Overview

To the surprise of most Mac fans, the number one bestselling Macintosh software is Microsoft Office for the Macintosh. It's by far the most popular Macintosh software, and the first software purchase a new Mac user is likely to make. And for the first time, Office 2001 comes without a single page of printed instructions. The packaging is a five- inch-square clear plastic case housing the CD-ROM and little else. Fortunately, Pogue Press/O'Reilly is once again ready to embrace the befuddled and overwhelmed--with ""Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual."" It tackles each of the primary Office applications with depth, humor, and clarity, and provides relief for the hapless Mac user who'd rather read professionally written printed instructions than hunt through a maze of personality-free help screens. The book is structured to help the beginner as well as the seasoned user. Part One provides an overview of Word. From ""What's New,"" to ""Basic Word Processing,"" to ""Document Design,"" to ""Advanced Word Processing""--with in-depth details on creating Web pages and performing mail merges using Word. Part Two covers the new Palm-syncable calendar in Entourage, including all aspects of email, how to best use the calendar and address book, and crucial information on the Palm Hotsync. Part three explains all the finer points of Excel, including Microsoft's exciting new ""List Manager,"" specifically designed for creating and manipulating lists without the prerequisite of learning spreadsheet tools. ""Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual"" is coauthored by a dream team of Missing Manual alumni: David Reynolds, executive editor of ""MacAddict"" magazine and coauthor of ""AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual, "" and Nan Barber, whose efforts as the copy editor of the first four Missing Manual titles gave her an intuitive feeling for the friendly, funny, authoritative voice of the series. Once again, the authors are joined by series founder David Pogue, who has closely edited the book to ensure excellence of depth, accuracy, and prose.

Full Product Details

Author:   Nan Barber ,  David Reynolds
Publisher:   O'Reilly Media
Imprint:   O'Reilly Media
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9780596000813

ISBN 10:   0596000812
Pages:   648
Publication Date:   12 June 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

"Table of Contents Introduction Welcome to ""2001"" What's New in Office The Very Basics About this Book Part One: Word Chapter 1: Basic Word Processing New, Open, and the Project Gallery Word Processing Basics A Window into Word The Views Every Conceivable Variation on Saving Printing Chapter 2: Editing in Word Eight Ways to Select Text Moving Text Around Navigating Your Documents Finding and Replacing Spelling and Grammar Five Ways to Do Less Typing Chapter 3: Formatting in Word The Formatting Palette Character Formatting Lists Paragraph Formatting Document Formatting Section Formatting Chapter 4: Styles, Page Layout, and Tables Styles Themes Page Layout Automatic Hyphenation Text Boxes Pictures and Drawings Charts, Spreadsheets, and Equations Tables Chapter 5: Comments, Change Tracking, and Versions Comments Change Tracking Comparing Documents Versioning Chapter 6: Advanced Word Processing Headers and Footers Footnotes and Endnotes Line Numbers Templates The Outliner The Document Map Master Documents AutoSummarize Working with Fields Bookmarks Captions Crossreferences Creating a Table of Contents Indexing Data Merges Working with Macros Chapter 7: Word Meets Web Word as Web Browser Creating a Web Page in Word Graphics, Sounds, and Movies Hyperlinks Web Forms Saving Web Pages Part Two: Entourage Chapter 8: EntourageEmail and Newsgroups The Entourage Window Setting Up Entourage Sending and Receiving Mail Newsgroups Chapter 9: Entourage Calendar and Tasks The Calendar Recording Events What to Do with an Appointment Saving Calendars as Web Pages Tasks Chapter 10: Entourage Address Book and Notes Address Book The Note Pad Chapter 11: Advanced Entourage Using Entourage with a Palm Palmtop Multiple Identities Finding Information Links Categories Checking Your Spelling The Power of the Script Menu Part Three: Excel Chapter 12: Basic Excel Spreadsheet Basics Formula Fundamentals Excel, the List Maker Chapter 13: Formatting and Charts Formatting Worksheets Charts Printing Worksheets Chapter 14: Advanced Spreadsheeting Workbooks and Worksheets Advanced Formula Magic Working with Databases Opening the Excel Toolbox Macros: Making Excel Work for You Part Four: PowerPoint Chapter 15: Basic PowerPoint The Views of PowerPoint Step : Specify a Design Step : Writing the Outline Step : Building the Show How to Build a Slide Chapter 16: Advanced PowerPoint Making a Slide Show Multimedia Effects Printing Your Presentation Part Five: Office As a Whole Chapter 17: Customizing Office Customizing Your Toolbars Redesigning Your Menus Reassigning Key Combinations Chapter 18: The Graphics Programs of Office Inserting a Graphic The Clip Gallery AutoShapes and WordArt Lines and Shapes: The Drawing Toolbar Formatting Pictures and Drawings The Picture Toolbar Organization Chart Equation Editor Microsoft Graph Part Six: Appendixes Appendix A: Installation and Troubleshooting Installing Office Appendix B: The Office Help System Balloon Help The Assistant The Help Index WebBased Help Colophon"

Reviews

'...It's billed as the book that should have been in the box. Quite how this could be physically accomplished we don't know, but It's impossible to disagree with the sentiment. The book does full justice to the four powerful applications that make up Office 2001 and would be perfect for all types of users. Barber and Reynolds have produced an incredibly well-written and well-structured tome. Both basic and advanced functions are dealt with admirably. It's one thing knowing how to do something, but another to learn exactly why It's good to use particular features, and surprisingly, this is done in a manner that does not irritate or patronise the reader ... no mean feat. Layout is excellent and pleasing to the eye. Over 400 screen shots are included, which really help understanding and rarely seem superfluous, as do the decent number of tips and box-outs provided. The writers appear genuinely to understand how people will wish to use Office 2001 and include sections that others may not have thought necessary ... for example, how to use a PDA with Entourage or import FileMaker data. All in all, an immensely useful and enjoyable read.' Verdict 5 stars. MacFormat, August 2001 - Editor's Choice 'One for the reference shelf.' Freelance Informer, July 27th 2001

Author Information

David Reynolds is executive editor at MacAddict magazine, where he gets to mess around with the latest Macintosh toys and gadgets. He's also the coauthor of the bestselling AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual. Nan Barber is the Missing Manual series copy editor, having edited the Missing Manual titles on Mac OS 9, AppleWorks 6, iMovie, and Windows Millennium. She works as a freelance writer and editor from her home near Boston, and is managing editor for Salamander, a magazine for poetry, fiction, and memoirs.

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