Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Visual QuickStart

by Schwartz, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780321751263
• ISBN10: 0321751264
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-11
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr

Summary

Visual QuickStart Guides, designed in an attractive tutorial and reference format, are the quickest, easiest, and most thorough way to learn applications, tasks, and technologies. The Visual QuickStart Guides are a smart choice and guide the learner in a friendly and respectful tone. Visually presented with copious screenshots, the focused discussions by topic and tasks make learning a breeze and quickly take you to exactly what you want to learn. Microsoft Office 2011 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, written by best-selling author Steve Schwartz, has been extensively rewritten to provide expanded coverage of the core Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, provides in-depth instructions on many of the new features and changes introduced in Office 2011, and offers a thorough introduction to the Office Web Apps. Coverage of each application is jam-packed with information and tips that not only explain HOW to perform a task, but WHY you need this procedure and WHEN it's best to use it. Steve Schwartz is uniquely qualified and readers benefit from his 30+ years of experience as a software expert, technical support director, magazine editor, and writer. Steve has written almost 60 books, many on Office and other Microsoft products, and has been using Office since the first version. Although this book is geared toward the beginning through intermediate user, Steve wonsup1;t waste your time with pages of stories and analogies before actually discussing the topic at hand. Each page is clearly focused on the needs of the reader. In fact, Stevers"s guiding principal in creating this and his many other Visual QuickStart Guides is "The Three Crs"s." The material must be clear, concise, and correct. Thumb through a copy today and find out why this is the quickest and easiest way to learn Microsoft Office 2011.

Author Biography

Steve Schwartz is uniquely qualified and readers benefit from his 30 years of experience as technical support director, magazine editor, and writer. Steve has written almost 60 books, many on Office and other Microsoft products, and has been using Office since the first version. Although this book is geared toward the beginning through intermediate user, Steve won't waste your time with pages of stories and analogies before actually discussing the topic at hand. Each page is clearly focused on the needs of the reader. In fact, Steve's guiding principal in creating this and his many other Visual QuickStart Guides is The Three C's. The material must be clear, concise, and correct.

Table of Contents

PART I: GETTING STARTED
Chapter 1: Introducing Office 2011
Chapter 2: Office Basics
Chapter 3: Working with Graphics

PART II: MICROSOFT WORD
Chapter 4: Introducing Word 2011
Chapter 5: Document Formatting
Chapter 6: Text Formatting
Chapter 7: Creating Tables
Chapter 8: Working in Other Views
Chapter 9: Other Word Features

PART III: MICROSOFT EXCEL
Chapter 10: Spreadsheet Essentials
Chapter 11: Modifying Worksheets
Chapter 12: Formulas and Functions
Chapter 13: Working with Tables
Chapter 14: Charts and Graphs
Chapter 15: Database Techniques
Chapter 16: Sharing Workbooks

PART IV: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
Chapter 17: Creating a Presentation
Chapter 18: Charts and Tables
Chapter 19: Wrapping up a Presentation

PART V: MICROSOFT OUTLOOK
Chapter 20: Introducing Outlook
Chapter 21: Email
Chapter 22: Contacts
Chapter 23: Calendar
Chapter 24: Tasks
Chapter 25: Notes
Chapter 26: My Day

Part VI: ADVANCED TOPICS
Chapter 27: Combining Office Data
Chapter 28: Office 2011 and the Internet
Chapter 29: The Office Web Apps

Index