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  1. Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual - March 2008
  2. Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual - February 2005
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Whether you're an Office beginner eager to master one or all of the applications in the suite or a longtime Office user looking for power-user techniques and detailed coverage of what's new (and what's removed) in Office 2004, the funny and friendly Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual delivers everything you need to master all four Office 2004 programs for Mac--Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage.
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Table of Contents
  1. Word

    1. Chapter 1 Basic Word Processing

      1. Creating and Opening Documents
      2. Word Processing Basics
      3. A Window into Word
      4. The Views
      5. Every Conceivable Variation on Saving
      6. Printing
    2. Chapter 2 Editing in Word

      1. The Many Ways to Select Text
      2. Moving Text Around
      3. Navigating Your Documents
      4. Finding and Replacing
      5. Spelling and Grammar
      6. Five Ways to Type Less
    3. Chapter 3 Formatting in Word

      1. The Formatting Palette
      2. Character Formatting
      3. Lists
      4. Paragraph Formatting
      5. Document Formatting
      6. Section Formatting
    4. Chapter 4 Styles, Page Layout, and Tables

      1. Styles
      2. Page Layout
      3. Automatic Hyphenation
      4. Text Boxes
      5. Pictures and Drawings
      6. Charts and Spreadsheets
      7. Tables
    5. Chapter 5 Comments, Change Tracking, and Versions

      1. Comments
      2. Change Tracking
      3. Comparing Documents
      4. Versioning
    6. Chapter 6 Notebooks, Outlining, and Master Documents

      1. Notebook Layout View
      2. The Outliner
      3. The Document Map
      4. Master Documents
    7. Chapter 7 Advanced Word Processing

      1. Headers and Footers
      2. Footnotes and Endnotes
      3. Line Numbers
      4. Templates
      5. AutoSummarize
      6. Fields
      7. Bookmarks
      8. Captions
      9. Cross-References
      10. Creating a Table of Contents
      11. Indexing
      12. Data Merges
      13. Macros
    8. Chapter 8 Word Meets Web

      1. Word as Web Browser
      2. Creating a Web Page in Word
      3. Graphics, Sounds, and Movies
      4. Hyperlinks
      5. Web Forms
      6. Saving Web Pages
  2. Entourage

    1. Chapter 9 Entourage Email and Newsgroups

      1. The Big Picture
      2. Setting Up Entourage
      3. Sending and Receiving Mail
      4. Newsgroups
    2. Chapter 10 Calendar, Tasks, and the Project Center

      1. The Calendar
      2. Recording Events
      3. What to Do with an Appointment
      4. Saving Calendars as Web Pages
      5. Tasks
      6. Office Notifications
      7. Project Center
      8. Accessing Projects from Other Office Programs
    3. Chapter 11 Address Book and Notes

      1. Address Book
      2. The Note Pad
    4. Chapter 12 Advanced Entourage

      1. Palm Synchronization
      2. About Conduits
      3. Multiple Identities
      4. Finding Messages
      5. Links
      6. Categories
      7. Checking Your Spelling
      8. The Script Menu
  3. Excel

    1. Chapter 13 Basic Excel

      1. Spreadsheet Basics
      2. Formula Fundamentals
      3. Excel, the List Maker
    2. Chapter 14 Formatting and Charts

      1. Formatting Worksheets
      2. Charts
      3. Printing Worksheets
    3. Chapter 15 Advanced Spreadsheeting

      1. Workbooks and Worksheets
      2. Advanced Formula Magic
      3. Working with Databases
      4. Opening the Excel Toolbox
      5. Macros: Making Excel Work for You
  4. PowerPoint

    1. Chapter 16 Basic PowerPoint

      1. Triple View
      2. Step 1: Specify a Design
      3. Step 2: Writing the Outline
      4. Step 3: Building the Show
      5. How to Build a Slide
    2. Chapter 17 Advanced PowerPoint

      1. Making a Slideshow
      2. Multimedia Effects
      3. Printing Your Presentation
  5. Microsoft Of.ce as a Whole

    1. Chapter 18 The Project Gallery and Toolbox

      1. The Project Gallery
      2. Toolbox
      3. Reference Tools
      4. Projects Palette
      5. Compatibility Checker
    2. Chapter 19 Customizing Office

      1. Customizing Your Toolbars
      2. Redesigning Your Menus
      3. Reassigning Key Combinations
    3. Chapter 20 The Graphics Programs of Office

      1. Inserting a Graphic
      2. The Clip Gallery
      3. AutoShapes and WordArt
      4. Lines and Shapes: The Drawing Toolbar
      5. Formatting Pictures and Drawings
      6. The Picture Toolbar
      7. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
    4. Chapter 21 AppleScripting Office

      1. What is AppleScript?
      2. Installing and Running Office Scripts
      3. Starter Scripts
      4. Learning More
  1. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual
By:
Mark H. Walker, Franklin Tessler, Paul Berkowitz
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
February 2005
Ebook Release:
June 2009
Pages:
752
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-00820-8
| ISBN 10:
0-596-00820-1
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-10513-6
| ISBN 10:
0-596-10513-4
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About the Authors
  1. Mark H. Walker

    Mark H. Walker is a veteran computer book author, Microsoft Office aficionado, Virginia Tech football fanatic, and all around technosapien. He has authored over 40 computer related books including How to Use the Internet, The Visio Bible, and Visio 2003 Inside Out. His articles have appeared in Family Software, Alaskan Airlines, Smart Solutions, and Playboy, and he is a regular columnist for PCGamer and The Armchair General. He lives in the beautiful hills of south-central Virginia with his lovely wife, threedaughters, four dogs, two cats, and a horse.

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  2. Franklin Tessler

    A native of Montreal, Dr. Franklin Tessler has been a writer for Macworld magazine since 1986. Over the years, he has written numerous feature articles and reviews, and has lectured extensively about how to create and deliver electronic presentations. Dr. Tessler is currently a Professor of Radiology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, where he resides with his wife and two children."

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  3. Paul Berkowitz

    Paul Berkowitz (author of the AppleScript chapter and technical editor for Entourage chapters) has tech-edited other O'Reilly books, including AppleScript: The Definitive Guide by Matt Neuburg and AppleScript: The Missing Manual by Adam Goldstein, and has also done some technical proofreading of AppleScript-related documentation for Apple and Microsoft. He is well known as the author of over 100 AppleScripts for Entourage, including major script programs for exporting and importing just about everything and for synching Entourage to Apple's Address Book and iCal. In his "other life" he is a classical pianist and Professor of Piano at the University of California in Santa Barbara, where he now lives happily ever after.

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