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Table of Contents<br />

Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi<br />

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii<br />

Part I<br />

Introducing the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />

1 Time for Something New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3<br />

The Changing Way We Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

The Changing Nature of the <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

Meeting Today’s Work Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

Finding What You Need to Make Educated Business Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

Prioritizing Your Work Efforts—Weeding Out the Irrelevant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

Connecting to the Right People and Getting the Job Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Learning and Using Flexible Tools for Varying Experience Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

The <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong>—Tools for Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

New <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong> Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Upgrading to the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

Value Benefits of the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

A Lower Learning Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

Legacy Mode and Keyboard Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

Create It Once; Use It Many Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

2 A New <strong>Look</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

Learning the Landscape: The <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>System</strong> User Interface . . . . . . . . 15<br />

Using the New User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

Command Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

Command Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

Contextual Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

Dialog Launchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />

Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

Live Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

The New File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

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