Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Dig deep into Microsoft Office Word 2007, Excel2007, and PowerPoint 2007—and create robust documents that deliver results. This book is packed with advanced timesaving tips and troubleshooting methods to help you learn the smartest, simplest ways to create powerful documents. Discover how the experts approach document production—and reach new levels of mastery!

• Exploit the power of tables, Themes, and templates
• Produce professional-quality graphics using new SmartArt diagrams, custom shapes, and other drawing tools
• Customize and reuse content with Building Blocks and Content Controls
• Learn advanced techniques for managing slide masters and custom layouts for effective presentations
• Design PivotTables for more powerful data analysis and reporting
• Build sophisticated Excel 2007 chart types and customize chart elements
• Use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to automate document production and customize templates
• Customize the Office Fluent Ribbon and troubleshoot your documents with Office Open XML

CD includes:

• Fully searchable eBook
• Sample documents and templates
• VBA and Office Open XML code samples
• Author webcasts—see advanced techniques in action
• Tool for binding custom XML to content controls in Word 2007
• Files for customizing the Fluent Ribbon
• Links to articles blogs, and developer learning resources
• Windows Vista Product Guide eReference and other eBooks

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