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Contents: Common office tools: Office nuts and bolts -- Wrestling with the text -- Speed techniques worth knowing about -- Taking advantage of the proofing tools -- Creating a table -- Creating a chart -- Making a SmartArt diagram -- Drawing and manipulating lines, shapes, and other objects Word 2007: -- Speed techniques for using Word -- Laying out text and pages -- Word styles -- Desktop publishing with Word -- Getting Word's help with Office chores -- Tools for reports and scholarly papers Outlook 2007: -- Getting acquainted with Outlook -- Maintaining the contacts folder -- Handling your email -- managing your time and schedule -- Tasks, reminders, and notes -- PowerPoint 2007: -- Getting started in PowerPoint -- Fashioning a look for your presentation -- Entering the text -- Making your presentation livelier -- Delivering a presentation -- Excel 2007: -- Up and running with Excel -- Refining your worksheet -- Formulas and functions for crunching numbers -- Access 2007 -- Introducing Access -- Building your database tables -- Entering data -- Sorting, querying, and filtering for data -- Presenting data in a report -- Publisher 2007 -- Introducing Publisher -- Refining a publication -- Putting on the finishing touches -- Office 2007: one step beyond -- Customizing an Office program -- Ways of distributing your work -- Handling graphics -- Decorating files with Clip Art -- Note taking with OneNote -- Collaborating with SharePoint Services -- Automating tasks with macros -- Linking and embedding in compound files