Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies

The perfect companion for taking the Microsoft Office suite to the Mac!

So you finally got a Mac, but you’re not looking forward to figuring out how Office works in a different environment? No worries! All you need is Microsoft Office 2008 For Mac All-in-One For Dummies to learn the fundamentals of Office 2008. With six books in one, it shows you how to use every Office 2008 for Mac application, so you can start getting things done right away.

Written by Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Office 2008 For Mac All-in-One For Dummies provides a user-friendly guide on how to master all the programs: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Entourage. This book explores ways to:

• Use the new galleries to find features, formats, wizards, templates, and recently used files
• Create your own templates on Excel and open Web pages in HTML format
• Take advantage of PowerPoint by adding animation to your slides, inserting music from your iTunes library, and fine-tuning the timing
• Organize your schedule on My Day, handle contacts and e-mail, and manage a database—all through Entourage
• Manage projects of all sizes on the Project Center
• Use all the applications together, and to their full potential

With this all-in-one reference, you’ll become an expert on sharing files with Windows users, integrating Office 2008 with iLife and other Mac applications, and working with Office and Web 2.0, as well as other common business tasks. This book makes it that easy!

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New to Office 2008? Migrating from Windows to Mac? This complete reference is just what you need! It shows you how to use every Office 2008 application so you can start getting things done right away. Explore the Project Gallery, learn how the applications work together, excel at Excel, present with power, manage your life with Entourage, and more.

• Meet the suite — use the new galleries that help you quickly find features, formats, wizards, templates, and recently used files
• A gallery of projects — see how the Project Gallery serves as a hub for finding and opening documents, projects, or documents within a project
• In a Word — discover the extra functionality of Word's built-in Notebook and Publishing layouts
• Excel revealed — explore ledger sheets, learn how Excel can open Web pages in HTML format, and create your own templates
• Put the power in PowerPoint — use the View, add transitions, insert music from your iTunes library, and fine-tune timing
• You have an Entourage — get organized with My Day, handle contacts and e-mail, and manage a database
• Use the Project Center — manage projects of all sizes

Open the book and find:

• The tools and features common to all the Office 2008 apps
• Cool ways to use the Project Center
• Tips on making the most of the new interface
• How Word streamlines your word processing
• Ways to get control of Excel
• How to add animation to your PowerPoint presentations
• Helpful hints for using Entourage Rules
• Advice about sharing and collaborating on projects

Geetesh Bajaj is a PowerPoint MVP and heads an online presentation site at www.indezine.com that provides templates and advice for PowerPoint users. James Gordon is a Microsoft MVP for Macintosh. He created the InsertPicture add-in for PowerPoint and provides training on various Office topics.