Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
by Faithe Wempen
Book Summary Information
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: The only Word 2007 book youl need ... maybe
Summary: 5 Stars
Faithe Wempen's "Special Edition" volume on Word 2007 is touted in its subtitle as "The Only Word 2007 Book You Need." That might or might not be true. It depends on you, your purpose and your taste.
Personally, I love this book. If you're like me, Word 2007 at first glance astounds you, frustrates you and angers you. You definitely need a guided tour to navigate your way through it. The question is whether you need 1,066 pages to do it. That's a pretty darn long tour.
For my money, I want a thorough and comprehensive guide. Maybe I don't want to know the ins and outs of tables at the moment or the mechanics of inserting graphics, but I might later on.
I chose this book out of the scores of similar titles because it came closest to the author speaking to me, her style resonating with me. I also considered the "Microsoft Word 2007 Bible," which runs a close 960 pages, but the author lost me when he asked me to imagine myself an outer-space traveler who has been away from Planet Earth for a decade or so. No thanks. Not the kind of thing I want to spend my time imagining. Or the kind of thing that will get me up and running with Word. So that's what I mean by the author's style, of speaking your language, of communicating with you in the way you're comfortable with. It's purely a matter of personal preference.
My suggestion for anyone considering this or a similar guide to Word 2007 is to read as much of the excerpt as is available and decide if you like what you see. Before choosing this one, I conducted a rather simple test. I am annoyed by Word telling me which words it likes and which ones it doesn't and then interrupting my reading of what I've written with red squiggly lines. So I looked in the index under "red" to see if it was there. It's in the "Special Edition" book (under "red wavy lines"), but not in the so-called "Bible."
Conducting your own test -- picking something that's very specific -- could very well narrow your own choices in a very crowded field.
My only criticism of the book -- and I just received it and have only read a few passages -- is that the numerous illustrations and examples are all in grayscale and not four-color. Color, of course, would make it more expensive, so that's the trade-off.
My own solution will be to buy a second book, the one on Word 2007 from the "Teach Yourself Visually" series. That will give me the quick-hit introduction I want and the easy-to-read-and-follow color illustrations I prefer. But when Word screws up, as it inevitably will -- or when I screw it up -- I've got an authoritative backup to get me out of it. And I have the details for all the fine points that sooner or later I will want to know.
The bottom line is that we're all different, with different stages of technical savvy and different wants and needs. If you're looking for a well-written, comprehensive and authoritative guide to Word 2007, this "Special Edition" could well be as perfect for you as it is for me. If you want something short, general and colorful, you should look elsewhere.
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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