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Office 2011 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

Errata for Office 2011 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

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Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 25
Caption to fig. 1-8

The view buttons are in the bottom left corner, not the bottom right as stated in the caption.

 James Edwards  Mar 07, 2011 
Printed Page 25
Frist paragraph second line and Figure 1-8 second sentence

In the first paragraph, second line, "View buttons in the lower-right" corner should read "View buttons in the lower-left" corner.

In Figure 1-8 second sentence "The view buttons in the bottom right corner" should read "The view buttons in the bottom left corner".

 Marcelino  Feb 10, 2013 
Printed Page 43
Tob bullet

The text is confusing. It says to click "the tab" to show and hide buttons, but it is not clear where the tab is or what it looks like, as it is not indicated in any figure, nor is it identified by a tool tip. This could be easily fixed by identifying the tab in figure 2-3.

 James Edwards  Mar 25, 2011 
Printed Page 59
First sentence below fig. 2-16

There is no "Not in dictionary" box; should be called the "Suggestions" box. Should refer to Figure 2-16, not 2-15.

 James Edwards  Apr 06, 2011 
Printed Page 59
First sentence below fig. 2-16

There is no "Not in dictionary" box; should be called the "Suggestions" box. Should refer to Figure 2-16, not 2-15.

The second sentence in this errata I submitted a few minutes ago is itself incorrect. Neither Figure 2-15 nor 2-16 shows a spelling error; both show grammar errors. I cannot find any figure that shows a spelling error in the "Spelling and Grammar" box.

 James Edwards  Apr 06, 2011 
Printed Page 59
First sentence below fig. 2-16

Again, my previous errata was incorrect. There IS a "Not in dictionary" box at the top of the "Spelling and Grammar" box. However, this is not shown in figures 2-15 or 2-16 because both show grammar, not spelling, checking.

 James Edwards  Apr 06, 2011 
Printed Page 65
Last paragraph, third line

Should say "... one or more custom dictionaries are listed and checkmarked ..."

 James Edwards  Apr 06, 2011 
Printed Page 71
Figure 2-23

The text says this: "Click the button of the far right of the Tables ribbon. ..." The button is on the far left of the Tables ribbon.

 Byron Barclay  Feb 25, 2011 
Printed Page 73
"Editing Your Table

Option-Return is the command given for forcing Word to add another line to the cell. That doesn't work. Shift-Return does.

 Byron Barclay  Feb 28, 2011 
Printed Page 81
2nd Note box

The two sentences seem to refer to the same situation. In the first case, you say that Word replaces the original macro without telling you, but in the second sentence you say that Word gives you a warning. Which is correct?

 James Edwards  May 09, 2011 
Printed Page 84
5th line

The correct page reference is 640 (not page 740 as stated)

 James Edwards  May 09, 2011 
Printed Page 86
7th line

The Organizer button is in the lower-left corner, not the lower-right.

 James Edwards  May 30, 2011 
Printed Page 88
3rd line

"each margins" should be "each margin"

 James Edwards  Jun 03, 2011 
Printed Page 93
Power Users' Clinic Box, right column, next-to-last line

Delete the words "in the"

 James Edwards  Jun 06, 2011 
Printed Page 106
last line of 3rd paragraph

The page references in parentheses are incorrect. Using the ruler to set indents is described on page 128 (not 134) and to set tabs on page 134 (not 106).

 James Edwards  Jun 22, 2011 
Printed Page 114
2nd line

As shown in figure 3-22, the second half of this line should read "That means going to the Document Elements ribbon ..."

 James Edwards  Jul 25, 2011 
Printed Page 120
second sentence under item 1

The list of styles is in the upper-left corner (not upper-right as stated).

 James Edwards  Aug 19, 2011 
Printed Page 121
Caption to fig. 3-27

In the first and second sentences, the word "fonts" should be changed to "styles", as noted in the text and shown in the figure itself.

 James Edwards  Aug 19, 2011 
Printed Page 137
Caption to Figure 3-41

This caption is incomprehensible. It refers the reader to the word "sights", but there is no such word in the figure. And it tells you to click the Font dialog box launcher in the lower-right corner, but I cannot find any such launcher, either in the figure or on my computer.

 James Edwards  Aug 23, 2011 
Printed Page 166
Figure 4-18 at the bottom of the page

The information to the right of the screen shot of a Label Options dialog box implies it has a Top section where the label product number is explained, and a Bottom section where the process of inserting bar codes is described.
All I see in the figure is the screenshot of the Label Options dialog box.
described in the explanation as the Top.
To include bar codes the instruction is to " click Insert Postal Bar Code."
I see nothing to click to get that result. I've tried all the buttons there are on that dialog box, searched Word Help on my computer and online and in office support.
Is that feature in fact part of Word Mail Manager ? Where can I find it?

 Anonymous  Jan 14, 2015 
Printed Page 214
3rd bullet

The keyboard shortcut for inserting bookmarks is Shift-⌘-F5, not ⌘-K! I wish it *were* ⌘-K: it would be a lot more intuitive.

 Andrew Reding  May 15, 2011 
Printed Page 424
Step 4, item 2 under build your table

Reads Date filed
instead of
Date Field

And I have a few suggestions for the author wrt to Exel.
1) Discussion on Pivot Tables is thin. And in particular, if a Value data base is updated, the result does not seem to carry through to the pivot table. (Unconfirmed but likely.)
2) The discussion wrt Table and Range is also thin. In particuar, I use the subtotal menu item; as the author points out, Subtotal is grayed out in the data table is under Table Format.
An alternative would be lovely; eg, does create/copy a separate tab within the same spreadsheet work, and then switch from Table to Range Format?

 John Becker  Mar 08, 2011 
PDF Page 488
2nd to last paragraph

Re "Resize the chart by dragging ... handles." The chart can only be resized if it is an object in a sheet. If it has been moved to its own sheet, it will not respond to attempts to resize it.

 Anonymous  Jun 04, 2012 
PDF Page 674
2nd paragraph

The "Sized with Window" command does not get a check. It is grayed out if the chart is on the sheet with the data and it is not grayed if the chart is moved to its own sheet.

I have seen this command operate only on charts that were created in their own window in Office 2004. They were initially small and were enlarged when this command was clicked. It cannot be undone.

 Anonymous  Jun 04, 2012