Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
by Faithe Wempen
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Author: Faithe WempenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-06
ISBN: 078973608X
Number of pages: 1104
Publisher: Que
Book Reviews of Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
Book Review: A well-categorized collection of tips and tricks
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book when I started working on my master's thesis, suspecting
(correctly) that I would need to take advantage of some of the "advanced"
features of Word to keep track of such a long document. Since section 5 is
dedicated to long documents, I hoped this book would help make the experience
a less frustrating one.
Unfortunately, I can't say that it did - although this may not be the book's
fault; it may just be that Word is a frustrating program to use, no matter
how well you understand it. The book itself reads more like a mixture of
standard documentation (about 75% of it is the same stuff you can read in the
online help, albeit far more well-organized) and the other 25% are admittedly
useful "tips and tricks". For example, I never would have figured out that you
can link text boxes to one another, or hold down the "Ctrl" key when launching
word to open it in "safe" mode, or print out a list of current key assignments,
had I not read them here.
Overall, though, I still find Word a frustrating program to use. It still has
a "mind of its own", but at least now I know _why_ it's doing what it's doing
(even if I still can't make it stop). The audience for this book, for the most
part, is non-programmers or even people who aren't that comfortable with
computers in general (of course, this is a book about Microsoft Word, so you'd
have to sort of expect that).
That's not to say it doesn't have its interesting points. There's a whole chapter
on Word's XML editing and validating capabilities - I was surprised to find out
how advanced they were (you can load an XML schema and generate a validated document
against it; the functionality is similar to XMLSpy, for example). The last chapter
is a reference on "RibbonX", which requires a degree of what some people might
consider programming to modify the internals of the document to change the UI around.
The internals of the new .docx are even touched on (but not in any great depth).
Some features were almost ignored completely. There's a section in the book on
the new equation editor, for example - you might as well skip it, because it doesn't
have anything to say. Even the chapters on long documents, including the section
on table of contents, bibliographies, tables of figures, etc., for which I bought
the book, didn't contain any information that you wouldn't be able to figure out
on your own.
Most of the value in the book is in pointing out obscure features buried under
multiple layers of option menus that you might never notice while actually using the
program (I've been using it for over 15 years and there were lots of time-savers
in here that I had never run across accidentally). This book won't, however, turn
you into a Word "power user" - it's just a very long introduction to each and every
feature of the program. I would have preferred a shorter book that didn't go over
the obvious (if you don't have anything to add about SmartArt other than, "it exists",
there's no reason to dedicate nineteen pages to screen shots describing how to change
the font, color, and size of the "SmartArt" - especially when these procedures are
the same as those for AutoShapes, to which you dedicated 20 pages and for Charts, to
which you dedicated yet another fifteen pages), or even better, a long book that
left out the obvious, but did a better job of "bringing everything together" so that
I felt like I was in control of my documents.
Still, I'd recommend this book in general, because it calls out quite a few things
you'd probably never find out on your own, regardless of your level of technical
expertise... just be prepared to lose hours reading through pages of (repetitively)
obvious features to find that one nugget of useful information.
Summary of Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
THE ONLY WORD 2007 BOOK YOU NEED
This book will help you build solid skills to create the documents you need right now, and expert-level guidance for leveraging Word's most advanced features whenever you need them. If you buy only one book on Word 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 is the book you need.
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. Come up to speed quickly with the new Word 2007 Ribbon interface
. Streamline document formatting with styles, templates, and themes
. Collaborate with others using comments and tracked changes
. Master mail merges, master documents, and other advanced features
. Manage large documents with indexes, TOCs, and automatically numbered references
. Use fields and forms to collect and manage information
. Illustrate key concepts with SmartArt diagrams
. Create and apply custom themes that control fonts, color schemes, and effects
. Manage academic research citations and generate bibliographies in any popular documentation format
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On the Web
Includes complete instructions and a command reference you can use to customize the Ribbon with RibbonX, even if you have little or no previous XML experience. You can also download additional RibbonX examples and an easy-to-use RibbonCustomizer utility from this book's companion web site, www.quepublishing.com/usingword2007.
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Contents
??????? About the Authors? xxx
??????? Introduction? 1
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Part I? Working with Text Documents
Chapter 1???? Introducing Word 2007? 7
Chapter 2???? Creating and Saving Documents? 27
Chapter 3???? Typing and Editing Text? 59
Chapter 4???? Using Spelling, Grammar, and Research Tools? 95
Chapter 5???? Printing and Faxing Documents? 133
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Part II Formatting a Document
Chapter 6???? Applying Character Formatting? 155
Chapter 7???? Formatting Paragraphs and Lists? 191
Chapter 8???? Creating and Applying Styles and Themes? 227
Chapter 9???? Formatting Documents and Sections? 263
Chapter 10?? Using and Creating Project Templates? 297
Chapter 11?? Working with Nonstandard Document Layouts? 319
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Part III?????????? Tables and Graphics
Chapter 12?? Creating and Formatting Tables? 353
Chapter 13?? Working with Photos? 395
Chapter 14?? Working with Clip Art and the Clip Organizer? 425
Chapter 15?? Working with Drawings and WordArt? 455
Chapter 16?? Working with Charts? 491
Chapter 17?? 'Working with SmartArt and Math Formulas? 533
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Part IV??????????? Collecting and Managing Data
Chapter 18?? Performing Mail and Data Merges? 563
Chapter 19?? Copying, Linking, and Embedding Data? 601
Chapter 20?? Working with Fields? 631
Chapter 21?? Creating Forms? 655
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Part V Long Documents
Chapter 22?? Outlining and Summarizing Documents? 681
Chapter 23?? Using Master Documents? 703
Chapter 24?? Citing Sources and References? 719
Chapter 25?? Creating Tables of Contents and Other Listings? 747
Chapter 26?? Building Effective Indexes? 765
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Part VI??????????? Collaboration and Online Sharing
Chapter 27?? Collaborating with Others? 783
Chapter 28?? Protecting and Securing Documents? 805
Chapter 29?? Online Collaboration with Office Live and SharePoint Team Services? 823
Chapter 30?? Working with Blogs and Email? 847
Chapter 31?? Developing Web Content? 857
Chapter 32?? Using Word to Develop XML Content? 875
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Part VII????????? Customizing and Extending Word
Chapter 33?? Macros and Add-Ins? 905
Chapter 34?? Customizing the Word Interface? 935
Chapter 35?? Customizing Word 2007's Ribbon with RibbonX? 945
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Part VIII???????? Appendixes
Appendix A?? Recovering Files and Repairing Word? 975
Appendix B?? Converting from Other Word Processing Systems? 985
Appendix C?? Accessibility Tips and Techniques? 991
Appendix D?? Command Reference: Word 2003 to Word 2007? 999
Appendix E?? Setting Up and Modifying Office 2007? 1017
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??????? Index? 1025
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