Introduction
How You'll Learn
Welcome to Office 2008 for Mac On Demand, a visual quick reference book that shows you how to work efficiently with Microsoft Office. This book provides complete coverage of basic to advanced Office skills.
How This Book Works
You don't have to read this book in any particular order. We've designed the book so that you can jump in, get the information you need, and jump out. However, the book does follow a logical progression from simple tasks to more complex ones. Each task is presented on no more than two facing pages, which lets you focus on a single task without having to turn the page. To find the information that you need, just look up the task in the table of contents or index, and turn to the page listed. Read the task introduction, follow the step-by-step instructions in the left column along with screen illustrations in the right column, and you're done.
What's New
If you're searching for what's new in Office 2008, just look for the icon: New!. The new icon appears in the table of contents and throughout this book so you can quickly and easily identify a new or improved feature in Office 2008. A complete description of each new feature appears in the New Features guide in the back of this book.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Most menu commands have a keyboard equivalent, such as A+P, as a quicker alternative to using the mouse. A complete list of keyboard shortcuts is available on the Web at http://www.perspection.com.
Step-by-Step Instructions
This book provides concise step-by-step instructions that show you "how" to accomplish a task. Each set of instructions includes illustrations that directly correspond to the easy-to-read steps. Also included in the text are timesavers, tables, and sidebars to help you work more efficiently or to teach you more in-depth information. A "Did You Know?" provides tips and techniques to help you work smarter, while a "See Also" leads you to other parts of the book containing related information about the task.
Real World Examples
This book uses real world examples files to give you a context in which to use the task. By using the example files, you won't waste time looking for or creating sample files. You get a start file and a result file, so you can compare your work. Not every topic needs an example file, such as changing options, so we provide a complete list of the example files used through out the book. The example files that you need for project tasks along with a complete file list are available on the Web at http://www.perspection.com.
Workshop
This book shows you how to put together the individual step-by-step tasks into in-depth projects with the Workshop. You start each project with a sample file, work through the steps, and then compare your results with project results file at the end. The Workshop projects and associated files are available on the Web at http://www.perspection.com.
Get More On The Web
In addition to the information in this book, you can also get more information on the Web to help you get up to speed faster with Office 2008. Some of the information includes:
Transition Helpers
Productivity Tools
More Content
Photographs. Download photographs and other graphics to use in your Office documents.
More Content. Download new content developed after publication. For example, you can download additional chapters on Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, and Microsoft Messenger.
You can access these additional resources on the Web at http://www.perspection.com.
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