| 2007 Microsoft® Office System Plain & Simple (Plain & Simple Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jerry Joyce, Marianne Moon
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 20458
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
MPN: 9780735622739
ISBN: 0735622736
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.5
EAN: 9788120331884
ASIN: 0735622736
Publication Date: February 28, 2007
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Product Description
Get the fast answers--in full color--that make learning the new 2007 Microsoft Office system plain and simple! This no-nonsense guide helps you learn the easy way to navigate the latest version of Office with numbered steps and concise, straightforward language that show the most expedient ways to learn a new skill or solve a problem. You'll become familiar with the new, easy-to-use user interface and learn the essentials for working with Microsoft Office programs--discovering how to perform everyday tasks and answer your own questions quickly. You will discover how to create documents with Microsoft Office Word, spreadsheets with Excel®, and presentations with PowerPoint®. You'll even get the basics for designing a publication using Publisher, creating a Web page with FrontPage®, sharing information with SharePoint®, and more. With PLAIN & SIMPLE, you don't have to wade through superfluous details. This easy-to-use book delivers fast, precise information--exactly how and when you need it!
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 Plain & Simple 2007 Microsoft Office System see-how guide August 30, 2008
The text and illustrations are clear and easy to follow. The material is arranged systematically. As a step by step guide to using MS Office it is great.
 don't waste your money August 29, 2008
I have only found it useful once so far. If you like reading and want to read the book, it's great, but if you just need quick reference to do something specific, it's a waste. Office 2007 is very different from 2003 version in that they've moved things around to different areas, so I know the old commands, I just can't find them in 2007. I thought the book would help with that, but it doesn't.
 True to its title July 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very clear, easy to follow, attractive looking. Everything is illustrated, so when it says, "#1 Click on this" if you don't know where this is, just look at the diagram and find #1. The only downside, although I'm sure it's its intended use, is that is really is a basic book, but even as an advanced user, I have learned from it with the painful switch (at least for me) to 2007. When I needed to make some graphs and charts QUICK after just getting 2007 (YIKES!!), this book so easily and quickly walked me right through it. It really saved me. I've been recommending to all I know who are novices with computers and just getting into Office 2007.
Excellent Overview April 10, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I purchased this book in addition to some of the other more advanced Office books (Office 07 Inside Out & Office 07 Bible) for the full color screen shots to see how the new Office System's Ribbon looked. Don't let the title fool you, although this book is indeed geared toward the newbie, there is some excellent coverage of some advanced topics I have not found in some of the other advance Office books. The organization may not be layed out very logically, but you can jump to whatever section you please with ease. The sections of Outlook (written by Jim Joyce, an Outlook MVP and author of various Outlook Inside Out editions and Beth Sheresh) are a nice intro to the Outlook Plain & Simple book. (Also worth it.) The Access section by Curt Frye (another advanced author) gives a nice intro to one of the most advance programs Office has. I was also pleased to see some coverage (although limited) for Publisher 2007. A lot of advanced Office System books don't cover Publisher at all.
Some of my favorite highlights are:
Explanation of the new Office programs and Office Tools
Explanation of the new Office File Formats (including saving in the Office 97-2003 formats and templates for people without the new 07 System)
How to use common tasks
Exchanging Info Among Office Programs (Excellent chapter with various options for using data from one program in another and coverage of how to use the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program to scan documents and convert to text. This is missing from many other Office books!)
Explanation of customizing and securing Office with great screen shots
My one big disappointment is the lack of coverge for OneNote 2007. OneNote can can interact with Outlook via tasks and other items and this would have been wonderful info to readers.
If you don't have Office 2007 and are considering purchasing it or looking for a way to use Office more effectively, this book is a wonderful full color guide and well worth the attractive price. The Plain & Simple series may start with simple tasks, but does include more advanced topics without too much technical jargon. Enjoy!
Microsoft Office 2007 February 15, 2008
Book is illustrated well - takes you throught he steps well and really helped me. Would recommend it.
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