks
    
  • Chapter 15: Excel Data Magic
    
  • Chapter 16: Excel Macros and Visual Basic
    
  • Chapter 17: Formatting and Charts: Well-Dressed Spreadsheets
    
  • Chapter 18: Printing and Sharing Spreadsheets
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 4: PowerPoint
  
  • Chapter 19: Planning and Creating Great Presentations
    
  • Chapter 20: Building a PowerPoint Presentation
    
  • Chapter 21: Putting On the Show
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 5: Office As a Whole
  
  • Chapter 22: Making the Most of Graphics and Media
    
  • Chapter 23: Customizing Office
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 6: Appendixes
  
  • Installation and Troubleshooting
    
  • The Office Help System
    
  • Office 2011, Menu by Menu
    
  • SkyDrive and Office Web Apps
    
  
  
  
  
• Colophon